Texas · Nonprofit
Heart of Courage
Heart of Courage (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,752 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ($95,764). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $81k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $199k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Heart of Courage does
Mission
Heart of Courages primary exempt purpose is to support mothers impacted by the child welfare system providing advocacy resources and skill-building opportunities that help them create stable nurturing environments for their families. Our programs empower these mothers to overcome systemic obstacles and build a brighter future. In the past year Heart of Courage upheld its tax-exempt status by delivering these key free programs and services: Court Advocacy and Case Management: Family advocates assisted mothers in navigating legal challenges associated with child welfare cases by attending court sessions providing guidance and preparing documentation for family reunification plans. Case Management and Needs Assessment: Family advocates conducted individualized needs assessments with clients covering critical support areas such as housing transportation and family and community support. Breaking BarriersEducational and Career Support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Case Management for Self-Sufficiency: Empower mothers in child welfare cases to build stable lives through structured case management and access to essential resources.Heart of Courage offered comprehensive case management services which included connecting clients to housing food employment and other essential resources. Family advocates worked closely with clients to develop individualized safety plans parenting strategies and goal-oriented action steps promoting long-term stability and self-sufficiency. Impact: Over 100 mothers benefited from targeted case management services with improved stability in housing including getting a house with the need of public assistance improved employment opportunities and improved parenting skills.
$43,000 spent62% of program spendingCourage2Change Peer Parent Support Program:Empower mothers involved in the child welfare system by providing peer support guidance and advocacy to strengthen parenting skills emotional stability and successful family reunification.Through the Courage2Change program Heart of Courage offered individualized peer support resource navigation and educational discussions focused on coping skills parenting strategies and navigating CPS requirements. Mothers met regularly with their peer parent advocate to address barriers set goals and stay engaged in their reunification plans. The program also included weekly Courage2Change peer meetings where mothers could connect with others facing similar challenges receive encouragement and build a supportive community.Impact: The Courage2Change program supported mothers in maintaining sobriety improving communication with CPS caseworkers completing service plan requirements and rebuilding positive family relationships. Many participants reported increased confidence reduced isolation and significant progress toward reunification and long-term stability.
$16,000 spent23% of program spendingCourt Advocacy for Family Reunification: Support mothers impacted by child welfare in navigating the legal system and achieving family reunification.Heart of Courage advocates provided direct support to clients involved in child welfare cases attending court hearings assisting in mediation and helping with family reunification efforts. The court advocacy program aimed to help clients understand and meet legal requirements reduce recidivism and foster safe family environments. Impact: Over 74 mothers received court advocacy support resulting in increased successful case closures improved compliance with court requirements and ultimately family reunification.
$6,000 spent9% of program spendingBreaking Barriers Educational and Career Support Program: Provide educational and career advancement opportunities for mothers involved in child welfare cases helping them improve economic stability and family well-being.Through the Breaking Barriers program Heart of Courage offered workshops resources and career guidance focused on job readiness and educational advancement. Clients received support with resume building job search strategies and access to vocational training opportunities to help break the cycle of poverty. This includes hosting a career conference open to all mothers including mothers not in our official programming. Impact: Over 100 mothers participated in Breaking Barriers achieving improved employment outcomes and educational milestones that supported family stability.
$4,000 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $69,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2k to $14k (+492%).
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.
100% of Heart of Courage’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Dania Carter
Founder CEO
Board chair
Kathy Ferguson
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $19k → $82k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 Heart of Courage’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 funders by total. 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
Heart of Courage leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 Heart of Courage.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 54% · 2021 35% · 2022 100% · 2023 64% — growing more concentrated.
“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
60% of Heart of Courage's funders are still giving 2 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
95% of Heart of Courage's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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.
Against its field
Heart of Courage runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Heart of Courage
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Heart of Courage: 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 Heart of Courage?
- Heart of Courage (Texas) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,752 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ($95,764). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Heart of Courage have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $198,752 in grants to Heart of Courage, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Heart of Courage?
- UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $95,764 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Heart of Courage find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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