Courage Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841832278
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6122986219
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,376
Expenses
$56,308
Assets
$85,038
Liabilities
$9,267

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gail Rosenblum (Ceo and Board member)

People named in this filing

  • Gail Rosenblum (Ceo and Board member)
  • Jeffrey Ogden (Treasurer)
  • Michael Scandrett (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To inform students through the arts and literature to become informed citizens for today's world.

What it reported doing in 2024

MPGL Entertainment has now changed its name to Courage Coalition. It continues to have the same mission- to inform students through the arts and literature to become informed citizens for today's world. It provides free lesson plans, readers-theater and books to students across the United States and beyond. The focus is on historical events and how it impacts students present day. The first project leverages the award-winning Holocaust-era novel, "Milkweed,"by Jerry Spinelli. In just three years, the Milkweed Education Project has expanded from a 14-school pilot to robust partnerships with more than 200 classrooms in 43 US states, as well as five provinces in Canada and, most recently, a classroom in Norway. An animated film based on the novel is in production and will also be provided for free to classrooms.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.3%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.3% of revenue deployed · 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.