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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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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
Six 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 · 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 · 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 · 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.
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The Courses Are Free. The Mission Depends on You.
We refuse to put a price tag on education. Every course, every certificate, and every lesson the Cobra Back Foundation provides is completely free — because we believe in equal access to knowledge, period. But free does not mean free to produce. Developing world-class curriculum, maintaining the platform, expanding into new courses, and reaching more communities takes real resources.
Every donation — whether it is $5 or $5,000 — goes directly toward keeping these courses free for the next person who needs them. Your contribution does not just help one person. It ripples through families, neighborhoods, and generations.
If your organization is not in a position to donate right now, simply bringing these courses to your members is a contribution that cannot be measured. But if you can give — even a little — please know it matters more than you know.
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.
There is no cost. No commitment. No catch. Just opportunity.
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Resource Library
Additional Educational Videos
Curated supplemental videos to deepen your financial knowledge beyond the core curriculum.
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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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🎓 Your Certificate of Completion
Congratulations on completing the Cobra Back Foundation Financial Literacy Program!
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🏆 Final Assessment
Final Comprehensive Exam
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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Have a question or want to bring our program to your organization? We would love to hear from you.
"Stronger communities are built through conversation, collaboration, and commitment."
— Cobra Back Foundation
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