Building Stronger Communities
Through Education & Action

The Cobra Back Foundation provides educational programs, hands-on experiences, and community initiatives that transform lives across Chicago and beyond.

Educational Programs

Courses That Change Lives

Structured, certificate-bearing programs open to participants through a participating organization referral code.

Community Program

Inner-City RC with Police

More than a program — a movement building bridges between police officers and the communities they serve through STEM, racing, and mentorship.

🏎️ STEM/STEAM · Community · Mentorship · Police Partnership

The Training & Racing Experience

A 9-week curriculum where youth and police officers come together through RC monster truck racing. Participants learn physics, mathematics, and mechanical engineering — all while competing on the track and building real relationships.

✅ 9-week STEM/STEAM curriculum program
✅ Police Officers serve as active team members
✅ Side-by-side bracket track racing for points
✅ RC vehicles provided to all participants
✅ Annual Monster Jam field trip
✅ Conflict resolution, mentoring & team building built in

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2

Active Chicago
Police Districts

Goal: All 22 Districts
& Surrounding Suburbs

"Obstacles are things in the way, MOVE THEM!"

— E Dixon, President, Cobra Back Foundation

Inner-City RC
with Police

A STEM/STEAM program that brings police officers and community youth together through the science, engineering, and competition of RC monster truck racing.

About the Program

What Is ICRCP?

Inner-City Radio-Controlled with Police is designed to foster stronger relationships between Police Officers and the children in the neighborhoods they serve — promoting open communication, mentoring, discipline, team building, and competitive racing.

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Community Bridges

Officers remain consistent throughout the 9-week program to establish and maintain personal connections with youth — building trust that extends beyond the track.

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STEM/STEAM Learning

Participants learn to calculate travel, speed, distance, time, gravity, and weight. Reverse-engineering trucks teaches electronics, mechanical systems, and applied mathematics.

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Competitive Racing

Side-by-side bracket track racing where youth compete for accumulated points. Vehicles are painted to replicate the top 10–20 Monster Jam trucks on the circuit.

The Curriculum

The Training & Racing Experience

A 9-week course hosted throughout the year. 15–30 participants at any given time, with Police Officers as active team members every week.

📐 Physics & Math in Action

Youth calculate speed, distance, gravity, and weight in real time — turning the track into a classroom where the lessons are impossible to forget.

🔧 Reverse Engineering

Participants drive, repair, and train with technologically advanced RC trucks. Teams are responsible for maintaining and repairing their assigned vehicles.

🏆 Bracket Racing

Each racing event features youth drivers competing head-to-head. Driver skill, technique, and course-adjustment ability determine the outcome — not luck.

🎨 Truck Sponsorship & Art

RC trucks are painted to replicate real Monster Jam vehicles. Youth learn about each truck's history and the professional drivers behind them.

🎟️ Monster Jam Field Trip

All participants are taken annually to see the actual Monster Trucks race live — connecting their classroom experience to the real world.

👮 Police as Teammates

Officers are not observers — they are active team members. The same officer stays with the same team for all 9 weeks, building real relationships.

What Participants Gain

A Complete Learning Experience

ICRCP was designed to address the whole person — not just the student on the track.

🧠 Character & Social Skills

✦ Teamwork & collaboration
✦ Competing with respect & dignity
✦ Winning & losing with grace
✦ Conflict resolution & mediation
✦ Social-emotional therapy
✦ Mentoring & discipline

🛡️ Safety & Community

✦ Open communication about trauma
✦ An outlet to speak about violence
✦ Escape from toxic environments
✦ Deterrent to becoming offenders or victims
✦ Alternative to engaging in mischief
✦ Intervention to violence

🚀 Growth & Discovery

✦ Physics & mathematics in a fun way
✦ Fun alternative to athletics
✦ Art through truck design
✦ STEM/STEAM education seamlessly embedded
✦ Vehicle repair & mechanical skills
✦ And much more!

Our Ultimate Goal

To eventually have a facility where youth from all over the city and surrounding suburbs — accompanied by Police Officers from their respective areas — converge for racing and fellowship. With your help, we can reach the full capabilities of the Training & Racing Experience.

About the
Cobra Back Foundation

Founded to fill voids. Built to build bridges. Committed to community.

Who We Are

Our Story

The Cobra Back Foundation (CBF) was founded to fill voids within communities by creating opportunities for growth, connection, education, and empowerment. Founded by E. Dixon, a dedicated civil servant in the City of Chicago since 2001, CBF is built on a lifelong commitment to serving residents, strengthening neighborhoods, and uplifting communities through meaningful engagement.

Today, CBF expands that commitment through innovative programming such as the Inner-City RCP initiative — which uses competitive STEM RC racing to build relationships between youth, police, and the community — while also offering enlightenment and awareness courses designed to equip individuals and families with practical life skills. Through education in financial literacy, de-escalation, home buying, scam and phishing awareness, and credit building, CBF works to create informed, confident, and connected communities.

CBF remains focused on promoting community values, personal development, unity, safer neighborhoods, and stronger partnerships between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

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Our Mission

The Cobra Back Foundation exists to build bridges and fill voids by delivering transformative programs and educational opportunities that empower youth, families, and communities through STEM, life skills, awareness, and unity.

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Our Vision

We envision a future where communities are stronger, safer, and more connected — where education, opportunity, and partnership create lasting impact from Englewood to neighborhoods across the city and beyond.

What We Offer

Our Programs & Initiatives

Every CBF program is built around one goal: equipping people with the tools they need to thrive.

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Educational Courses

Structured, certificate-bearing programs covering Financial Literacy, De-escalation, Home Buying, Scam & Phishing Awareness, and Credit Building — all delivered online at no cost to participants.

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Inner-City RC with Police

A 9-week STEM/STEAM program that brings youth and police officers together through competitive RC monster truck racing, engineering, and mentorship. Currently active in 2 Chicago Police Districts.

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Community Partnership

CBF works directly with schools, churches, police districts, and community organizations to bring programs to the people who need them most. Organizations can partner with CBF through our referral program.

"Obstacles are things in the way, MOVE THEM!"

— E Dixon, Founder & President, Cobra Back Foundation

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Financial Literacy

Master budgeting, saving, credit, investing, and avoiding scams — 20 chapters of practical financial knowledge that will change how you manage money for life.

What You'll Learn

20 Chapters. Real Knowledge. Real Change.

Each chapter builds on the last — from understanding what money is to investing, credit, and protecting yourself from financial scams.

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20 Chapters

Progressive, sequential learning

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Chapter Quizzes

Reinforce learning after each chapter

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Certificate

Earn a formal Certificate of Completion

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Real-World Skills

Budgeting, credit, investing & more

"Obstacles are things in the way, MOVE THEM!"

— Enrico Dixon, President, Cobra Back Foundation

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De-Escalation

Managing Conflict in Everyday Life — 20 chapters of practical tools for conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and peaceful communication.

What You'll Learn

20 Chapters. Real Skills. Real Impact.

Each chapter builds on the last — from understanding conflict and stress to mastering de-escalation in every area of your life.

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20 Chapters

Progressive, sequential learning

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6-Question Quizzes

Reinforce learning after each chapter

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Certificate

Earn a formal Certificate of Completion

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Real-World Skills

Home, work, and community scenarios

"Obstacles are things in the way, MOVE THEM!"

— Enrico Dixon, President, Cobra Back Foundation

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🛡️ Phishing & Scam Awareness

25 chapters of real-world scam protection — for all ages, with a special focus on keeping elderly loved ones safe. Earn a formal Certificate of Completion.

What You Will Learn

25 Chapters. Real Scams. Real Protection.

Every chapter covers a real scam threat active today — with practical tools to recognize it, avoid it, and protect the people you love.

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25 Chapters

Every major scam type covered

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~10 Hours

Self-paced, learn on your schedule

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Interactive Exercises

Real scenarios to practice skills

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Certificate

Earn a formal Certificate of Completion

"The goal is not to make you paranoid. The goal is to make you prepared."

— Cobra Back Foundation

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🤝 Safety in Compliance

Learn how to interact with law enforcement to protect yourself and significantly reduce your risk in any encounter. Knowledge and preparation save lives.

What You Will Learn

20 Chapters. Real Scenarios. Real Safety.

Every chapter covers a real situation — giving you the knowledge, language, and approach to handle any law enforcement encounter safely and confidently.

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20 Chapters

Practical, scenario-based learning

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Real Scenarios

Traffic stops, searches, rights & more

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Reduce Your Risk

Communication tools that protect you

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Certificate

Earn a formal Certificate of Completion

"Knowledge is the most powerful tool you can carry into any encounter."

— Cobra Back Foundation

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🏠 Home Buying

Navigate the home buying process with confidence — from credit preparation and mortgage basics to closing day and building lasting equity.

What You Will Learn

20 Chapters. Real Process. Real Ownership.

From understanding your credit score and getting pre-approved, to making offers, closing day, and building equity — every step of the home buying journey, covered in full.

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20 Chapters

Step-by-step home buying guidance

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~8 Hours

Self-paced, complete at your speed

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From Rent to Own

Built for first-time buyers

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Certificate

Earn a formal Certificate of Completion

"Home ownership is not a privilege for the wealthy. It is a strategy available to anyone willing to prepare for it."

— Cobra Back Foundation

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👥 Influence of Groups

Understand the dangerous power of mob and crowd mentality — and why your decision to not show up is the most powerful choice you can make for your community.

What You Will Learn

20 Chapters. Real Accountability. Real Power.

From understanding deindividuation and crowd psychology to the real cost of spectating — property damage, injury, death, and community damage — this course will change how you see every group situation you encounter.

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20 Chapters

Deep accountability meets real empowerment

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~8 Hours

Self-paced, complete at your speed

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Ages 13–24

Built for teens and young adults

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Certificate

Earn a formal Certificate of Completion

"Without the crowd, there is no show. You are not a bystander — you are the most important variable."

— Cobra Back Foundation

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💳 Credit Building

Master the credit system from the ground up — build, protect, and leverage your credit score to unlock home ownership, financial freedom, and generational wealth.

What You Will Learn

21 Chapters. Real Strategy. Real Results.

From understanding how scores are calculated to velocity banking, authorized users, co-signing risks, HELOCs, and the direct path from strong credit to home ownership — this course covers everything.

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21 Chapters

Deep-dive, strategy-focused content

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Credit Cards

Pros, cons, and advanced strategies

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Path to Ownership

Credit as the key to home buying

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Certificate

Earn a formal Certificate of Completion

"Strong credit is not a destination. It is a discipline that opens every destination worth going to."

— Cobra Back Foundation

ORGANIZATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

Your Community Deserves
More Than the Status Quo.

The knowledge gap is real. Financial instability, vulnerability to scams, conflicts that escalate, and lives without direction — these are not just individual problems. They are community problems. And your organization has the power to change that.

Partner with the Cobra Back Foundation — and give your people the tools to build a better life. At absolutely no cost.

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Questions? Email us at Courses@cobraback.org

The Opportunity in Front of You

What Would Change If Every Member of Your Organization Was Financially Literate? Scam-Proof? Equipped to Handle Conflict?

Think about the people in your organization — your congregation, your students, your neighbors, your members. How many of them are one financial mistake away from crisis? How many elderly members are vulnerable to scams they cannot recognize? How many young people have never been taught what to do during a traffic stop, or how to build credit, or how to buy a home?

The Cobra Back Foundation was built because the answer to those questions is: too many. We exist to close that gap — with expert-designed, structured courses that deliver real, life-changing education to real people. And we have made it our mission that cost will never be a barrier.

Every course is completely free. Every certificate is real. Every lesson is built to create a lasting impact. Your organization does not need a budget. You need a commitment — to your people.

Why Partner With the Cobra Back Foundation

Four Reasons This Decision Will Change Lives

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Professional-Grade Education — Free

Our courses are built like premium programs — structured chapters, interactive exercises, knowledge quizzes, and formal Certificates of Completion. The only difference? Your members pay nothing. Zero. Ever.

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You Become the Catalyst for Change

When you bring these courses to your organization, you are not just offering a program. You are investing in the future of every single person who enrolls. You become the reason they knew better, did better, and lived better.

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Track Every Success Story

Your organization can monitor member progress, see course completions in real time, and celebrate every certificate earned. You will watch your community grow stronger — chapter by chapter.

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Start With One. Grow Without Limits.

Begin with one approved course and watch your members transform. Then request access to more courses and expand the impact. There is no ceiling on what your organization can achieve through education.

Seven Life-Changing Programs

Every Course Is a Door to a Better Future

These are not just courses. They are the lessons most people were never taught — skills that protect your members, strengthen your families, and build more resilient communities.

📚Financial Literacy

21 chapters · ~8 hours · Certificate included

Budgeting, saving, credit, investing, avoiding scams — the financial foundation every person deserves but most never receive.

🕊️De-Escalation

20 chapters · ~8 hours · Certificate included

Conflict resolution, emotional regulation, peaceful communication — skills that protect relationships, families, and lives.

🛡️Phishing & Scam Awareness

25 chapters · ~10 hours · Certificate included

From gas station skimmers to AI voice clones — 25 chapters of real-world scam protection for every age group, especially your most vulnerable members.

🏠Home Buying

20 chapters · ~8 hours · Certificate included

From credit preparation and mortgage basics to the closing table — the roadmap to homeownership that far too many people never get.

💳Credit Building

20 chapters · ~8 hours · Certificate included

Build it, repair it, maximize it — a step-by-step guide to mastering the credit system that affects every major financial decision in life.

🤝Safety in Compliance

20 chapters · ~8 hours · Certificate included

How to interact with law enforcement to protect yourself and reduce your risk in any encounter. Knowledge that saves lives — and everyone deserves it.

👥Influence of Groups

20 chapters · ~8 hours · Certificate included

Understanding the power of crowd mentality and peer pressure — and why one person's decision to walk away can protect an entire community.

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Affordable Access.
No One Left Behind.

The Cobra Back Foundation believes every person deserves access to life-changing knowledge — regardless of budget. Our programs are offered to organizations at a simple per-member rate, keeping the platform sustainable so we can continue developing world-class curriculum and serving more communities.

$25

per member · per course

Standard rate

$22

per member · per course

25–49 members

$20

per member · per course

50+ members

CBF Scholarship Program — Because cost should never be a barrier.

If your organization serves individuals who cannot afford enrollment, we offer scholarship-sponsored access at no cost. Apply through our contact form and our team will work with you to ensure no one misses out on education because of finances.

Your Organization Has the Power
to Change Someone's Life Today.

One referral code. One course. One member who finally has the knowledge they needed. That is how transformation starts — not with a massive budget or a perfect plan, but with a single decision to invest in your people.

Simple pricing. Real impact. Scholarship options available.

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🧠 Pre-Test: What Do You Already Know?

Before we begin, let's see where your financial knowledge stands today. Answer these 20 questions honestly — there's no grade, just a baseline! You'll see how much you've grown by the end.

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Congratulations on completing the Cobra Back Foundation Financial Literacy Program!

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You've completed all the chapters! Now prove your financial literacy with this comprehensive exam. Score 70% or higher to earn your certificate. You have 2 attempts.

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Building Stronger Communities Through Education & Action

Courses That Change Lives

Inner-City RC with Police

The Training & Racing Experience

Inner-City RCwith Police

What Is ICRCP?

Community Bridges

STEM/STEAM Learning

Competitive Racing

The Training & Racing Experience

📐 Physics & Math in Action

🔧 Reverse Engineering

🏆 Bracket Racing

🎨 Truck Sponsorship & Art

🎟️ Monster Jam Field Trip

👮 Police as Teammates

A Complete Learning Experience

🧠 Character & Social Skills

🛡️ Safety & Community

🚀 Growth & Discovery

Our Ultimate Goal

About theCobra Back Foundation

Our Story

Our Mission

Our Vision

Our Programs & Initiatives

Educational Courses

Inner-City RC with Police

Community Partnership

Financial Literacy

20 Chapters. Real Knowledge. Real Change.

De-Escalation

20 Chapters. Real Skills. Real Impact.

🛡️ Phishing & Scam Awareness

25 Chapters. Real Scams. Real Protection.

🤝 Safety in Compliance

20 Chapters. Real Scenarios. Real Safety.

🏠 Home Buying

20 Chapters. Real Process. Real Ownership.

👥 Influence of Groups

20 Chapters. Real Accountability. Real Power.

💳 Credit Building

21 Chapters. Real Strategy. Real Results.

Your Community DeservesMore Than the Status Quo.

What Would Change If Every Member of Your Organization Was Financially Literate? Scam-Proof? Equipped to Handle Conflict?

Four Reasons This Decision Will Change Lives

Professional-Grade Education — Free

You Become the Catalyst for Change

Track Every Success Story

Start With One. Grow Without Limits.

Every Course Is a Door to a Better Future

Affordable Access.No One Left Behind.

Your Organization Has the Powerto Change Someone's Life Today.

Support the Foundation

Support Our Mission

Choose a Donation Amount

Additional Educational Videos

Welcome Back

Reset Your Password

Join the Program

🧠 Pre-Test: What Do You Already Know?

🎓 Your Certificate of Completion

Final Comprehensive Exam

Contact Us

Dashboard Overview

Recent Registrations

All Students

Pending Approval

Course & Chapters

Supplemental Videos

Store Products

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🏛️ Organizations

📋 Organization Registration Requests

📋 Referral Code Requests

📋 Survey Results

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✉️ Messages

💳 Billing & Pricing

Building Stronger Communities
Through Education & Action

Inner-City RC
with Police

About the
Cobra Back Foundation

Your Community Deserves
More Than the Status Quo.

Affordable Access.
No One Left Behind.

Your Organization Has the Power
to Change Someone's Life Today.