California · Nonprofit
COURAGE FOUNDATION
COURAGE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $540,112 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($443,296). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $239k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $540k
- Net assets
- $234k
What Courage Foundation does
Mission
Courage Foundation's mission is to mitigate the impacts of post-traumatic stress through fostering post-traumatic growth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Veteran Integration Program (VIP): The VIP helps build the self-esteem of each participant, mitigates the impacts of PTS, and fosters post-traumatic growth by ensuring each participant leaves our program with a better understanding of self-regulation, daily living choices, and hope for the future. In 2025 19 veteran participants were enrolled in the cohort. Veterans received individualized one-on-one coaching for 12 months. By taking the time to reinforce this training over several months, veterans have the chance to receive close support throughout the ups and downs of their learning and application; this improves the long-term outcomes for lasting positive changes. A critical way VIP especially prevents mental health crises with early intervention is with the coaches being available to veterans at the time when they need help, while they are still in a manageable state catching problems before they become crises. If a veteran has an argument, gets bad news, or experiences anything that could trigger a backslide, they can text, call, or email the coach confident that they will receive a response very soon with an opportunity to implement their training real-time with the coach.…
$128,321 spent69% of program spendingVIP Coach Training Program: This new VIP coach training program was developed this year by National Program Director David Weber so we can develop more veteran coaches and expand the reach of our program. Our Program Director created a series of training videos of coaching sessions, and a coaching manual. The program also includes practice sessions with David, monitored student coaching sessions with veterans and instruction on administrative tasks like creating client session notes, note retention procedures, assessments and invoicing procedures.
$21,600 spent12% of program spendingOther Program Services. Green Bay Training and Recruitment Event: This event is hosted by the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field facilities. We invite veterans that have been referred to us from therapists, and from the Green Bay and Madison area to learn about and experience the programs we offer. We also have veterans that have completed our VIP to share their experience and the outcomes and impact on their lives. Other program service costs include assessments, analysis and documentation.
$21,103 spent11% of program spendingCAST: The new stand alone group veteran training we call "Calming Awareness Sequence Training (CAST). This is a new program rolled out in 2025 which is a stand alone session for groups of veterans. The CAST program greatly increases the number of veterans who can benefit from our training, bolsters our collaborations with other VSOs, and is preparatory for the VIP via awareness, recruitment, and selection. It is open to any veteran who is interested in the training. The monthly group workshops (generally around 515 veterans per location so far) cover similar skills as the VIP techniques to create awareness of response to stress and calm the emotional and physiological responses but it is instead tailored for broader outreach to veterans who may not be ready/able to commit to any sort of group or synchronous program. A goal of CAST is to offer an accessible modality of practical support with a lower barrier of entry to a path for getting help. We also created a training program for new VIP and CAST coaches. We need to develop more coaches to expand the number of veterans we can help.
$14,400 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $185,424.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $169k to $287k (+70%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 10% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of COURAGE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mark Dalton Divine
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $49k → $40k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COURAGE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COURAGE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COURAGE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 93% · 2019 78% · 2020 93% · 2021 99% · 2022 72% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of COURAGE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
93% of COURAGE FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $39k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $501k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COURAGE FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COURAGE FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COURAGE FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COURAGE FOUNDATION?
- COURAGE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $540,112 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($443,296). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COURAGE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $540,112 in grants to COURAGE FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COURAGE FOUNDATION?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $443,296 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COURAGE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing