New York · Nonprofit
GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC
GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC (New York) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,833,472 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,001,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $57M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Goodwill of the Finger Lakes Inc does
Mission
The mission of goodwill of the finger lakes is to prepare and empower people with barriers to independence to be self-sufficient and contribute to their families and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Retail: employment and training opportunities through the operation of goodwill retail stores. Currently located in monroe, wayne, livingston, onondaga, ontario and tompkins counties in new york state, gfl covers a territory of 20 counties and is expanding to those counties in the coming years. Gfl also operates an e-commerce business, clearance center and multiple attended and standalone donation centers and warehouses.
$44,613,998 spent$46,194,545 earned by the program83% of program spending2-1-1/lifeline: is an accredited program through the alliance of information and referral systems and american association of suicidology. It is available for everyone, every day, anytime. Community members get connected with experienced telecounselors by simply dialing 2-1-1 for free and confidential assistance connecting to vital services withing the community as well as providing crisis services.
$6,121,180 spent$5,434,991 earned by the program11% of program spendingFood services: cooks and delivers meals to seniors sites through the county senior nutrition program, providing meals for qualified individuals that meet the federal nutrition guidelines. The division also cooks and delivers meals to child day care programs. They also operate an in-house cafeteria that offers hot and cold meals to agency employees, many of whom are blind and unable to get out to local restaurants for breakfast or lunch as well as hosting individuals throughout our donated goods and food services programs in service to our mission, goodwill does so much to help change lives of people in our community through our good neighbor program. We partner with area schools and local not-for-profit organizations to assist children and adults who need clothing, shoes, books and housewares from our goodwill stores. We also provide interview and job appropriate clothes to job seekers.
$1,209,812 spent$1,312,219 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,605,312 spent$885,774 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $53,550,302.
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 $21M to $33M (+56%).
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: 2022 7% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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
Lake Jennifer
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $789k → $2.2M.
7 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 OF THE FINGER LAKES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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 OF THE FINGER LAKES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 FINGER LAKES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 42% · 2019 32% · 2020 28% · 2021 94% · 2022 50% · 2023 56% — growing more concentrated.
“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
29% of GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC's funders are still giving 3 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
66% of GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES 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 $6.4M that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M 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 FINGER LAKES INC has grown faster than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $36k on record — $36k federal, $450 state.
- Department of Agriculture$36k
- Registration for Meetings&Conf$450
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 OF THE FINGER LAKES 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Goodwill Vision Enterprises Inc · exempt
- Goodwill of Upstate New York Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC?
- GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC (New York) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,833,472 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,001,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $18,833,472 in grants to GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,001,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOODWILL OF THE FINGER LAKES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 34 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