North Carolina · Nonprofit
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,836,410 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000,000). 21 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
- $102M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $49M
What Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc does
Mission
Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. Goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. We partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and goals to inform training, coaching and supports to help them succeed in work and life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Business enterprise "be": the program offers opportunities to individuals seeking to develop and build their skill sets to enhance their potential for future employment in production, customer service, and in retail. Our retail stores provide specialized training and hands-on experience in the aforementioned areas through temporary and/or permanent employment. The agency offers asset recovery and manufacturing services using the highest industry standards for environmental safety and data security. The computer recycling program has diverted tons of potential waste from reaching landfills. This multi-faceted program helps generate jobs, provides a valuable service to the community, provides job training opportunities and helps preserve the environment. In 2025, we paid 36.7m in payroll for this group.
$70,178,635 spent$69,965,658 earned by the program80% of program spendingGoodwork staffing is an important service provided to both individuals and employers seeking temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire placement support in key industries in our region. This service connects the community members with access to great jobs at great companies, giving them work experience and a foot-in-the-door, while helping employers recruit a diverse and eager talent pool. The purpose of goodwork staffing is to work with individuals and employers to match skills and interests with talent and employment opportunity. In 2025, goodwork staffing provided more than 138,000 paid work hours, over $5.1m in wages and assisted participants with job opportunities in light industrial, warehouse, administrative support, customer services and other industries.
$7,323,490 spent$7,343,742 earned by the program8% of program spendingGoodwill exists to: help people see possibilities, seize opportunities and prosper. We do this through skills development and career services to support individuals on their path to family-sustaining employment. Wrap-around services offered include: industry relevant training programs, job search supports, employer connections, career navigation, career coaching, resume preparation and interviewing. Goodwill university is the talent development division of goodwill offering modern training opportunities for goodwill participants and team members alike. All training programs are provided at no cost and help individuals learn new skills to be career-ready and find success within growing industries.
$5,350,171 spent$1,292,033 earned by the program6% of program spendingCareer advancement opportunities services matches individual skills and abilities with the needs of prospective employers, and provides job readiness and life skills training to help prepare individuals for the world of work. Retention strategies assist participants in maintaining employment and exploring career development opportunities.
$4,410,220 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $87,262,516.
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 $77M to $113M (+47%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 Jackson
President / CEO
Board chair
Dec Lee
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $455k → $585k.
8 of 38 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: $11M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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 THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 38% · 2019 44% · 2020 45% · 2021 94% · 2022 17% · 2023 34% — 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 THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 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 $6.0M that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC's revenue grew 65% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 27 employment nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 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 North Carolina
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
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Goodwill Opportunity Campus LLC · disregarded
- Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,836,410 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000,000). 21 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 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $16,836,410 in grants to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC?
- 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 THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INC 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.
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 38 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