Arkansas · Nonprofit
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,938 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($74,787). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $79M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $273k
- Net assets
- $64M
What Goodwill Industries of Arkansas Inc does
Mission
Mission: changing lives through education, training and employment. Vision: people in the communities we serve will have improved skills that provide long-term employment and a better standard of living.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Goodwill's mission is supported primarily by revenue from the sale of donated goods in 35 Arkansas locations. Thirty-three locations have onsite career specialists who help job seekers find their next great job and help employers fill hiring needs. Goodwill helps people with disabilities and disadvantages secure part-time or full-time employment with earnings at or above minimum wage. The average wage for people placed in jobs in FY 2025 is $13.46. Goodwill is CARF-accredited and offers programs ranging from skills training to reentry and support services for job seekers. Our programs change the lives of thousands of Arkansans each year. Goodwill operates The Excel Center, a high school for adults seeking an accredited high school diploma, and a trade school that offers public training for in-demand, industry-recognized certifications.
$50,977,161 spentof which $104,792 as grants86% of program spendingThe Excel Center provides adults ages 19 and older the opportunity and support to earn a high school diploma at no cost to the student, while developing career paths that offer greater employment and growth opportunities. We offer free on-site childcare, transportation assistance, life coaching, and personalized tutoring to help students overcome barriers. Our school "meets students where they are" by providing a flexible structure and supportive relationships to help them manage work, life, and family as they achieve their educational goals.
$3,443,822 spentof which $4,114,845 as grants$858,104 earned by the program6% of program spendingGoodwill served 8,417 people and placed 870 in employment. Our Career Services program offers free assistance to help build promising futures. Services are available in person or through our career portal. Goodwill has helped thousands of Arkansans find jobs. Our services include career assessment, career counseling and coaching, Career Readiness Certification, interview preparation, job readiness training, job search assistance, resume assistance, disability support services for employees, Books for Kids program, and community resource connections.
$2,164,884 spent4% of program spendingThe Transitional Employment Opportunity (TEO) program offers job readiness training and job placement services to individuals re-entering the workforce and community after being justice-involved. The program provided services to 398 individuals. Our staff understands the challenges these individuals face and offers a supportive environment. The TEO program is a 16-week paid job training program that includes job search assistance and leads, job readiness skills, Career Readiness Certification, resume building, access to community support services, and durable skills training.
$1,487,442 spent2% of program spendingThe Academy at Goodwill, licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Private Career Education, offers training needed to secure new employment and career advancement. Each program offers opportunities for non-traditional students to earn industry-recognized credentials that lead directly to employment in jobs that pay a living wage. We offer accelerated, affordable programs across a variety of fields. Scholarships are available to individuals who meet certain requirements. In FY 2025, students of The Academy at Goodwill earned 1,151 certifications or credentials.
$1,449,170 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $59,522,479.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $60M to $79M (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 1% · 2021 3% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Brian F Marsh
President and CEO
Board chair
Miguel Lopez
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $2k → $108k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.2M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Goodwill Industries International Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
48% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 42% · 2023 55% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
43% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Arkansas, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $97k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $750k on record.
- Department of Justice$750k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Goodwill of Arkansas Foundation Inc · exempt
- Goodwill Arkansas Education Initiatives · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,938 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($74,787). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $272,938 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $74,787 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing