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Originally Posted by underPSI
Why are the owners of Goodwill crooks? Goodwill is a for-profit business model. No one is forcing anyone to donate to, be employed by, or be a customer of Goodwill. Personally, I have no issues with Goodwill. I browse a Goodwill store about once a week and have got great deals on items from there.
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Originally Posted by MikeJaquish
"For profit?"
Not really.
About Us | Goodwill Industries International, Inc.
"Dr. Helms’ vision set an early course for what today has become a $5.59 billion nonprofit organization."
And, JKGourmet is a former accountant, (Controller?), with Goodwill. |
Thank you, Mike. To clarify, I was the Accounting Manager for the SouthWest HQ of The Salvation Army, then, later, the Marketing and Sales Director for Goodwill of Southern Arizona.
Just to keep it local, here's one article that is about the LOCAL Goodwill (GCP) programs: (by the way, both husband and wife still are employed and are making even MORE money):
NC Goodwill husband-wife team paid nearly $800,000 - News - Hendersonville Times-News - Hendersonville, NC
And do you know Goodwill pays some of their store employees LESS than minimum wage (while overpaying their executives)?
https://www.watchdog.org/national/po...ef58734c9.html
You can find many Goodwill's across the country that have excessive salaries for their employees (including ME when I worked for them). I'm not against ANYBODY making a great salary for their skills, expertise, education, talents and contacts. But non-profits need to be especially careful about stewardship of their funds and how they spend them. To maintain their non-profit 501(c)3 status, they need to spend funds on their declared charitable purposes. Goodwill Industries has a history of not spending appropriate funds on their charitable purposes (job training, in particular)
and overpaying their executive employees. BUT there are certainly some Goodwill's that ARE doing the right thing with their donations. It's just hard to figure out which ones.
Maybe "crooks" is too strong a word. Maybe scammer, shyster, cheater, unethical are better terms.
Here's a place to start if you want to find a non-profit that is transparent and spends their money on their charitable goals:
https://www.consumerreports.org/char...our-donations/
Note that this is not a complete list of all 'good' charities. But also note that some big charitable operations are not included on this list, and that is something that should make you ask "Why?" Case in point: Susan B Komen
Sorry about the soap boxing and going a bit (okay, way) OT. It's a subject that gets me riled up.
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