Ed Block Courage Foundation Inc Formerly Ed Block Courage Award Fndt Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521465729
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Timonium, MD, USA
Phone
4108216252
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$415,045
Expenses
$442,555
Assets
$850,108
Liabilities
$128,666

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN BOSTWICK (PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE HOLDER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SAM LAMANTIA JR (INACTIVE - FOUNDER)
  • ANNA LYBROOK CPA (TREASURER)
  • MARY ANN PEACOCK (DIRECTOR)

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

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

Overview

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.

What it reported doing in 2024

The 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.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 47.1%; rating input score 47; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.3% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $350K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 32 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 47/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.