Cycle of Success
Donations and shopping are the basis for Goodwill’s “Cycle of Success”. These simple things that are beneficial to you are also good for your community and the environment.
Every day, our Goodwill donor attendants stand by waiting for your items to come through the door, and when they do, our donation processors carefully hang each garment and place each houseware item in one of our Goodwill stores. When those items are purchased by shoppers looking for a great deal, the community gets a great deal more.
This is because your donations and purchases help provide Goodwill with the funding we need to offer a wide variety of services to those in need, including pre-employment services, job placement, family strengthening services, and community outreach. In addition, Goodwill helps keep a large amount of items out of landfills each year. Every day, our Goodwill donor attendants stand by waiting to start this cycle of success all over again, but it all starts with your donation!
See success stories from real people whose lives have been positively impacted by Goodwill.


34% of Goodwill staff identify as disabled or disadvantaged

22,056 Total People Served in 2024
Goodwill mission programs impact thousands of lives each year throughout the 10 counties we serve.
People served by mission:
COMPASS Sexual Assault: 8,876
Employment Programs: 8,613
Social Services: 1,010
Parenting Program: 214
Good Partner: 157
Children’s Book Program (Bookworks): 2,101
Voucher Crisis Services: 744
Mobile Tech Learning Lab: 341

826,940 Total Material Donors
The number of material donors continued to grow last year at Goodwill’s 34 store locations and donations centers. Donations are processed and sold at Goodwill’s local network of stores to provide financial support to the agency’s outreach programs.

More than 25,000,000 Pounds Diverted from Landfills
Goodwill continues to provide an environmentally friendly way to divert clothing, textiles and housewares from area landfills. In 2023, more than 25 million pounds of material was diverted from area landfills because of area donors and the local Goodwill system.