Nonprofit · EIN 04-3256902
MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC
Tax-exempt · BOSTON, MA 02115
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $331,832 | $458,871 | -$127,039 | $1,113,432 | $9,448 | $1,103,984 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $435,351 | $409,603 | $25,748 | $1,223,475 | $14,957 | $1,208,518 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $253,907
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $76,589
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $47,877
- Other revenue
- $1,336
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $20,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $116,314
- Other salaries and wages
- $134,387
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $277,107
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $45,164
- Occupancy
- $2,917
- Program services (functional)
- $281,660
- Management and general (functional)
- $80,474
- Fundraising (functional)
- $96,737
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,223,475
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,113,432
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $9,448
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,103,984
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,058,911
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $1,076,788
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $27,196
- Gross receipts
- $389,742
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 175
- Year formed
- 1995
- State of legal domicile
- MA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARRIE COUGHLIN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 01/25 Officer | 40 | $125,100 | $3,753 |
| STEPHANIE WARBURG | FOUNDER AND BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FREDERICK WARBURG | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KRISTEN SULLIVAN MCENTYRE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNDA SCHWEITZER WOOD | TREASURER THRU 02/25 Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMANDA BRADFORD | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANN OGILVIE MACDONALD | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASTRID BURNS | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CJ HACKER | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CLAYTON SCHULLER | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| COCO CUGAT | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DIANE SCHMALANSEE | BOARD OF TRUSTEES THRU 04/25 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH EVANS D'ASCENSAO | BOARD OF TRUSTEES THRU 08/24 Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JANE SKELTON | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOYCE LAWRENCE | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADELINE PASEK | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARSHA MACLEAN | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIMI NEAL EGER | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MOLLY STOUT | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RYAN NAPLES | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAM PLIMPTON | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SASHA RAUCH-KELLY | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TINA RATHBORNE | BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HALLEY LE BRETON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS OF 01/25 Officer | 40 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrie Coughlin | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $127,500 | $1,194 |
| Amy d'Ablemont Burnes | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Astrid Burns | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sally Faye Cottingham | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| C J Hacker | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jill Lenhardt | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kate Lubin | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ann Ogilvie | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marsha MacLean | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kristen Sullivan McEntyre | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ryan Naples | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mimi Neal Eger | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Julie Norman | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sam Plimpton | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Diane Schmalensee | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Clayton Schuller | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jane Skelton | Board of Trustees Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Stephanie Warburg | Founder & Chair Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Frederick Warburg | Vice Chair Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lynda Schweitzer Wood | Treasurer Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Evans D'Ascensao | Secretary Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 263 HUNTINGTON AVE 366, BOSTON, MA 02115-4577
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- FREDERICK WARBURG, 263 HUNTINGTON AVENUE BOX 366, BOSTON, MA 02115
- Signed the 990
- FREDERICK WARBURG, VICE PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (617) 373-7399
- Website
- WWW.MAXCOURAGE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- KAHN LITWIN RENZA & CO LTD
Mission
THE MISSION OF MAXCOURAGE IS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS TO DISCOVER THE VALUE OF COURAGE AND DEVELOP ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) PROFICIENCY. THE PROGRAM, THROUGH ITS MISSION, HELPS STUDENTS RECOGNIZE THEIR CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE TROUBLING COMPLEXITIES OF THEIR WORLD BY EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF COURAGE IN LITERATURE, IN THEIR OWN LIVES, AND IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY. AT THE SAME TIME, THIS SEL APPROACH STRENGTHENS THEIR LITERACY SKILLS. MAXCOURAGE'S OVERARCHING VISION IS TO PROVIDE A MODEL ELA CURRICULUM WHICH EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND CONTINUE TO EXHIBIT COURAGE IN THEIR LIVES, AND WHICH INSPIRES OTHERS TO MAKE BOLDER AND MORE COURAGEOUS CHOICES.
Program accomplishments
- FOR 34 YEARS, THE MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM (MAXCOURAGE) HAS SUPPORTED STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN BOSTON AND BEYOND WITH OUR FREE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) CURRICULUM. MAXCOURAGE WAS INITIALLY CREATED TO SERVE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN RECENT YEARS, MAXCOURAGE HAS BEEN CONTINUED IN BOSTON, WHILE EXPANDING TO MASSACHUSETTS GATEWAY CITIES AND NEW ENGLAND STATES. APPROXIMATELY 6,000 CHILDREN WORLDWIDE PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM EACH YEAR.SINCE 2021, MAXCOURAGE HAS EXPANDED NATIONAL PARTICIPATION BY 88% TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS SEL AND ELA ACADEMIC NEEDS POST PANDEMIC. ADDITIONALLY, A NEW OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM, THE MAXCOURAGE WRITER'S WORKSHOP SERIES, OFFERED ACCESS TO CURRICULUM AND AN ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE IN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND SUMMER CAMPS. THE ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF STUDENT ESSAYS, THE COURAGE OF CHILDREN: BOSTON AND BEYOND, REFLECTED THIS GROWTH WITH A BOOK THAT WAS 33% LARGER THAN IN PRIOR YEARS.Expenses $281,660 · grants $20,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 04-3256902
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1995
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B92)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,113,432
- Income (IRS master file)
- $389,742
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $331,832 | $458,871 | $1,113,432 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $435,351 | $409,603 | $1,223,475 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $424,892 | $413,164 | $1,133,725 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 04-3256902).
Questions about MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC
- What is the EIN of MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC is 04-3256902.
- Is MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1995.
- Are donations to MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names FREDERICK WARBURG.
- Who are the officers and directors of MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 24 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $125,100 (CARRIE COUGHLIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 01/25).
- How much revenue does MAX WARBURG COURAGE CURRICULUM INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $331,832, expenses of $458,871 and total assets of $1,113,432 at year end.
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