Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,468,885

Total expenses

$4,125,460

Contributions and grants received

$3,913,465

Grants paid

$284,172

Program service revenue

$262,439

Investment income

$244,451

Other revenue

$48,530

Total assets, end of year

$21,743,189

Total liabilities, end of year

$18,017,711

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,725,478

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• GO TOPEKA PROMOTES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS VITAL TO THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF TOPEKA/SHAWNEE COUNTY. GO TOPEKA CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY AND VIBRANCY THAT POSITIVELY IMPACTS CURRENT AND FUTURE CITIZENS OF TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ATTRACTING COMPANIES, PROVIDING EXISTING COMPANIES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES TO REACH THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL, AND CULTIVATING ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.

• GO TOPEKA UNDERSTANDS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A QUALITY WORKFORCE, FOCUS MUST BE PLACED NOT ONLY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ON TALENT ATTRACTION, EMPLOYEE RETENTION, AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. TALENT INITIATIVES FOCUS ON GROWING, RETAINING AND ATTRACTING TALENT AND EDUCATING OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ENSURE A COMPETITIVE FUTURE WORKFORCE FOR TOPEKA AND SHAWNEE COUNTY. WE DEVELOP AND GROW PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESSES, AND SCHOOLS, FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TO POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS; ENSURING THAT EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDERS ARE WELL-ALIGNED AND HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY'S RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS.

• ASSISTING START-UPS OR GROWING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH A PRIORITY TOWARD THE MINORITY-OWNED, WOMEN-OWNED AND/OR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME ENTREPRENEUR. THIS ALSO INCLUDES CULTIVATING AND GROWING POTENTIAL PRIMARY EMPLOYERS. INDUSTRY FOCUS IS PLACED ON BIOSCIENCES (ANIMAL HEALTH AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY) AND BUILDING AN ECOSYTEM THAT SUPPORTS STARTUPS, CORPORATE PARTNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS WITH THE GOAL TO ATTRACT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND TALENT TO CREATE JOBS AND INCREASE WAGES.

• CHOOSE TOPEKA-REMOTE WORKER PROGRAM - THE CHOOSE TOPEKA RELOCATION INCENTIVE IS DESIGNED TO ATTRACT ON SITE AND REMOTE WORKERS TO SHAWNEE COUNTY. UP TO 60 CANDIDATES WILL BE SELECTED A YEAR. THE ON SITE INCENTIVE IS FUNDED IN PART THROUGH EMPLOYER MATCHING FUNDS. NOT ALL EMPLOYERS IN SHAWNEE COUNTY PARTICIPATE IN THE INCENTIVE.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• GREATER TOPEKA PARNERSHIP INC

  $62,078

  SUPPORT

• ADVISORS EXCEL LLC

  $50,000

  CHOOSE TOPEKA EMPLOYER MATCH

• CHEF LAMONA LLC

  $15,000

  MWBD PITCH CONTEST WINNER

• FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF TOPEKA

  $11,000

  CHOOSE TOPEKA EMPLOYER MATCH

• PALETAS ROYALE

  $8,000

  MWBD PITCH CONTEST WINNER

• KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION

  $7,500

  CHOOSE TOPEKA EMPLOYER MATCH

• RADIOLOGY & NUCLEAR MEDICINE LLC

  $7,500

  CHOOSE TOPEKA EMPLOYER MATCH

• STORMONT VAIL HEALTHCARE INC

  $7,500

  CHOOSE TOPEKA EMPLOYER MATCH

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• GREATER TOPEKA PARTNERSHIP INC

  501(C)(6) · ENHANCEMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE · KS

• DOWNTOWN TOPEKA INC

  501(C)(6) · ENCOURAGE GROWTH OF BUSINESS, GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES & CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT · KS

  Directly controlled by GREATER TOPEKA PARTNERSHIP INC

• GREATER TOPEKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

  501(C)(6) · MOBILIZE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICIES THAT CREATE ECONOMIC SUCCESS · KS

  Directly controlled by GREATER TOPEKA PARTNERSHIP INC

• VISIT TOPEKA INC

  501(C)(6) · PROMOTE THE CITY OF TOPEKA AND ATTRACT VISITORS AND CONVENTIONS · KS

  Directly controlled by GREATER TOPEKA PARTNERSHIP INC

• GREATER TOPEKA PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · CHARITABLE SUPPORT TO DISTRESSED AND UNDERPRIVILEDGED · KS

  Directly controlled by GREATER TOPEKA PARTNERSHIP INC

• GO TOPEKA ETLC SUPPORT CORPORATION

  501(C)(3) · THE CORPORATION'S ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF GO TOPEKA · KS · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by GROWTH ORGANIZATION OF TOPEKASHAWNEE CO

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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