Endeavor Detroit

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472312721
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
2488427195
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Urban, Community Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$960,668
Expenses
$1,012,428
Assets
$1,252,089
Liabilities
$13,569

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DIANA CALLAGHAN (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $311,641 total reported compensation
  • NADINE GHAITH (SENIOR MANAGER): $139,131 total reported compensation
  • TAPAN KATARIA (MANAGER): $126,648 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Endeavor Detroit (dba Endeavor Midwest) is leading the high-growth entrepreneurship movement in Michigan and the wider Midwest region, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in the region. High-impact entrepreneurs are those with the potential to build high-growth businesses that drive job creation and economic impact, and who demonstrate a commitment to the community. These high-impact entrepreneurs become key drivers of economic growth and inspire others to scale up, think bigger, and support other entrepreneurs and the broader community.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025 Endeavor Detroit supported a portfolio of 46 entrepreneurs leading 32 companies across the Midwest region. In 2025, Endeavor also selected Detroit-based Covertree into the global network. Endeavor provided entrepreneur mentorship and other services including support with fundraising, access to partnerships, access to growth markets, and business and leadership development programs. In 2025, Endeavor reviewed hundreds of companies and contributed hundreds of hours of mentorship and support to companies in the Great Lakes region. The organization also continued the National Selection Program, an initiative focused on supporting exceptional leaders of future high-growth companies across the U.S. to support their next-level growth and scale. The organization selected four companies in the National Program (Moksa.AI-Detroit, FuelMe-Chicago, Grounded-Detroit, and Lunr-Minneapolis). The organization also hosted a series of curated dinners and events across Detroit, Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Grand Rapids for founders to convene, network and learn from one another. The organization's collective efforts in 2025 resulted in entrepreneurs giving Endeavor an "Excellent" average NSP rating for services provided.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $35.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 58.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $851K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $312K · 9 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.