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.

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Financial Literacy

Master budgeting, saving, credit, investing, and avoiding scams through 20 structured chapters. Earn a formal Certificate of Completion.

📚 20 Chapters ⏱ ~8 Hours 📜 Certificate

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De-escalation

Practical techniques for conflict resolution, emotional regulation, and peaceful communication in high-stress situations.

📚 Chapters 📜 Certificate

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Home Buying

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

📚 Chapters 📜 Certificate

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Phishing & Scam Awareness

Learn to identify and defend against online scams, phishing attacks, identity theft, and social engineering.

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Credit Building

A step-by-step guide to building, repairing, and maximizing your credit score — from the ground up.

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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.

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

The Curriculum

21 Chapters. 8 Hours. A Lifetime of Knowledge.

Each chapter builds on the last, creating a comprehensive foundation of financial literacy.

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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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🎓 Your Certificate of Completion

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

Financial Literacy

De-escalation

Home Buying

Phishing & Scam Awareness

Credit Building

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

21 Chapters. 8 Hours. A Lifetime of Knowledge.

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