Challenge Detroit
Non-profit OrganizationsMichigan, United States11-50 Employees
Challenge Detroit is a nonprofit organization based in Detroit, Michigan, focused on developing and connecting community-minded leaders to enhance the city's civic and economic life. It seeks to attract and retain individuals who are committed to community impact by highlighting opportunities within Detroit and its neighborhoods. The organization presents Detroit as a place to live, work, play, give, and lead, and it partners with local nonprofits to tackle strategic, intellectually grounded projects that deliver incremental improvements through hands-on learning. Its work sits at the intersection of leadership development, talent recruitment, and nonprofit capacity-building, pairing with companies to host participants and strengthen local employment while supporting the operations, fundraising, programming, and marketing needs of partner organizations. A notable development noted in its recent history is a partnership with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation to expand equitable small-business growth and entrepreneurship in Detroit.