North Carolina · Nonprofit
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR (North Carolina) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $979,932 to it, the largest being GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC ($350,252). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $980k
- Net assets
- $51M
What Goodwill Industries of Central North Car does
Mission
Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina, inc.'s mission is improving lives and enriching communities through the power of work
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization no longer operates a commercial (business) services division program
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Goodwill Industries of Central North Carolina, inc. Operates 26 retail stores which receive, process, and sell donated goods provided by over 400,000 generous members of the community in alamance, caswell, rockingham, randolph, and guilford counties. Goodwill retail stores served almost 1.5 million customers, generating the revenue which provides the majority of funding in furthering the organization's workforce development programs. Goodwill's recycling initiatives have expanded to over 20 product lines, eliminating over 9 million pounds of product from entering local landfills. Furthering the development of our market share within the contributed goods program will ensure the sustainability of our mission for years to come. As an effective recycler of goods, we continue to strive to be the best stewards of the environment through enhancement of green initiatives.
$20,623,504 spent$492,094 earned by the program93% of program spendingGoodwill Industries of Central North Carolina implements a variety of workforce development programs and services. This includes career navigation, work readiness and digital literacy classes, credentialed skills training, and careers on the outside (a carf-accredited program supporting individuals with justice-involvement and a history of criminal conviction to get a second chance at life). Our mission served 3,053 individuals and supported 340 competitive job placements. The average job placement paid $16.49 per hour at entry, and 66% all placements were permanent, full-time positions. Over 7,700 unique services were provided to the community; 33% of services were in the form of work-readiness classes, workshops, and skilled training, 31% were one-on-one career coaching or case management activities, 25% were employment preparation services such as resume development, mock interviewing practice, or job search assistance, 6% was attendance at events, 3% were support services such as tuition scholarships and vouchers for clothing and/or transportation assistance, and 2% were skills assessments or testing activities. The organization is committed to addressing urgent service gaps…
$1,488,502 spent7% of program spendingCost of food and beverages sold deducted in part viii, form 990
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,112,006.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $40M to $50M (+24%).
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.
97% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Christopher Gorham
President and CEO
Board chair
Diana Hardy
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $36k → $118k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 funders by total. 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 CENTRAL NORTH CAR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 CENTRAL NORTH CAR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 56% · 2019 70% · 2020 53% · 2021 36% · 2022 42% · 2023 25% — 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
60% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 CENTRAL NORTH CAR draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 274 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR (North Carolina) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $979,932 to it, the largest being GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC ($350,252). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $979,932 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $350,252 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL NORTH CAR find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 14 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