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GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,988,271 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $91M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $70M
What Goodwill Industries of San Antonio does
Mission
Goodwill Industries of San Antonio's mission is to help change lives through the power of work by providing employment, job placement, career services, employee assistance programs and vocational training.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Through the generosity of its donors and the dedication of its employees, goodwill san antonio (gwsa) donated goods and retail operation (dgr) was able to support the personal and professional development of team members and community members by contributing to the support of education and job placement programs. Over one million donations in 2024 enabled transformational professional development and economic advancement for over 800 dgr employees with 153 employees being promoted to higher paying positions within the organization, front line employees receiving a 11% wage increase in 2024 following a 6% increase in 2023, and funding up to a 4% match of employee 403(b) retirement plans. Donations also enabled employee personal growth by funding training programs, life skills coaches, and allowing gwsa to pay for 81% of employee medical plan premiums. Dgr life skills coaches provided counseling and referral services to employees in over 7,600 sessions, significantly improving employee retention and performance. Dgr contributed to the community by re-engaging community volunteer programs in its stores which provided over 20,000 hours of community service opportunities and over 3,500…
$63,575,623 spentof which $865,649 as grants$16,217,957 earned by the program81% of program spendingThrough its workforce development programs gwsa has remained committed to helping community members achieve upward mobility through stable employment, skill development and job training. During 2024 increased its efforts making a transformational impact by assisting vulnerable individuals in gaining skills, credentials, and resilience to retain employment and compete for the better jobs that provide higher wages and more advantageous benefits. This transformational impact is being accomplished through six programs offered by gwsa: 1. Digital literacy - provides basic computer skills training. 2. Good careers academy - provides vocational skills training that leads to industry recognized credentials in healthcare and transportation. 3. Good careers center - provides job readiness and placement services. 4. Nxt level - connects 16- to 24-year-old opportunity youth to workforce and education pathways. 5. Re-entry - prepares individuals nearing the end of their incarceration or post-release for successful transition into trades and transportation careers. 6. Workplace upskill - helps businesses support the retention and development of their workforce through life skills coaching and…
$8,265,199 spent$2,116,393 earned by the program11% of program spendingCommercial contracts manages state and local governmental, educational, and commercial contracts for varied services, including commercial landscaping, tree trimming and call center operations.
$6,195,045 spent$4,254,093 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $78,035,867.
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 2019 to 2020, from $48M to $66M (+37%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 4% · 2022 1% · 2023 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. 1 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
Carlos J Contreras Iii
President/CEO
Board chair
Robert Davies
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 $91k → $1.2M.
7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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: $14M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Goodwill Industries of San Antonio Contract Services). These are real filings, and they are not money GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO raised.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO’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 SAN ANTONIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 SAN ANTONIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 74% · 2019 91% · 2020 84% · 2021 92% · 2022 94% · 2023 56% — 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
50% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
59% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6.9M that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 SAN ANTONIO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.4M on record.
- Department of Defense$12.9M
- Department of Labor$1.5M
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 SAN ANTONIO
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 Texas
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.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Goodwill Industries of Sa Contract Svcs · exempt
- Goodwill Ind Sa Cs Health and Welfare Tr · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,988,271 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $16,988,271 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $10,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 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