About Goodwill Industries of Middle Tn
To help people with barriers to employment access job training, career services and employment opportunities that build skills, independence and community well-being.
Focus Areas
workforce developmentcareer trainingeducation and skills trainingemployment servicescommunity servicesreuse and recycling
Who They Fund
Goodwill affiliates / Southeast Association of Goodwills501(c)(3) organizations affected by tornado or storm damagecommunities in Middle Tennessee and the U.S. Southeast
Funding Style
seed/establishment fundingdisaster/emergency relief
About Goodwill Industries of Middle Tn
A defining feature of Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc is the very large transfer to a related organization: $75,391,898 went in 2024 to Goodwill Foundation of Middle TN as initial funding for a new entity established to further Goodwill Industries of Middle TN’s mission. A second major grant followed in 2025, with $14,147,454 again directed to that same related foundation. That pattern shows a funder that uses substantial mission-aligned support alongside smaller community grants. The foundation’s stated purpose centers on helping people with barriers to employment access job training, career services, and employment opportunities that build skills, independence, and community well-being. Recent grants also show support for regional Goodwill affiliates and local community needs, including disaster-related aid and school-based recycling work. The recipient list includes organizations in Tennessee, Georgia, and Arkansas, with most grants going to Tennessee recipients. The combination of a large related-entity transfer and smaller program grants suggests a structure that supports both organizational mission advancement and targeted local initiatives.
What Goodwill Industries of Middle Tn Funds
Workforce and employment services are the clearest theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. Their core mission is to help people with barriers to employment access job training, career services, and employment opportunities that build skills, independence, and community well-being. They also support reuse and recycling work. In Nashville, they gave $12,000 to Hillsboro High School to support recycling efforts in Middle Tennessee. Disaster response appears in the recent grants as well. Goodwill Industries of Arkansas in Little Rock received $5,000 to support a 501(c)(3) organization experiencing damage from a tornado, and Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers in Columbus, Georgia received $15,000 for Hurricane Helene aid for the Southeast Association of Goodwills.
How Goodwill Industries of Middle Tn Gives
Typical grant size is tightly clustered at the lower end for most awards, with a p25 of $12,000 and a median of $13,500, while the p75 jumps to $10,614,340 because of very large mission-transfer grants. That split points to a two-tier pattern: a small set of major related-entity allocations and a separate stream of modest program grants. The recent record shows repeat support rather than one-off activity. Goodwill Foundation of Middle TN appears in both 2024 and 2025, and Hillsboro High School also received grants in both years. The foundation funds organizations rather than individuals and is organized around program/project support, organizational or capacity support, and seed or establishment funding.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$14.2M
Total Assets
$119.5M
Total Revenue
$111.8M
Total Expenses
$103.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $12K and $10.6M, with a median of $14K.
25th Percentile
$12K
Median
$14K
75th Percentile
$10.6M
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
About 67% of grants go to recipients in TN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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