Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Promotion of activities to spur economic growth and revitalization in the city of detroit
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation at a glance
- Total assets
- $7,805,036
- -2.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $10,468,570
- +1.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $204,359
- -45.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $10,432,405
- -0.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
- Next open deadline
- September 30, 2027 (Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) 2.0 Program)
Open Grants
3 open opportunities from Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Detroit Legacy Business Project (DLBP)
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Amount
$15,000 - $50,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Motor City Match
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Amount
Up to $85,000 per business
Deadline
Deadline not published
Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) 2.0 Program
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Amount
Up to $5,000,000 per real estate project; Up to $1,000,000 for public space infrastructure; Up to $20,000,000 for subgrant programs
Deadline
September 30, 2027
Listed date — confirm with the funder
Who Detroit Economic Growth Corporation funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
In 2020 it made 1 grant totaling $1.6M.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,805,036 | $10,468,570 | $10,432,405 | — | — | $204,359 |
| 2024 | $7,960,504 | $10,364,824 | $10,446,492 | — | — | $377,805 |
| 2023 | $8,488,722 | $9,492,028 | $9,540,649 | — | — | $191,933 |
| 2022 | $7,209,211 | $10,420,774 | $8,819,151 | — | — | $68,905 |
| 2021 | $5,612,082 | $9,073,481 | $8,341,022 | — | — | $64,656 |
| 2020 | $5,088,611 | $10,136,723 | $10,159,135 | $1,600,000 | 1 | $34,096 |
| 2019 | $4,856,164 | $8,704,414 | $8,674,384 | — | — | $38,894 |
About Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Based on IRS filings
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation is a public charity, based in Detroit, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7.8M in total assets. Net investment income was $204K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation is led by Kevin Johnson, President & C.e.o. on every filing since 2019; 11 of 48 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Kevin Johnson
President & C.e.o.
On filings since 2019
55 hrs/week
$172K (2019) → $402K (2025)
Marlo Rencher
President & Detroit Means Business
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$185K (2024) → $238K (2025)
Conrad L. Mallett Jr.
Chair
Director → Chair, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Howell
Senior Director & Real Estate Development
Senior Director & Real Estate → Senior Director & Real Estate Development, 2024
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$118K (2023) → $146K (2025)
Darrell Middleton
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David E. Meador
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eric Larson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Eva Garza Dewaelsche
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary Torgow
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George W. Jackson Jr.
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Vella
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth L. Harris
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marshal S. Kleven
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marvin Beatty
Director
Vice Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Duggan
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike McLauchlan
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ronald Stallworth
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terence A. Thomas Sr.
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tony Stovall
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
April Anderson
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kofi Bonner
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mikyia Aaron
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ned Staebler
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dimitrius Hutcherson
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Sheffield
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mohamad Hammoud
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hassan Beydoun
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alexa Turnage
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Dewey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Darby
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Khalil Rahal
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kimberly Andrews Espy
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Bickers
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Reaves
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Natalie King
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Neal Bishop
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Yvette Johnson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Glen W. Long Jr.
Executive V-P of Administrator & C.f.o.
Int. President, C.e.o., Executive V-P & C.f.o. → Executive V-P of Administrator & C.f.o., 2020
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$263K (2019) → $271K (2025)
Kenyetta Hairston-Bridges
Executive V-P, Econ. Development & Inv. Serv.
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$123K (2019) → $206K (2025)
Rebecca Navin
General Counsel
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$194K (2019) → $228K (2025)
David White
Vice President & Business Development
Director, Nat. & Reg. Bus. Attraction → Senior Director & Business Development, 2022
Senior Director & Business Development → Vice President & Business Development, 2025
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$108K (2020) → $141K (2025)
Kelly Shovan
Controller
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$107K (2020) → $131K (2025)
Jennifer Kanalos
Vice President & Board Administration
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$131K (2024) → $143K (2025)
Sean Gray
Vice President & Small Business Services
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$133K (2024) → $150K (2025)
Tiffini Smith
Vice President & Human Resources
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$121K (2025)
Andra Rush
Vice Chair
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jacci Woods
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Tyson
Treasurer
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (33)
- Former: John Blanchard (2019–2024) — Vice Chair
- Former: Adelaide Pascaris (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Tony Tomczak (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Andrew Lucco (2024) — Senior Director & Motor City Match
- Former: Dave Blaszkiewicz (2024) — Director
- Former: Amanda Hanlin (2019–2023) — Chief of Staff
- Former: Cynthia Pasky (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: David Blaskiewicz (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Malinda Jensen (2019–2023) — V-P & Governmental Affairs
- Former: Mark Denson (2020–2023) — Senior Director, Strategy & Operations
- Former: Pierre Batton (2020–2022) — Vice President & Small Business
- Former: Nicole Sherard Freeman (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Charity Dean (2022) — Director
- Former: Elizabeth Hamburger (2022) — Interim V-P & Small Business
- Former: Brenda Jones (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Rachel Lutz (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Thomas Lewand Jr. (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Bunlim Ly (2020–2021) — Vice President & Global Commerce
- Former: Donna Zelewski (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jerry Norcia (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Lydia Gutierrez (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Matt Cullen (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Michael Aaron (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Nicole Sherard-Freeman (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Reuben Munday (2019–2020) — Secretary
- Former: Roy Wilson (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Steven White (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Nick Khouri (2020) — Director
- Former: Juliette Okotie-Eboh (2019) — Director
- Former: Michael Rafferty (2019) — Former V-P & Small Business
- Former: Patrick Cadariu (2019) — Director
- Former: Peter Chapman (2019) — Former V-P & Business Development
- Former: Thomas Lewand Sr. (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $402K, to Kevin Johnson (President and C.E.O.). 11 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
How large is Detroit Economic Growth Corporation?
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation reported $7.8M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $10.5M.
Where does Detroit Economic Growth Corporation operate?
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation has awarded grants in Michigan.
What is Detroit Economic Growth Corporation's EIN?
Detroit Economic Growth Corporation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-2192028. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 30, 2021)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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