Georgia · Nonprofit
GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC
GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,229,839 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,000,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $44M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Goodwill of the Coastal Empire Inc does
Mission
Our commitment is to provide the individual support, meaningful training and employment services to people to remove barriers and close skill gaps so that individuals build brighter futures.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Donated goods: our donated goods program collects, processes, and sells gently-used items which provides training and employment to more than 465 individuals. The revenue generated supports workforce development programs and services.
$23,137,969 spent$268,472 earned by the program71% of program spendingCommercial business services: our commercial services business units include an advanced manufacturing facility. These operations provide training and employment to more than 155 individuals. The revenue generated supports workforce development programs and services.
$7,083,448 spent$9,706,631 earned by the program22% of program spendingWorkforce development: we provide a broad range of wrap around support services that assist with removing barriers individuals face when seeking employment. We help individuals develop and achieve employment goals through our opportunity centers (6), where we offer digital skills, career assessments, employability skills, and we partner with local technical colleges that help individuals gain industry-specific credentials. In collaboration with partner agencies, we provide intense vocational assessments and services so that individuals with a disability can achieve independence through work. In 2024, we served 4,810 individuals and placed 614 into sustainable employment through these programs.
$1,580,584 spent$12,460 earned by the program5% of program spendingCommunity engagement: community engagement manages the fundraising initiatives and marketing, communication, and public relations activities for the organization. In addition, community engagement assists other departments in grant writing, marketing, communication, and public relations. These goals are accomplished through in-house and contract design work published through media channels, including broadcast and digital television, radio, billboards, social media, and print advertising.
$725,775 spent2% of program spendingAdult education: the mission of goodwill adult education center is to provide adults the opportunity and support to earn a high school diploma and begin a post-secondary education that leads to career paths offering greater employment and growth opportunities. Our vision is to build a community where people are empowered to improve their life and family through the achievement of their academic and career goals.
$130,617 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,658,393.
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 2023 to 2024, from $42M to $53M (+25%).
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.
75% of GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE 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 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
Jason Marshall
President & CEO, incoming
Board chair
Ivy Council
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $586.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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: $109k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Goodwill Industries International Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE 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 OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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
97% 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 OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 73% · 2023 85% — 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
20% of GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 56% 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
96% of GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE 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 $205k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.0M 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 OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 441 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 441 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC?
- GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,229,839 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,000,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $5,229,839 in grants to GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE 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 OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 9 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