Maryland · Nonprofit
ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC
ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,157 to it, the largest being NFL FOUNDATION INC ($90,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $415k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $168k
- Net assets
- $721k
What Ed Block Courage Foundation Inc Formerly Ed Block Courage Award Fndt Inc does
Mission
The ed block courage award foundation, inc. Is a 501 c 3, dedicated to raising awareness and prevention for abused, neglected and at risk children. Through our partnership with the nfl and the courage house national support network for kids, we find facilities for abused children across the country and dedicate them as a courage house with the team in their city. To date there are 27 courage houses and our goal remains to have a house in all 32 nfl team cities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The courage house national support network for kids (courage house network) - through the charter agreement between the foundation, nfl team and children's facility, a grant in the amount of ten thousand dollars is presented to the facility upon dedication. Following the dedication process the foundation assists in providing support to all courage houses through annual fundraising and coordinating events with their nfl team for the children. Each year,the courage houses are asked to submit grant requests to the foundation. The first choice of the board of directors receives a $10,000 grant with smaller grants given to the other courage houses.
$123,369 spentof which $43,492 as grants35% of program spendingThe foundation incurred expenses to raise national awareness and prevention through print and digital media with over 100,000 public service announcements annually. In addition, expenses are incurred to create and maintain the organization's website and social media sites which will not only give information and updates about the foundation but also each courage house, their funding needs, demographics updates and testimonials.
$60,967 spent17% of program spendingThe foundation incurred expenses indirectly related to the 3-day national event such as contract labor for production, printing, travel and marketing for ticket sales and sponsorship opportunities. This national event serves as the template, for all courage houses to follow to honor their team's courage award recipient locally and raise funds for the facility and programs. In addition, the foundation sponsors an outreach event during this time. The nfl players are taken to the baltimore ravens courage house to have breakfast and interact with the children who reside there. The children put on a show for the players and then the children get to present the players with their trophy. Many of the players can relate to these children because they themselves had difficult childhoods. The children are given hope because they meet men who have come from poverty, abuse and other difficulties and have overcome those obstacles to become successful, productive members of society.
$165,759 spent47% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $350,095.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $603k to $718k (+19%).
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: 2021 19% · 2022 2% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $8k → $8k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC’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
ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 62% · 2019 57% · 2020 79% · 2021 79% · 2022 89% · 2023 90% — 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 ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC?
- ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,157 to it, the largest being NFL FOUNDATION INC ($90,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $168,157 in grants to ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC?
- NFL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ED BLOCK COURAGE FOUNDATION INC FORMERLY ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD FNDT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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