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Grantmaking public charityEIN 481227900

GROWTH ORGANIZATION OF TOPEKASHAWNEE CO

TOPEKA, KS 66603

Total Assets

$23.1M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$322K

FY 2024

Grants Made

15

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$21K

FY 2024

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

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.

Program 2

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.

Program 3

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.

Focus Areas

Community Improvement & Capacity Building

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$4.9M

Total Expenses

$4.6M

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $751K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

137 grants

WASHBURN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
$200K
2 grants
ADVISORS EXCEL LLC
$129K
3 grants
TOPEKA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY
$71K
1 grant
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY
$25K
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

137 grants

<$10K
117
grants
$10–50K
14
grants
$50–250K
6
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

6 states

Kansas
$1.4M
96% of total
Nebraska
$18K
1% of total
Illinois
$15K
1% of total
New Jersey
$12K
1% of total
Arizona
$8K
1% of total
Wisconsin
$8K
1% of total

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