Alabama · Nonprofit
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC (Alabama) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,915,643 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,000,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $32M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $7.9M
- Net assets
- $33M
What Goodwill Industries of the Gulf Coast Inc does
Mission
The agency provides services within a 10 county gulf coast area for persons with disabilities, undereducated and unskilled workers, families in poverty and others with barriers to social, educational or employment success."empowering people through lifelong learning and employment" represents our commitment to helping people acquire the tools and skills needed for a pathway to self-sufficiency and improved quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Children and family support services: provided intensive early education and support services to 1,361 young children through inclusive childcare centers, part c early intervention services, special education preschool services, and early head start. Additionally, 686 parents and caregivers of children with disabilities were provided training, respite and opportunities for community enrichment. Provided over $58,000 in vouchers for families in crisis to purchase clothing and household goods.coordinated in-home caregiver support and respite for 169 active military and veteran families with a family member with a disability.provided durable medical equipment to over 6,000 people at no cost to the recipient through the equipment loan program. Provided safe, affordable, high-quality year round day program to 74 adults with moderate disabilities.launched a new clothing & household items assistance program to support individuals and families facing hardship this year by providing them with essential items at no cost. 241 people received items valued at about $14,000.
$6,064,774 spent$1,486,686 earned by the program22% of program spendingEducational services:provided free ged instruction to 863 adults and administered the ged exam to 283 individuals.
$683,065 spent$2,197,586 earned by the program2% of program spendingEmployment services and retail program:provided job assistance services to 2,275 people and successfully placed 612 in employment including persons dealing with a disability, low education, lack of job skills, or other barriers to finding and keeping a job. Provided paid work training to 164 people within these target groups.provided career pathway training programs in which 653 people earned certifications in forklift operation, certified nursing assistance (cna), computer skills, work keys, manufacturing, and other work skills.
$20,736,056 spent$20,590,491 earned by the program75% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,483,895.
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 $27M to $41M (+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 0% · 2018 0% · 2022 19% · 2023 5% · 2024 4% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST 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. 1 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
Frank Harkins
President / CEO
Board chair
Richard Wilkins
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $642k → $95k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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: $769k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Florida Goodwill Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST 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 THE GULF COAST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 THE GULF COAST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 88% · 2021 97% · 2022 64% · 2023 53% — 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
67% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
65% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC'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 $2.8M that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Alabama, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 THE GULF COAST INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 274 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.4M on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$4.5M
- General Services Administration$905k
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 THE GULF COAST 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 Alabama
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
94%
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 1 related entity
- Gwi Services Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC (Alabama) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,915,643 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,000,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $7,915,643 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE GULF COAST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 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