Depositing Empowerment Through Outreach and Urban

Overview

Mission

DETOUR is a mentoring program for girls of color. Our mission is to increase access to education and employment opportunities for girls throughour Focused And Naturally Confident Youth (F.A.N.C.Y.) Leadership programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

1-The F.A.N.C.Y. Teen Girls Leadership in-person and virtual Academy enrolled 43 girls in the 2025-26 cohort who participated in weekly meetings and experienced multiple volunteer opportunities, fun field trips, and educational activities. 2-Our F.A.N.C.Y. Ambassador Program is a paid internship that helps the participants develop essential workforce and leadership skills. 3-We expanded our school-based programs to fifteen different schools across five local school districts, as well as one district-wide program, serving nearly 400 girls. 4-We hosted our 2025 F.A.N.C.Y Teen Girls Expo at KIPP Adelante Prep Academy. The expo featured over 300 girls participating in empowerment workshops, enjoying live entertainment and food, and hearing from various guest speakers, all supported by our generous vendors, donors, parents, and volunteers. 5-We exposed our girls to various colleges and universities through our HBCU and California Colllege Tours.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273517509
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2017
Headquarters
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6197501180
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 43
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.1%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 51.8%; rating input score 52
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 20%; rating input score 20; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.1% of revenue deployed · 51.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $310K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $104K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Tinesia Conwright (Executive Director): $104,327 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.