2025-08-27T16:42:35-04:00 2024-12-31 751486711 PSK LLP 3001 MEDLIN DR STE 100 ARLINGTON TX 76015 990 2024-01-01 822258900 GOD'S NEUTRAL ZONE THE GNZ GODS 8336879663 5318 HONEYVINE DR DICKINSON TX 77539 JOHN B DAINWOOD FOUNDER/PRESIDENT 8336879663 2025-08-15 true true KATHY HOWLETT P00943345 8176643000 2025-08-25 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z GODS NEUTRAL ZONE THE GNZ JOHN B DAINWOOD 5318 HONEYVINE DR DICKINSON TX 77539 250460 false X WWW.THEGNZ.ORG X 2017 TX EDUCATION & VOCATIONAL TRAINING: LAUNCHING COMPREHENSIVE GED AND VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS, ENSURING THAT, UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, PARTICIPANTS HAVE DIRECT PATHWAYS TO JOB PLACEMENTS, THEREBY FOSTERING TANGIBLE SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT. COMMUNITY & POLICE ENGAGEMENT: ESTABLISHING ONGOING, EVENT-DRIVEN INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CITIZENS. ORGANIZING REGULAR MOTIVATIONAL AND MENTORSHIP OCCURRENCES, LED BY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, TO FACILITATE BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND POLICE, AND TO CULTIVATE MUTUAL TRUST THROUGH THESE SHARED EXPERIENCES. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) SUPPORT: IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS AND COUNSELING SERVICES THAT OFFER COURT-ORDERED ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD. PROVIDING ROBUST SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE VOLUNTARILY SEEKING TO OVERCOME ADDICTION(S), REPLACING CYCLES OF FEAR AND ISOLATION WITH EMPOWERMENT AND UNDERSTANDING. HEALING THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCE: CREATING SAFE, NEUTRAL SPACES THAT FACILITATE CONTINU 6 6 0 0 250460 0 0 0 250460 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250460 4721 255181 0 4721 255181 X IT IS THE GOD-GIVEN VISION AND THE MISSION OF THE GOD'S NEUTRAL ZONE: THE GNZ TO BRING HOPE AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILLS TRAINING TO THE CITIZENS OF INNER CITIES. THE GNZ WILL FULFILL THIS VISIONARY MISSION THROUGH BUILDING RECREATIONAL/VOCATIONAL CENTERS THAT WILL: -ENCOURAGE CITIZENRY PARTICIPATION THROUGH PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE ADVOCACY, INSTRUCTION, AND CHRISTIAN MENTORING... -PROVIDE GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (G.E.D.) PROGRAMS, AND EQUIP INDIVIDUALS WITH VOCATIONAL SKILLS THAT WILL TRANSFORM AND TRANSCEND ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING A WAY OUT OF THE TRAPS INHERENT TO GANGS, POVERTY, AND THE ANTISOCIAL PRESSURES THAT ARE PREVALENT IN OUR INNER CITIES. -BUILD AND MAINTAIN STELLAR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND -OFFER RECOVERY SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO OVERCOME THE DEVASTATING DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF ADDITIONS AND FAILING HABITS. SCHEDULED (FREE) EVENTS SUCH AS MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS, AND TES false false NO PROGRAMS YET true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false X 6 6 true false true false true true true true false true false true false false false false false false X JOHN B DAINWOOD 8336879663 5318 HONEYVINE DR DICKINSON TX 77539 X DEBRA GALE DAINWOOD SECRETARY/DI 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JOHN B DAINWOOD FOUNDER/PRES 40.00 X X 0 0 0 JIMMIE DARLENE GIROUARD TREASURER/DI 1.00 X X 0 0 0 ANNA MARIE KOVACEVICH RECOVERY SPE 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MICHAEL SHANE KOVACEVICH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 RONNIE RAE ORMAN DIRECTOR OF 1.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 250460 250460 250460 0 0 0 0 4721 105181 150000 4721 255181 0 0 X 4721 255181 4721 255181 4721 255181 250460 X false false X 4721 250460 255181 4721 250460 255181 255181 4721 250460 255181 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IT IS THE GOD-GIVEN VISION AND THE MISSION OF THE GOD'S NEUTRAL ZONE: THE GNZ TO BRING HOPE AND MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILLS TRAINING TO THE CITIZENS OF INNER CITIES. THE GNZ WILL FULFILL THIS VISIONARY MISSION THROUGH BUILDING RECREATIONAL/VOCATIONAL CENTERS THAT WILL: -ENCOURAGE CITIZENRY PARTICIPATION THROUGH PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE ADVOCACY, INSTRUCTION, AND CHRISTIAN MENTORING... -PROVIDE GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT (G.E.D.) PROGRAMS, AND EQUIP INDIVIDUALS WITH VOCATIONAL SKILLS THAT WILL TRANSFORM AND TRANSCEND ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES; PROVIDING A WAY OUT OF THE TRAPS INHERENT TO GANGS, POVERTY, AND THE ANTISOCIAL PRESSURES THAT ARE PREVALENT IN OUR INNER CITIES. -BUILD AND MAINTAIN STELLAR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND -OFFER RECOVERY SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO OVERCOME THE DEVASTATING DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF ADDITIONS AND FAILING HABITS. SCHEDULED (FREE) EVENTS SUCH AS MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS, AND TESTIMONIALS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THE REGIMENS OF DISCIPLINE THAT HAVE LAUNCHED THESE NBA, NFL, MLB, SOCCER, NASCAR DRIVERS, WRESTLERS, AND ALL OTHER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES (BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED) TO CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES AND GLOBALLY ACKNOWLEDGED SUCCESS... THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING SIDE OF THIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE QUALITY, CERTIFIABLE, SKILLS THAT ARE PREDOMINATE IN THE AREA. SKILLS TAUGHT WILL INCLUDED TRADES SUCH AS HVACR (HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION), WELDING (INCLUDING UNDERWATER WELDING), CARPENTRY, AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS (BOTH GAS AND DIESEL), TECHNOLOGY TRAINING, ETC. THE GNZ WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE, PROMOTE, AND SCHEDULE, COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT EVENTS THAT WILL BRING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING TO BRIDGE THE DIVIDE AND CHASM OF SUSPICION AND FEAR WHICH NOW INHABITS OUR INNER CITIES... HERE AT THE GNZ, IT IS OUR CERTAINTY THAT DEMONSTRATED CONCERN AND CONTINUING INTERACTION BETWEEN CITIZENS AND POLICE WILL BRING UNDERSTANDING TO BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE. IT IS OUR POSITION THAT UNDERSTANDING ELIMINATES FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN, MISJUDGMENT, PREJUDICE AND PROFILING... ON-GOING INVOLVEMENT, IN A NEUTRALLY SAFE ENVIRONMENT, WILL GIVE BIRTH TO CONCERN. AS DIVERSE PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY INTERACT IN SUCH A SETTING, STORIES UNFOLD -- GIVEN A CHANCE, PEOPLE ARE APT TO LOVE THE FAMILIAR. WHEN PEOPLE BECOME FAMILIAR, COMPASSION BECOMES THE RULE. WHEN COMPASSION BECOMES THE RULE, THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES THE FERTILE BIRTHING GROUND FOR GREATNESS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 JOHN B DAINWOOD DEBRA GALE DAINWOOD PRESIDENT SECRETARY SPOUSE MICHAEL SHANE KOVACEVICH ANNA MARIE KOVACEVICH DIRECTOR DIR RECOVERY SPOUSE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 4 FILED A RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION AND THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 MEMBERS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A ALL ELECTIONS ARE DONE BY A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND APPROVED BY THE FOUNDER/PRESIDENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7B SUBJECT TO QUORUM MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 8B NO COMMITTEE EXISTS OUTSIDE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 9 JIMMIE DARLENE GIROUARD 220 GLADE BIDE DR DICKSON, TX 77539 RONNIE RAE ORMAN 1001 KILLARNEY AVE FRIENDSWOOD, TX 77546 ANNA MARIE KOVACEVICH 6618 SCHANZER RD HITCHCOCK, TX 77563 MICHAEL SHANE KOVACEVICH 6618 SCHANZER RD HITCHCOCK, TX 77563 FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE BOARD WILL BE NOTIFIED AND ASKED IF THEY WISH TO RECEIVE A COPY BEFORE FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC