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Mission
We create solutions to poverty through the businesses we operate.
Key Facts
Geographic areas served:
San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin Counties
Target demographics:
Low-income people who may have a criminal record, past drug dependency, lack of job experience, or a disability who reside in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin Counties
Results to date:
In 2006-2007, Goodwill accomplished the following:
- 844,478 pairs of shoes saved from going to landfill
- 215 employers hired our participants
- 17,178,916 lbs. of goods diverted from landfill
- 59,863 computers saved from going to landfill
Direct beneficiaries per year: 1,214 Bay Area residents received job training and career counseling
Indirect beneficiaries per year: The environment, local businesses, and our community
Obstacles:
We compete with craigslist and eBay for quality donated goods; we are now developing our individual giving programs so we have capital to launch new initiatives
Your donation of $50 enables us to:
provide two hours of intensive one-on-one coaching for a participant going to work for the first time.
Your donation of $1,000 enables us to:
provide a career fair for 500 job seekers who are re-entering the workforce following incarceration, welfare dependency, or homelessness. On average, 200 of these applicants land jobs within a month.
Your donation of $12,000 enables us to:
provide ten months of paid training, support, placement, and retention services for a job-training participant interested in a retail career.
Board Members and Affiliation:
Brian Penzel, Board Chair
John Power
Frank Williams
Shepard Pollack
and others
Past and Current Funders:
San Francisco Foundation
Haas Jr. Fund
Key Staff
Deborah Alvarez-Rodrigez, CE)