Date: Mon, May 6, 2024, 9:48 AM
Subject: GO Topeka inquiry
To: Henry McClure <mcre13@gmail.com>
Cc: Rich Eckert <Rich.Eckert@snco.us>
You asked for information on grants from GO Topeka in 2022 and 2023. Below is list of items in the line of our budget titled "grants/contributions/sponsorships/scholarships".
Unfortunately, the accounting title for that line item is a bit confusing as there are a few larger items that are well-known programs included in this area of the budget as well like the Choose Topeka incentives, our previous partnership with the Procurement and Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), pitch competitions, etc. I pulled out all the costs that are categorized in this area for accounting but are actually hard program costs. Example: Cost of our investment in the Kansas City Area Development Council (regional organization for new business recruitment).
Happy to discuss.
| 2022 | |
| Item | Amount |
| Breadbasket Farmer's Market | $200 |
| Shawnee Heights Foundation Event for Talent Initiatives | $300 |
| New Mount Zion Baptist Church: 3rd Annual Community Drive Thru Dinner | $300 |
| NOTO Arts and Entertainment District: Diversity and Inclusion | $500 |
| Kansas Association of School Boards | $500 |
| THA, Inc.: Grant for Topeka Housing Authority Incubator | $700 |
| Washburn University Leadership Institute: Leadership Challenge Event | $1,500 |
| YWCA Northeast Kansas Emerging Leaders Scholarships | $2,000 |
| NOTO Arts and Entertainment District | $1,325 |
| North Topeka on the Move Association | $1,334 |
| Friends of Alvin Ailey-Camp for Kids | $1,500 |
| Shampayne Lloyd Ministries: Grant for Victorious Woman Retreat | $1,500 |
| Topeka Center for Peace and Justice Inc | $3,000 |
| Oakland Garden A Community of Growers Inc | $2,000 |
| Topeka Family and Friends Juneteenth Celebration Inc | $2,000 |
| Bring Back the Blvd. | $2,500 |
| Junior Achievement of Kansas | $3,000 |
| YWCA Northeast Kansas | $5,000 |
| Tender Loving Care Pet Nursing Hotel: 2022 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $5,000 |
| Filling A Void Enterprises: 2022 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $8,000 |
| Bill - Shobe, Dane: 2022 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $10,000 |
| Yes! Athletics, LLC: 2022 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $15,000 |
| Washburn University Pitch Competition | $25,000 |
| Forge | $50,000 |
| Washburn Tech (scholarships) | $100,000 |
| PTAC | $134,774 |
| Choose Topeka | $174,000 |
| 2023
| |
| Item | Amount
|
| Washburn University: Youth Entrepreneurship event | $121 |
| Washburn Institute of Technology | $165 |
| Shawnee Heights Foundation | $300 |
| Merit Weight Loss, LLC: Grant marketing support | $450 |
| Topeka Public Schools Foundation | $500 |
| NOTO Arts and Entertainment District | $500 |
| Living the Dream, Inc. | $676 |
| Topeka Family and Friends Juneteenth Celebration Inc.: Grant for Topeka Family & Friends Juneteenth Celebrations 2023 | $2,000 |
| Kansas Department of Commerce: MED Week | $2,000 |
| THA Incubator program | $2,114 |
| Junior Achievement of Kansas | $2,250 |
| New Mount Zion Baptist Church Back to School event | $2,500 |
| Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills Association | $2,500 |
| Kansas Association for Public Purchasing Professionals | $2,500 |
| NAACP Topeka Branch: Freedom Fund Banquet 2023 | $2,500 |
| Revelations Evangelistic Ministry Inc of SWF: Teen Summer Employment Program | $2,500 |
| The Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research: Grant for Brown 70th Anniversary Coalition 2023 | $2,500 |
| Topeka Center for Peace and Justice Inc. | $2,500 |
| YWCA Northeast Kansas: Sponsor for 2023 Women of Excellence | $2,500 |
| Mana De Topeka Inc. | $5,000 |
| Topeka Treat Company: 2023 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $5,000 |
| Working Capital | $6,491 |
| Kansas Children's Discovery Center, Inc: Discovery Kindergarten Initiative | $8,000 |
| Paletas Royale: 2023 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $8,000 |
| Community Resource Council, Inc: Sponsorship of For the Culture KS event | $10,000 |
| Kansas Chamber of Commerce: KS Women in Business Conference | $10,000 |
| Perez-Luthi, Fatima: 2023 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $10,000 |
| Chef LaMona LLC: 2023 MWBD Pitch Contest Winner | $15,000 |
| Washburn University Foundation: Sponsorship - Washburn University School of Business Pitch Competition | $25,000 |
| Forge | $50,000 |
| Choose Topeka | $127,250 |
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| | Molly Howey, CEcD | |
| President, GO Topeka | ||
| C: 785.231.4707 |
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| 719 S Kansas Ave., Suite 100, Topeka, KS 66603
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