Goldenwood

What Goldenwood does

Goldenwood is a New York-headquartered nonprofit founded in 2020 that cultivates spiritually attentive communities seeking to reimagine work through the lens of Christian spiritual formation. It serves Christian professionals, artists, entrepreneurs, churches, and organizations pursuing faith-and-work integration, offering a portfolio of programs anchored by the Goldenwood Institute: Nautilus (a flagship 7-month cohort combining coaching, spiritual direction, and communal discernment), Trellis (a virtual two-week listening journey at $40/session), Quarterly Retreats, Dream Forum (a 6-month 'decelerator' for 8–12 selected Dreamers co-produced with Two Tunics Legacy Fund), CityGuilds (monthly in-person small groups across multiple cities), Greenhouse (a 2025-launched six-month dream-cultivation program), Goldenwood Intensive multi-day immersives, Red Vineyard, and the Enlivening Work Podcast. Member infrastructure is organized around the Collective, an application-based annual membership that unlocks free or discounted access to Trellis and other offerings.

The organization's underlying technology stack is conventional and non-proprietary: WordPress-based web presence, Zoom for virtual program delivery, Teachable for self-guided content, podcast distribution on major platforms, and email/CRM systems for membership and donations. No proprietary platform, AI/ML capability, mobile app, or public API is referenced in available sources. Delivery relies on co-founder-led content (David Kim and Amilee Watkins, Co-Founders), a Board, Institute Deans, and local CityGuilds facilitators.

Goldenwood's business model blends earned revenue and charitable contributions. Earned streams include low-ticket program fees (Trellis at $40/session, intensives at $250/day), annual Collective membership subscriptions, and quote-based consulting services for organizations seeking work-culture transformation. Donations — one-time and recurring gifts, Zelle/ACH, checks, stock, and DAF contributions — are accepted and, given the small team and absence of institutional funding, likely represent a material share of total support. Geographic reach spans NYC (Goldenwood Commons headquarters and monthly AfterWork events), Princeton NJ, Nashville TN, Greenville SC, and an annual fallow retreat at Jesus College, Cambridge UK, with virtual programs accessible globally.

Name

Goldenwood

Legal name

Goldenwood Inc.

Website

https://goldenwoodnyc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Goldenwood is a New York-based nonprofit that runs faith-and-work formation programs — including the Nautilus cohort, Trellis listening journeys, Dream Forum, retreats, and consulting — for Christian professionals, creatives, entrepreneurs, and organizations seeking to integrate spiritual practice with vocational life.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Spiritual Formation and Faith-and-Work Programs

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (813110), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Meditation Retreats, Workshops & Immersive Programs (HSADAJAF)

Keywords

• Spiritual formation programs
• Faith and work integration
• Contemplative retreats
• Leadership consulting services
• Community discernment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Program Fees: Revenue generated from paid programs including Trellis ($40 per session), intensives ($250), and retreats. Fees vary by program length and format, with scholarships available.
2. Collective Membership: Annual membership program providing access to programs, community, and resources. Members receive free or discounted access to Trellis sessions and other offerings.
3. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Organization accepts one-time and recurring donations, direct ACH transfers via Zelle, check donations, stock gifts, and DAF contributions. Donations support program delivery and organizational mission.
4. Consulting Services: Tailored consulting services for organizations seeking to cultivate flourishing work culture. Services include organizational assessments and custom journeys aligned with client values.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Goldenwood is a non-profit that sells participation in spiritual formation programs and tailored consulting services designed to help individuals and organizations reimagine work through Christian contemplative practice. Its flagship offerings include the 7-month Nautilus cohort, the 2-week Trellis virtual listening journey, Quarterly Retreats, the Dream Forum 6-month dream-cultivation cohort, CityGuilds local small groups, the Greenhouse dream-cultivation program, multi-day Intensives, and the goldenwoodinstitute.org Institute umbrella, all supported by the Collective membership community and the Enlivening Work Podcast.

Product overview

Goldenwood is a spiritual formation organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs centered on the Goldenwood Institute, which houses courses, intensives, and retreats designed to broaden understanding of what work could become. The flagship offerings include Nautilus (a 7-month holistic spiritual journey), Trellis (a virtual two-week listening journey), Quarterly Retreats (in-person getaway weekends), and the Dream Forum (a 6-month dream cultivation 'decelerator'). Supporting programs include CityGuilds (monthly in-person small groups), The Collective (membership community), Greenhouse (dream cultivation program), Consulting Services (organizational transformation), AfterWork events (monthly community gatherings), and the Goldenwood Intensive (multi-day immersive experience). All offerings draw from four streams: spiritual formation, imagination, nature, and justice. The organization also produces the Enlivening Work Podcast. Goldenwood is not a software product but a faith-based program and content provider.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Collective: Goldenwood's core community committed to transforming how we work by embodying a long-term vision for renewal
• Goldenwood Institute
• CityGuilds
• Dream Forum
• Greenhouse

Products and services

• Nautilus Goldenwood's flagship 7-month experience combining coaching, spiritual direction, and communal discernment processes for developing a holistic vision for life, targeted at individual participants seeking spiritual formation.
• Trellis A virtual two-week listening journey with daily pages, scripture meditation, framing sessions, and guided communal listening sessions (Mon, Wed, Fri) designed to integrate life-giving spiritual practices into everyday rhythms, priced at $40 per session.
• Quarterly Retreats In-person getaway weekends providing a safe environment to process life issues, ask God questions, and listen through times alone and with others in prayer and structured dialogue.
• Dream Forum A 'decelerator' program where 8-12 selected individuals form four-person Dream Pods for a 6-month communal journey of dream cultivation, including retreats, monthly gatherings, and access to connections and potential funding via the Two Tunics Legacy Fund.
• Goldenwood Institute An institute offering courses, intensives, and retreats drawing from four streams (spiritual formation, imagination, nature, and justice) that cultivates a holistic vision of work transformation and houses programs including Nautilus, Trellis, retreats, and intensives.
• The Collective Goldenwood's core annual membership community committed to transforming how members work by embodying a long-term vision for renewal, providing free Trellis access and member benefits.
• Greenhouse A six-month journey inviting individuals to articulate and explore their dreams within a communal 'decelerator,' cultivating both the dream and the dreamer with support from a community of fellow dreamers and advisors.
• Consulting Services Tailored consulting engagements designed to cultivate flourishing work cultures infused with purpose, creativity, and enlivened work, partnering with organizations to craft unique approaches aligned with their deepest values.
• Goldenwood Intensive A multi-day immersive experience crafted to deepen spiritual attentiveness, awaken imagination, and reframe vision of work, rooted in the gospel and infused with contemplative stillness, systems thinking, and experiential learning, priced at $250 per intensive day.
• CityGuilds In-person small groups meeting monthly in multiple cities that support members in navigating work-related challenges through discernment and spiritual wisdom, fostering professional and spiritual growth.
• AfterWork Monthly in-person gatherings (5:30p-7:00p) at Goldenwood Commons in NYC fostering generative connections across the community to inspire hopeful vision for work revived by love.
• Enlivening Work Podcast A podcast available for listening on all major platforms, part of Goldenwood's mission to cultivate spiritually attentive communities and envision work enlivened by hope.

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Two Tunics Legacy FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTwo Tunics Legacy Fund partners with Goldenwood to co-produce the Dream Forum program. The partnership brings together Dream Forum's dream cultivation methodology with Two Tunics' legacy and resources to support kingdom-inspired entrepreneurs and dreamers in developing their visions. The fund provides cultivation committee support and potential funding access for selected Dreamers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Denver Institute for Faith & Work: Faith-and-work institute offering cohorts, public events, and a content library aimed at integrating Christian theology with vocational life. Highly comparable mission, audience, and program structure to Goldenwood's Institute offerings.
• C12 Group: Peer advisory organization for Christian CEOs and business leaders, running local groups and executive forums. Closely comparable audience (Christian professionals/leaders), comparable membership-and-convening model.
• Made to Flourish: Network supporting pastors and congregations in faith-and-work integration through cohorts, resources, and convenings. Comparable segment (Christian professionals/pastors), comparable content-and-community delivery model.
• ReGeneration Project: Faith-based organization integrating theology of creation, justice, and work. Comparable focus on creation-care and vocational renewal adjacent to Goldenwood's nature and justice streams.
• The Kuyper Center: Organization advancing a Reformed Christian view of work, culture, and vocation through events and content. Comparable theological framing and faith-and-work positioning to Goldenwood.
• Center for Faith and Work (Houston): Faith-and-work organization convening Christian professionals through cohorts, retreats, and gatherings. Directly comparable programs (retreats, community), audience, and faith-based community-building approach.

Emerging players

• The Anselm Society: Christian organization cultivating imagination and beauty through arts, theology, and community programming. Comparable overlap on the 'imagination' stream of Goldenwood's four-stream methodology and similar faith-arts audience.

Broad incumbents

• Q Commons (Harbor): National faith-and-culture initiative producing simulcast events and local gatherings connecting Christian thought with common good. Broader and more mass-market than Goldenwood, but overlaps on faith-based community convening.

Others

• International Justice Mission (IJM): Large Christian justice organization engaging professionals in faith-driven advocacy and formation. Overlaps on the 'justice' stream of Goldenwood's four-stream methodology and shared Christian-professional audience.
• Comment Magazine: Public theology magazine and community exploring faith, work, and culture. Comparable intellectual positioning and shared faith-and-work framing, though distributed via print/digital content rather than programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/nyc_goldenwood
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/goldenwoodnyc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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