Arkansas · Nonprofit
Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland
Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland (Arkansas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,997,616 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland does
Mission
To unlock the transformational power of entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas and beyond by selecting, supporting, and investing in scaling founders and providing them a platform to pay it forward.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
We select Endeavor Entrepreneurs by searching the region, identifying founders with the greatest growth potential, and inviting them to participate in our renowned selection process. In 2024, we selected 4 high-growth companies at regional or national events. We support Endeavor Entrepreneurs with our expansive global network, unrivaled peer-to-peer community, and highly-curated services. In 2024, we hosted 150 hours of one-on-one high quality mentorship and investor conversations for our founders. We elevate Endeavor Entrepreneurs as aspirational role models and provide avenues for them to mentor and inspire others to reimagine what is possible. In 2024, also conducted 27 angel education events, aimed at helping investors understand the risks and rewards of angel investing.
$711,904 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $711,904.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $22k to $1.1M (+4972%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $107k → $245k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 51% · 2023 55% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $372k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland?
- Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland (Arkansas) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,997,616 to it, the largest being George Kaiser Family Foundation ($750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,997,616 in grants to Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland?
- George Kaiser Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Endeavor NWA Entrepreneurs DBA Endeavor Heartland find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing