Louisiana · Nonprofit
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,946,909 to it, the largest being GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC ($1,464,296). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Goodwill Industries of North la Inc does
Mission
Enhance the dignity and quality of life for individuals, families, and communities by eliminating barriers to opportunity and helping people in need reach their fullest potential through employment and workforce development programs;improving peoples lives through the power of work
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Donated goods and retail program: utilizes its retail stores to provide on-the-job training to people with disabilities, people with disadvantages and others having a hard time finding employment. Donated clothing and household goods are accepted from the public and are sold in goodwill community-based stores. Excess revenue goes directly toward supporting and growing critical community-based programs and job placement services. A total of 378 people were employed in the donated goods and retail program at one time or another during 2024. Many participants also receive counseling and help with other basic life needs such as housing, transportation and medical services. Goodwill industries of north louisiana received approximately $3,050,000 worth of donated goods that were utilized in this program.
$6,637,970 spent$5,264,421 earned by the program57% of program spendingContracts/industrial services program: creates employment and job-training opportunities for people who have significant disabilities or other challenges to employment by providing community based contract work for businesses; federal, state and local government; and other community partners. These contracts offer opportunities in a variety of work experience and training environments, including custodial services, groundskeeping, shelf stocking, warehousing and switchboard operations. A total of 73 people were employed in this program at one time or another during 2024. Many participants receive counseling and help with other basic life needs-housing, transportation and medical services.
$1,746,306 spent$2,126,549 earned by the program15% of program spendingWorkforce development program services: helps individuals and families achieve self-sufficiency through the power of work. Through these programs, goodwill served 2,874 individuals in the following programs: youth and adjust job training and placement services, supported (disability) employment, reentry job placement, reintegration services, foster youth independent living, child-support employment and training services, hiset (ged) education and employment training, reentry community coordination services, and mental health and addicition employment services. Through our community programs 529 individuals were place in community jobs for 30 days or longer among 332 employers. Of the individuals place in community programs, 63% had a 90-day retention rate and averaged 36.87 hours/week.
$3,166,814 spentof which $421,737 as grants27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,551,090.
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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $16M (+23%).
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: 2020 23% · 2021 23% · 2022 21% · 2023 18% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
43% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
David R Tinkis
Pres & CEO
Board chair
Aylwin Holmon
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $241k → $363k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 NORTH LA 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 NORTH LA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 NORTH LA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 67% · 2019 74% · 2020 46% · 2021 52% · 2022 66% · 2023 66% — broadly stable.
“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
63% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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 NORTH LA INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 NORTH LA INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 441 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.8M on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$4.6M
- Department of Commerce$182k
- General Services Administration$51k
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 NORTH LA 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,946,909 to it, the largest being GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC ($1,464,296). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,946,909 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,464,296 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF NORTH LA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 15 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