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Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc

Goodwill creates opportunities for people to enhance their lives through training, workforce development services, and collaboration with other community organizations.

$14M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$9.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

71% of Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Northwest North Carolina Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 16 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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6
’18
10
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3
’20
11
’21
13
’22
14
’23
16
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$33MEducation$17MHuman Services$600kYouth Development$337kPublic Safety & Disaster$250kHealth$165kHousing & Shelter$125kPhilanthropy$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $12,672,041, the rows itemized in this filing. The $13,704,992 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,032,951 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $185k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+5 grants · $12M
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$155M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$9,000,000
CROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$1,856,462
ROWAN COUNTY CROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$683,043
IREDELL COUNTY CROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP$492,536
YMCA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA$405,000
ICAN HOUSE SERVICES INC$50,000
THE WINSTON-SALEM FOUNDATION$25,000
BELOVED ASHEVILLE$25,000
COUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS$20,000
THE SPARC FOUNDATION$20,000
CHILDCARE RESOURCE CENTER$15,000
THE SHALOM PROJECT$15,000
WILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT$15,000
WATAUGA COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$10,000
FULL SCOPE INC$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $565k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE: $20k → 12%ROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES: $10k → 15%THE ARK CHARITIES: $20k → 16%DIAKONOS INC - FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $20k → 9%THE SPARC FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%DIAKONOS INC AKA FIFTH STREET MINISTRIES: $10k → 9%THE SPARC FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOME OF IREDELL COUNTY: $10k → 9%YMCA OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA: $405k → 15%GREENEST: $20k → 15%GREENEST: $20k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17M · 10 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
28

Total granted

$17M
$807k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+27%

Still filing today

100%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $520k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RC
    Rowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +45% · 44% of their budget
  • IC
    Iredell County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +103% · 89% of their budget
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $188k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CC
    CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN
    one grant, 2017 · $147k · revenue -4%
  • GI
    GUIDING INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $145k
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - BIG BEND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +51%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Southlight Healthcare Inc

Southlight healthcare provides access to high-quality mental health and substance use treatment, fostering a resilient community by supporting individuals in their recovery.

Health
2
Southeastern Community Action Partnership Inc

To improve and empower the lives of the people that we serve. to accomplish our mission, we help people help themselves by providing services which enables them to develop marketable skills, reduce barriers to employment, teach living…

Human Services
3
Community Partnerships Inc

The mission of community partnerships, inc. (cpi) is to build inclusive communites that embrace the inherent potential of every individual. cpi's staff provides direct services to people in need in wake, durham, mecklenburg, forsyth, pitt,…

Human Services
4
Wnc Lighthouse Inc

The mission of WNC Lighthouse Inc is Changing lives, by being a light for Christ our Lord. Our vision is To be fully devoted to Jesus Christ, by opening our arms and providing Christian services to the underseved children, adults and…

Human Services
5
Communities in Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Inc

The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
6
Carolina Teen Center

Carolina Teen Center is a prevention and education year-round after-school and summer program that services youth and their families. Literacy programs, tutoring, life skills, mentoring, positive peer groups, conflict resolution skills,…

Health
7
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc

Goodwill creates opportunities for people to enhance their lives through training, workforce development services, and collaboration with other community organizations.

Employment
8
Hospitality House of Northwest North Carolina

To provide food and shelter for the homeless

Housing & Shelter
9
New Covenant Safe Haven

New Covenant Safe Haven is a Christian-based organization committed to uplifting and supporting individuals and families living in poverty within our community. Our primary mission is to provide essential services such as temporary shelter…

Human Services
10
Community Alternatives Inc

To provide responsive, person-centered services to improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities.

Employment
11
Charlotte Works

Charlotte works serves job-seekers and businesses by providing resources to develop a skilled workforce that meets employer needs. the organization offers job-search workshops, individual coaching, networking opportunities, and training…

Employment
12
Community Industry Value Interactionist League

NC CIVIL is a nonprofit community impact organization that develops grassroots approaches to structural disparities. Our mission is to increase resident involvement, improve organization of resources, and help institutions partner…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iredell County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Full Scope Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/45
Grantees still filing
27/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northwest NC Community Foundation: $32,750,000 · PhilanthropyNorthwest NC Community Foundation+2 more: $45,000 · PhilanthropyCROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $10,141,564 · EducationCROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHI…Rowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership: $3,529,369 · EducationRowan County Crosby Scholars Communi…Iredell County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership: $2,931,545 · EducationIredell County Crosby Scholars Commu…+2 more: $65,000 · EducationYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $405,000 · Human ServicesGREENEST: $40,000 · Human ServicesSPARC Foundation Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesDIAKONOS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesARK CHARITIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCatholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte: $20,000 · Human ServicesHELPMATE INC: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION INC: $145,000 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES - BIG BEND INC: $50,000 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES - SACRAMENTO VALLEY & N NEVADA: $50,000 · OtherMY BROTHER'S SECOND CHANCE: $30,000 · OtherGUIDING INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION: $25,000 · OtherPIEDMONT RENEWAL NETWORK: $25,000 · OtherCOUNCIL ON ADOLESCENTS OF CATAWBA COUNTY INC: $20,000 · OtherTHE CORNER TABLE INC: $20,000 · OtherFOOTHILLS VETERANS HELPING VETERANS INC: $20,000 · OtherPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $20,000 · OtherHMONG SOUTHEAST PUAVPHEEJ INC: $20,000 · OtherSouthside Rides Foundation Inc: $20,000 · Other+11 more: $125,000 · OtherCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $147,061 · HealthICAN HOUSE SERVICES INC: $105,000 · HealthWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $20,000 · Health+4 more: $40,000 · HealthGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $187,500 · Recreation & SportsBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterSAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterASHE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$32,795,000Education$16,667,478Human Services$585,000Other$570,000Health$312,061Recreation & Sports$187,500Housing & Shelter$75,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthwest NC Community Foundation: $32,750,000 over 8y, 88% of budgetCROSBY SCHOLARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $10,141,564 over 8y, 47% of budgetRowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership: $3,529,369 over 8y, 44% of budgetIredell County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership: $2,931,545 over 8y, 89% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Northwest North Carolina (4626): $405,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $187,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetICAN HOUSE SERVICES INC: $105,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES - BIG BEND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $45,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetSMART START OF FORSYTH COUNTY: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGREENEST: $40,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetSPARC Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDIAKONOS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWINSTON-SALEM STREET SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPIEDMONT RENEWAL NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHMONG SOUTHEAST PUAVPHEEJ INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetSAMARITAN MINISTRIES: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetARK CHARITIES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetSAFELIGHT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CORNER TABLE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHELPMATE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWILKES YOUTH LIFE DEVELOPMENT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTHE SHALOM PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHALLOW FORD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOMES OF IREDELL COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetASHE COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope Coalition Corp: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTL WATAUGA COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSUNRISE COMMUNITY FOR RECOVERY AND WELLNESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSafe Harbor of NC Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOJI COFFEE AND MORE: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCLASSROOM CONNECTIONS: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Winston-Salem Fou…The Cannon Foundation…Reynolds American Fou…Truist Foundation IncNorth Carolina Commun…Duke Energy FoundationThe Community Foundat…Forsyth Memorial Hosp…Foundation for the Ca…Dogwood Health TrustSanta Maria Council 2…George Foundation Inc
The Winston-Salem FoundationNC32.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Reynolds American Foundation · Truist Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Forsyth Memorial Hospital Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Dogwood Health Trust · Santa Maria Council 2829 Lodge Legacy Fund · George Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Goodwill Industries International Inc: 35% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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