2025-07-22T09:39:53-05:00 2024-12-31 410746749 CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP 20 EAST THOMAS ROAD SUITE 2300 PHOENIX AZ 85012 990 2024-01-01 263839390 GOTEN INC GOTE 4804627000 4801 N 19TH AVE SUITE 10 PHOENIX AZ 85015 ROBERT COX PRESIDENT & CEO 4804627000 2025-07-21 1 0 ERIN SPARKS P01432691 6022662248 2025-07-21 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ROBERT COX 4801 N 19TH AVE SUITE 10 PHOENIX AZ 85015 1061338 0 X GOTEN.ORG X 2008 OK TO CREATE DICIPLESHIP RELATIONSHIPS AMONG UNREACHED PEOPLE BEGINNING WITH REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES AND EXTENDING GLOBALLY. 7 7 27 55 0 0 1093331 1036347 0 7675 11987 17059 26690 257 1132008 1061338 0 0 0 0 767739 774673 0 0 18212 353451 347396 1121190 1122069 10818 -60731 689454 628723 0 0 689454 628723 X TO CREATE DICIPLESHIP RELATIONSHIPS AMONG UNREACHED PEOPLE BEGINNING WITH REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES AND EXTENDING GLOBALLY. 0 0 883425 GOTEN SUPPORTED MISSIONARIES BOTH LOCALLY IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AND GLOBALLY IN UNDISCLOSED LOCATIONS ACROSS ASIA. ALL MISSIONARIES FOCUS ON REACHING UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS THROUGH RELATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND LONG-TERM DISCIPLESHIP. LOCALLY, REFUGEE-BACKGROUND MISSIONARIES AND STAFF BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEW ARRIVALS IN THE U.S., PARTICULARLY AMONG MUSLIM-MAJORITY POPULATIONS. GLOBALLY, OUR MISSIONARIES LIVE AMONG UNREACHED COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGE IN CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE OUTREACH AND DISCIPLESHIP EFFORTS.OUR FIELDWORK IS MEASURED THROUGH THREE KEY IMPACT AREAS: CONNECT, COMMUNICATE, AND DISCIPLE. IN 2024, OUR TEAM MADE 4,685 HOME-BASED RELATIONAL CONNECTIONS OUTSIDE OF ORGANIZED SERVICES. THESE VISITS OPENED THE DOOR FOR 1,410 GOSPEL-CENTERED CONVERSATIONS AND BIBLE STORY PRESENTATIONS. AS A RESULT, 224 ONGOING DISCIPLESHIP MEETINGS WERE LAUNCHED, SOME OF WHICH ARE NOW BEING LED BY LOCAL BELIEVERS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, INDICATING EARLY STAGES OF A MULTIPLYING MOVEMENT.THIS WORK REFLECTS OUR LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE: TO FACILITATE SUSTAINABLE, CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE DISCIPLESHIP MOVEMENTS AMONG UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPSWHETHER THEY'VE ARRIVED IN THE U.S. OR ARE LIVING IN SOME OF THE HARDEST-TO-REACH PLACES ON EARTH. 34082 7675 SEWING PROGRAM AT GOTEN TRAINING CENTEROFFERED SEWING CLASSES TO APPROXIMATELY 15 REFUGEE WOMEN EACH WEEK, MANY OF WHOM COME FROM CONSERVATIVE BACKGROUNDS WITH LIMITED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR LEARNING PRACTICAL SKILLS, BUILDING COMMUNITY, AND GAINING CONFIDENCE. PARTICIPANTS PROGRESSED FROM BASIC STITCHING TO COMPLETING MARKET-READY PRODUCTS.THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, REFUGEE WOMEN CREATED SEWN ITEMSSUCH AS TOTE BAGS, APRONS, AND HOME GOODSTHAT WERE SOLD BY THE ORGANIZATION AT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND ONLINE. THESE PROJECTS GENERATED $8,174 IN SALES, OF WHICH $7,553 WAS PAID DIRECTLY TO SEAMSTRESSES AS SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME. THIS INITIATIVE NOT ONLY EMPOWERED WOMEN FINANCIALLY BUT ALSO HELPED THEIR FAMILIES WITH ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD NEEDS.BEYOND INCOME, THE PROGRAM CULTIVATES TRUST, BELONGING, AND SPIRITUAL CONVERSATIONS WITHIN A SAFE, WOMEN-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT. IT IS OFTEN THE FIRST PLACE REFUGEE WOMEN ENCOUNTER RELATIONAL SUPPORT AND DIGNITY OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES. 19169 ENGLISH CLASSES AT GOTEN TRAINING CENTERPROVIDED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES TO APPROXIMATELY 141 REFUGEES WEEKLY, HELPING NEWCOMERS BUILD COMMUNICATION SKILLS CRITICAL FOR DAILY LIFE, EMPLOYMENT, AND INTEGRATION INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY. MOST STUDENTS CAME FROM MUSLIM-MAJORITY NATIONS, REPRESENTING OVER 15 ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. CLASSES WERE LED BY TRAINED STAFF AND ASSISTED BY 100 VOLUNTEERS, OFFERING BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE LEVELS. WE ESTIMATE OVER 250 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED IN AT LEAST ONE TERM OF CLASSES. THIS PROGRAM SERVES AS A FOUNDATIONAL STEP TOWARD LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND HOLISTIC SUPPORT. 18905 KIDS PROGRAM AT GOTEN TRAINING CENTERSERVED APPROXIMATELY 20 REFUGEE CHILDREN EACH WEEK THROUGH AGE-APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SKILLS, AND EMOTIONAL SAFETY WHILE THEIR PARENTS ATTENDED ENGLISH CLASSES. VOLUNTEERS CREATED A CONSISTENT AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, HELPING CHILDREN BUILD TRUST AND ADAPT TO LIFE IN THE U.S. THROUGH CREATIVE PLAY AND STRUCTURED LESSONS, CHILDREN FROM AT LEAST 8 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES GAINED EARLY EDUCATIONAL SKILLS IN A NURTURING, TRAUMA-INFORMED SETTING. 18905 955581 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 X ROBERT COX 4804627000 4801 N 19TH AVE SUITE 10 PHOENIX AZ 85015 KYLE BROWN CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BOBBY HART VICE CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 STEPHEN STREETER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LISA HORNER SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 CHAD SMITH BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DEBBIE CLARK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEITH COWAN TREASURER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT COX PRESIDENT & CEO 40.00 X 123363 0 28392 123363 0 28392 1 0 1 0 0 1036347 1036347 SEWING PROGRAM 900099 7675 7675 7675 17059 17059 OTHER INCOME 900099 257 257 257 1061338 7675 0 17316 151755 121404 24183 6168 540573 451849 79883 8841 10364 9590 774 23834 20796 3038 48147 40003 7149 995 20400 15546 4854 2507 2507 43142 26579 14355 2208 64093 53411 10682 17738 16887 851 3731 3731 MINISTRY PROJECTS 195785 195785 1122069 955581 148276 18212 675202 173170 445032 19650 9129 14252 10521 689454 628723 0 0 X 648036 626554 41418 2169 689454 628723 689454 628723 -60731 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 727688 973123 982335 1093332 1036347 4812825 31962 37251 50929 26689 7675 154506 759650 1010374 1033264 1120021 1044022 4967331 0 59252 108674 69495 91100 54354 382875 59252 108674 69495 91100 54354 382875 4584456 809 1472 2870 11987 17059 34197 809 1472 2870 11987 17059 34197 257 257 760459 1011846 1036134 1132008 1061338 5001785 0.91660 0.99570 0.00680 0.00430 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 19650 9129 10521 10521 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ROBERT COX PRESIDENT & CEO 123363 0 0 0 0 0 16487 0 11905 0 151755 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 THE GOVERNING BOARD VOTES AND DETERMINES THE CEO'S COMPENSATION USING THE APPROVED BUDGET. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 IS SUBMITTED TO THE TREASURER WHO PRESENTS THE 990 TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE INFORMED OF THE 990'S PREPARATION AND GIVEN A MINIMUM OF 7 DAYS TO REVIEW THE 990 PRIOR TO VOTING ON ACCEPTANCE OF THE 990 DURING A SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY REVIEW AND SIGN THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND REPORT ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE GOVERNING BOARD VOTES AND DETERMINES THE CEO'S COMPENSATION USING THE APPROVED BUDGET. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.