Partly. This sheet is the 2024 GO Topeka Public budget JEDO approved (Dec 2023 / Feb 14, 2024 packet). It is labeled budgeted and non-GAAP. The watchdog numbers came from 2024 Form 990 actuals and the GTP audit. Budget and actual are not the same document.
What this sheet does fill in
It shows how JEDO-funded “GO Topeka Public” was planned to charge payroll and GTP shared services.
| Line | This 2024 budget (Public) | Watchdog 990 actual | Match? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll / benefits | $847,044 | Allocated salaries $941,190 | Same idea, actual ~$94k higher |
| Other compensation | $6,080 | (rolled into allocated pay) | — |
| Other employee-related | $73,636 | (benefits/taxes mix) | — |
| Shared services | $585,000 | $660,000 | Same bucket, actual ~$75k higher |
| Payroll + shared services | $1,432,044 | $1,601,190 | Directionally same; actual ran hot |
| Occupancy | $135,827 | $335,934 on GO Topeka 990 | Does not fill that blank |
| Public / JEDO revenue | $10,985,862 | 990 contributions ~$4.31M is a different cut | Different grouping |
| Business incentives | $7,872,980 | Not the 990 salary lines | Separate |
The $585,000 shared-services budget is explained in the same packet’s summary: $248,000 marketing/communications + $337,000 finance/admin/HR. That is the GTP charge to the JEDO-funded side. So this sheet answers “what was shared services supposed to be?” It does not by itself prove the 990’s $660,000 actual or GTP’s $1.48 million of total shared-service reimbursements across all affiliates.
What it does not close
- GTP’s $1,758,989 reimbursed salaries + $1,482,000 shared-service revenue. Those are GTP 990 totals for every affiliate (GO Topeka, Downtown, Visit, Chamber, etc.). This page is only GO Topeka Public.
- Downtown Topeka $486,702 / $456,000 / $1.84M. Not on this page.
- GO Topeka occupancy $335,934. Budget occupancy here is $135,827 ($71,147 ongoing + $64,680 special initiatives). That leaves ~$200k unexplained versus the 990. Different books, different allocation, or costs sitting on GTP and pushed over later.
- Employee-by-employee matrix. Payroll is dumped into G&A ($749,896) and WMBD ($97,148). Attraction, small-business, and talent columns show $0 payroll. That is the allocation model the watchdog flagged: GO Topeka has no employees of record; GTP staff are charged in.
- Cash $18.33M, ETLC $1.74M loan, $9.5M remodel, lease liability. Year-end balance sheet and audit notes, not this operating budget. ETLC on this page is only a small column ($45,852 other revenue, $83,028 interest, $105,069 depreciation).
How to read the two sets together
- This sheet = what JEDO voted to fund going into 2024.
- 990 / audit = what the related nonprofits reported after year-end, including private-side activity and GTP’s full reimbursement pool.
They line up on the structure (zero GO Topeka employees, shared-services charge, incentives dwarfing operating cost). They do not reconcile dollar-for-dollar. The remaining watchdog ask is still valid: one schedule that ties this $585k/$847k budget to the $660k/$941k 990 lines and then to GTP’s $3.24 million reimbursement total.
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