About Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina
Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina creates opportunities for people to enhance their lives through training, workforce development services, and collaboration with other community organizations.
Focus Areas
Workforce developmentJob trainingEmployment servicesCareer navigationAdult education (GED, skills classes)Recycling and environmental reuseServices for people with disabilities and socioeconomic barriers
Who They Fund
underserved / low-income students seeking college access (Crosby Scholars)individuals facing barriers to employment served by Goodwillnonprofit organizations with missions complementary to Goodwill
About Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina
A defining feature of Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc. is its large, program-driven support for both its own mission and long-running education partnerships. In the latest grant data, the biggest award was $9,000,000 to Northwest North Carolina Community Foundation for the programmatic needs of Goodwill, with similar support also appearing in prior years at $5,000,000 in both 2023 and 2024. That pattern sits alongside substantial giving to Crosby Scholars Community Partnership, including $1,913,562 in 2025 and $1,861,142 in 2024, for work that removes barriers to higher education. The foundation’s giving reflects a mix of internal program support, college-access partnerships, and smaller community grants tied to organizations whose missions complement Goodwill’s. It also funds reuse-oriented public programming, including designer support for Color Me Asheville, where participants receive a Goodwill gift card to source repurposed materials for event collections. Across the recent record, the foundation appears to use grants as a direct extension of its workforce, education, and community-collaboration model.
What Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Funds
Higher-education access is one of the clearest recurring themes. Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc. gave $683,043 to Rowan County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership in 2025 for partner work that removes barriers to higher education, and $496,536 to Iredell County Crosby Scholars Community Partnership for the same purpose. Workforce and mission-aligned community support also show up in awards such as $405,000 to YMCA of Northwest North Carolina for charitable organizations with missions that complement Goodwill’s mission. The foundation also funds local nonprofit partners across northwest North Carolina, including $50,000 to Ican House Services Inc. for complementary mission support. Beyond traditional service grants, it supports reuse and event-based programming through Color Me Asheville — Designer Support, which gives designers a $200 Goodwill gift card to purchase repurposed materials for collections made from primarily reused items.
How Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Gives
Typical grants cluster around smaller awards, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $20,000, and a p75 of $303,546. The recent record also includes several very large, multi-million-dollar program support grants, so the distribution is skewed toward a small number of major internal or partner awards. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: Northwest North Carolina Community Foundation received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Crosby Scholars Community Partnership and its county affiliates appear across multiple years as well. The foundation funds in a partner-focused, programmatic way, and it also accepts unsolicited applications through Color Me Asheville — Designer Support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12.7M
Total Assets
$155.2M
Total Revenue
$94.1M
Total Expenses
$94.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $304K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$304K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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