Jandernoa Entrepreneurial Mentoring
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
DELIVERING QUALITY MENTORING TO STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE WEST MICHIGAN'S BUSINESS LEADERS.
- Income
- $246,767
- Spending
- $346,277
- Spent on programs
- 81%
- Reserves
- 3.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 93%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $157,215, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 45 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.7 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 38% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 40% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 31% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1581% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 82 out of 100. Higher than 81% of charities in its peer group (education, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $137,752 spent. RECRUITING, EVALUATION AND CONSULTING OF MENTEES. THE MENTEES CONSIST OF WEST MICHIGAN BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ARE CEOS, PRESIDENTS OR DETERMINED DECISION MAKERS OF BUSINESSES. DURING 2025, THE JEM PROGRAM ACCEPTED 11 ADDITIONAL MENTEES TO THE PROGRAM, BRINGING THE TOTAL MENTEES TO 34 AS OF 12/31/25. THE 2025 RECRUITING CYCLE INCLUDED RECEIPT OF 17 APPLICATIONS OF WHICH, OF THOSE, 15 WERE INTERVIEWED, LEADING TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE 15 MENTEES. THE PROGRAM, IN TOTAL, INCLUDES TWENTY-SEVEN MEN AND EIGHT WOMEN. THE PROGRAM REQUIRES A THREE-YEAR COMMITMENT FROM ALL MENTEES THAT INCLUDES MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THEIR MENTOR AND ATTENDANCE AT VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE OPERATING AND STAFF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES WERE ALLOCATED TO ACCEPTING, MATCHING, EDUCATING AND BEING A RESOURCE TO THE INDIVIDUAL MENTEES. RECRUITING, EVALUATION AND CONSULTING OF MENTEES. THE MENTEES CONSIST OF WEST MICHIGAN BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ARE CEOS, PRESIDENTS OR DETERMINED DECISION MAKERS OF BUSINESSES. DURING 2025, THE JEM PROGRAM ACCEPTED 11 ADDITIONAL MENTEES TO THE PROGRAM, BRINGING THE TOTAL MENTEES TO 34 AS OF 12/31/25. THE 2025 RECRUITING CYCLE INCLUDED RECEIPT OF 17 APPLICATIONS OF WHICH, OF THOSE, 15 WERE INTERVIEWED, LEADING TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE 15 MENTEES. THE PROGRAM, IN TOTAL, INCLUDES TWENTY-SEVEN MEN AND EIGHT WOMEN. THE PROGRAM REQUIRES A THREE-YEAR COMMITMENT FROM ALL MENTEES THAT INCLUDES MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THEIR MENTOR AND ATTENDANCE AT VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE OPERATING AND STAFF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES WERE ALLOCATED TO ACCEPTING, MATCHING, EDUCATING AND BEING A RESOURCE TO THE INDIVIDUAL MENTEES.
- $31,303 spent. RECRUITING AND EVALUATION OF QUALIFIED WEST MICHIGAN BUSINESS LEADERS TO SERVE AS MENTORS. THE PROGRAM SPONSORS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOR MENTORS IN VARIOUS BUSINESS CATEGORIES AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR PEER MENTOR GROUP SESSIONS THAT ASSIST A MENTOR IN AIDING A MENTEE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MENTORS IN THE PROGRAM AS OF 12/31/25 WAS 53; 47 MEN AND 8 WOMEN. IN ADDITION TO OTHER ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, THE MENTORS EACH PARTICIPATE IN A TRAINING AND BEST PRACTICES SEMINAR ONCE A YEAR IN OCTOBER. APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE OPERATING AND STAFF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES WERE CONTRIBUTED TO ACCEPTING, MATCHING, AND EDUCATING MENTORS.
- $95,864 spent. JEM HOLDS GROUP MEETINGS, TYPICALLY ONCE A MONTH. IN 2025, THE NUMBER OF EVENTS HELD WERE SEVEN. FOUR EVENTS WERE CONSIDERED EDUCATIONAL BY PROVIDING A SPEAKER OR GROUP OF PRESENTERS THAT INCLUDED TOPICS SUCH AS CULTURE, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES. THREE EVENTS WERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEADERWORK AS PART OF THEIR PROGRAMMING. ONE MEETING WAS SOCIAL IN NATURE FOR OUR ANNUAL GOLF OUTING.
- $15,652 spent. WITH JEM'S THIRTEENTH OF "GRADUATED MENTEES" (INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A MENTOR MONTHLY FOR THREE YEARS), THE ALUMNI PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO STILL WANT TO STAY INVOLVED STANDS AT 77 PEOPLE. THESE GRADUATED MENTEES (JEM AMBASSADOR GROUP - JAG) WILL NO LONGER BE MONITORED ON THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THEIR MENTOR. FOR A 1,100 FEE, THEY CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS AND USE OTHER RESOURCES OF JEM (EXAMPLE: MEETING WITH A FEW MENTORS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS). OUR JAG STEERING COMMITTEE HELPS BUILD THAT PROGRAM AND BRING NEW IDEAS TO THE JEM BOARD ON IMPROVING THE EXISTING JEM PROGRAM.
- WITH JEM'S THIRTEENTH OF "GRADUATED MENTEES" (INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A MENTOR MONTHLY FOR THREE YEARS), THE ALUMNI PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO STILL WANT TO STAY INVOLVED STANDS AT 77 PEOPLE. THESE GRADUATED MENTEES (JEM AMBASSADOR GROUP - JAG) WILL NO LONGER BE MONITORED ON THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THEIR MENTOR. FOR A 1,100 FEE, THEY CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS AND USE OTHER RESOURCES OF JEM (EXAMPLE: MEETING WITH A FEW MENTORS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS). OUR JAG STEERING COMMITTEE HELPS BUILD THAT PROGRAM AND BRING NEW IDEAS TO THE JEM BOARD ON IMPROVING THE EXISTING JEM PROGRAM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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