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Palmetto Goodwill

PALMETTO GOODWILL's mission is to change lives by providing equitable access to training, education, and employment.

$580k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
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.

Education$60kHealth$46kPhilanthropy$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kArts & Culture$30kRecreation & Sports$25kHousing & Shelter$8kCommunity Improvement$6k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $232,005, the rows itemized in this filing. The $580,134 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $348,129 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

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $164k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$137M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$50,000
WARRIOR WOD FOUNDATION$46,000
UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA$39,660
COLOUR OF MUSIC FESTIVAL$30,000
KIDS ON POINT$25,000
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF UPSTATEMIDLANDS SC$13,220
BEYOND OUR WALLS$10,000
KEYS TO CHANGE$7,500
SHARED CITY$5,625
COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%KEYS TO CHANGE: $8k → 11%GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF UPSTATEMIDLANDS SC: $13k → 10%SHARED CITY: $6k → 12%UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $40k → 8%GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $25k → 8%COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 12%BEYOND OUR WALLS: $10k → 12%COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%WARRIOR WOD FOUNDATION: $46k → 12%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 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
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc

Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…

Employment
2
Palmetto Goodwill

Palmetto goodwill's mission is to change lives by providing equitable access to training, education, and employment. palmetto goodwill serves this mission by providing job training, education, and employment placement services. in 2024,…

Human Services
3
Goodwill of the Coastal Empire Inc

Our commitment is to provide the individual support, meaningful training and employment services to people to remove barriers and close skill gaps so that individuals build brighter futures.

Employment
4
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
5
Goodwill Industries of Southern California

To transform lives through the power of work, gsc serves people with disabilities or other vocational challenges, as well as business by providing education, training, work experience and job placement services.

Employment
6
United Way of Charlotte County Inc

Mobilizing the power of our community to break the cycle of poverty.

Philanthropy
7
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
8
Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries Inc

Goodwill's mission is to enable employment by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth, while committing to sustainable practices. goodwill accomplishes this mission through its various programs and services, which…

Employment
9
Goodwill Industries of South Florida Inc

Goodwill south florida, serving miami, broward, and monroe counties, is the 17th largest employer in south florida. the nonprofit's mission is the training, employment, and job placement of people with disabilities and other barriers to…

Employment
10
The WorkWell Partnership

The WorkWell Partnership operates a four-week job training program consisting of training and counseling, with qualified trainers, mentors, and advocates helping to prepare formerly incarcerated citizens for employment that can be…

Education
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
Sc Vocations and Individual Advancement

The mission of sc vocations and individual advancement, inc is to serve individuals with disabilities, helping them to achieve independence and self-sufficiency through employment and training.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Goodwill Industries of Upstatemidlands South Carolina Inc; the most unlike its peers is Warrior Wod Foundation. 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

9 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. 9 of the 10 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $55,000 · PhilanthropyCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAR…UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $39,660 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINAGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsGOODWILL INDUSTRIES IN…KIDS ON POINT INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsKIDS ON POINT INCWARRIOR WOD FOUNDATION: $46,000 · HealthWARRIOR WOD FOUNDATI…COLOUR OF MUSIC FESTIVAL: $30,000 · OtherCOLOUR OF MUS…GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF UPSTATEMIDLANDS SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $13,220 · EmploymentBeyond Our Walls Inc: $10,000 · EducationHuman Services Campus Inc: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterSHARED CITY: $5,625 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$94,660Recreation & Sports$50,000Health$46,000Other$30,000Employment$13,220Education$10,000Housing & Shelter$7,500Community Improvement$5,625

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOASTAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIOR WOD FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $39,660 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS ON POINT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF UPSTATEMIDLANDS SOUTH CAROLINA INC: $13,220 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Our Walls Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHuman Services Campus Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARED CITY: $5,625 over 1y, 4.5% 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.

Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Palmetto Goodwill funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Palmetto Goodwill. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%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
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 10 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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