Wisconsin · Nonprofit
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,055,666 to it, the largest being CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ($2,901,989). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $0
What Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc does
Mission
Goodwill industries of metropolitan chicago, inc. ("goodwill-chicago") is a nonstock, not-for-profit illinois corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock, not-for-profit (continued on schedule o)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Goodwill-chicago's pre-employment skills training programs focus on providing education and training to help participants find work or start a career. An individual employment plan is developed for participants outlining strengths, existing skills, interests, past experience and other supportive service needs. Participants attend intensive pre-employment skills and computer skills training classes. After completion, participants either actively pursue employment or complete additional occupational skills training, such as retail and customer service. In 2025, goodwill expanded youth-specific programming with its empower youth program, targeting teens and young (continued on schedule o) adults ages 16-24 for employment readiness training, access to supportive services, and job placement in both short and long-term employment. Our teens and young adult initiatives also featured programs specifically focused on professional skill-building providing training in conflict resolution, financial education, goal setting, and mentorship. With community partnerships, goodwill participated in programs to expose youth to pathways trainings in energy, utilities and construction. Recognizing…
$1,885,800 spentof which $491 as grants68% of program spendingGoodwill operated five workforce connection centers, in the metropolitan chicago area, with locations in lombard, north riverside and in the west englewood community. The centers provided free job search and support services to the general public, regardless of income or other qualifying criteria. These centers were developed to help individuals who are unemployed or underemployed find and keep jobs. Workforce connection center staff provide assistance throughout the job search process, including resume development, job leads/applications, computer access, job-search strategies, interview prep, and access to resources needed to sustain employment. The workforce connection centers host employer recruitment events to connect job seekers with employers in need of employees. Goodwill also (continued on schedule o) collaborates with other local organizations to connect center customers to additional resources such as driver's license recovery programs, counseling, benefits assistance, and help with housing and other concerns. Together, these centers provided services to more than 4,000 people in 2025.
$879,918 spent32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,765,718.
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 $1.6M to $830k (−49%).
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 35% · 2018 50% · 2019 37% · 2020 33% · 2021 26% · 2022 25% · 2023 21% · 2024 14% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% 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
Jacqueline Hallberg
President & CEO
Board chair
Carl Vander Wilt
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $159k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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: $5.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 51% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC has grown faster than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Goodwill Retail Services Inc · exempt
- Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc · exempt
- Goodwill Manufacturing Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,055,666 to it, the largest being CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ($2,901,989). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $3,055,666 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC?
- CHICAGO COOK WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP is the largest funder on record, with $2,901,989 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 7 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