Goodweave International
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
GoodWeave works to stop child labor in global supply chains. Permanently.
- Income
- $2.7 million
- Spending
- $3.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 78%
- Reserves
- 5.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 53%
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 14
- Highest pay
- $201,571, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 74 out of 100. Higher than 46% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.4 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 15% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 60% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1578% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 14 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (international, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2514 of 14 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $445,898 spent. GoodWeave is disrupting the cycles of child labor, forced labor, modern slavery, poverty, gender inequality, and adverse climate impacts through the following interrelated strategies:Harness Market Forces: From the garment factories of Bangladesh to the artisanal cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, there are an estimated 138 million child laborers in the world today. GoodWeave employs a market-driven model to end child and forced labor. By establishing partnerships with brands and retailers and increasing consumer preference for certified, child-labor-free products in North America, Europe, and other markets worldwide, the organization can inspect and monitor more supply chains and protect more at-risk children and workers. See Schedule O for Continuation GoodWeave inspects the production supply chains of participating manufacturers and importers. To be certified and thus eligible to display the GoodWeave label, manufacturers sign a legally binding agreement to: (1) Produce products free from child, forced, and bonded labor; (2) Register all production sites with GoodWeave and allow random, unannounced inspections; and (3) Pay license fees that support restoring freedom to children, rehabilitation, and education in India and Nepal. In 2024, carpet, home textile, and apparel programming resulted in new import and retail companies in several countries joining, bringing the total number of importer licensees and business partners globally to 194. This year, an estimated 30.8% of the global market for handmade rugs carried the GoodWeave certification label. GoodWeave also continued a project funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency's (RVO's) Fund Against Child Labor (FBK). The project entitled "Child Labor Free Supply Chains - Deep Due Diligence for Dutch Companies" supports GoodWeave's work to eliminate child labor in carpet supply chains in India and Nepal, as well as an expanded effort to grow GoodWeave's presence in the Dutch market.
- $461,842 spent. Establish Transparent and Clean Supply Chains:Inspection, Monitoring and Certification:GoodWeave certification offers the best assurance that rugs and home textile products are made without the use of child and forced labor. GoodWeave's inspection system is the only one that reaches all levels of the supply chain, including and especially informal manufacturing sites. In 2024, GoodWeave's national inspection teams in South Asia reached 126,743 workers through monitoring visits to facilities, which also resulted in 1.15 million rugs and home textiles certified as child-labor-free. See Schedule O for Continuation In 2024, GoodWeave restored freedom to 378 children across all program categories. Every child found is reunited with her or his family whenever possible and is offered rehabilitation, counseling, schooling, health care, and other critical services. The unannounced, random inspections of workshops, factories, and private homes in artisan and producer villages prevent thousands of children from ever being exploited. GoodWeave is a member of the ISEAL Alliance. Our system has been independently evaluated against its Codes of Good Practice -- a globally credible framework for voluntary sustainability systems.
- $718,119 spent. Create Educational Opportunities for Children: In 2024, GoodWeave directly provided educational opportunities to 37,815 children. GoodWeave teams in India and Nepal have continued to innovate program design, introducing education programs ranging from daycare and other early childhood education in Nepal to entire Child Friendly Communities (or CFCs) in dozens of informal worker communities across northern India. While the implementation model, scope, and scale varies from community to community, the strategy behind CFCs remains the same. These programs are designed with input from survivors of child labor and those proximate to community needs in order to serve at-risk children and workers and tackle the root causes of labor abuse.
- $578,066 spent. Improve Conditions for all Workers:Addressing child labor effectively requires more than simply prohibiting the practice as a matter of law, policy, or standard. One important part of the equation is ensuring that adult workers are better compensated and treated within their workplaces. GoodWeave seeks to improve conditions for at-risk workers, extending to 7,297 workers in supply chains in 2024 a range of services such as eye screenings and treatments, general health clinics, and rights awareness sessions.
- $146,607 spent. Promote Best Practice:The organization also conducts advocacy, promotes best practices, and builds capacity within other key actors based on our unique and effective model. Additionally, we conduct research and serve as a thought leader to help inform and educate companies, governments, and other systemic supply chain actors about how to address child and forced labor and their root causes effectively. Research initiatives conducted in 2024 to be published in 2025 include a study on child and forced labor risk in apparel supply chains in Bangladesh, and a study on potential links between climate change impacts and child and forced labor risk in the carpet and brick sectors in Nepal.In 2024, GoodWeave continued to participate in numerous high-level events and platforms to advocate for ending child and forced labor through business uptake of deep due diligence practices that map supply chains fully, apply strong human rights standards, ensure remedy for rights-holders, and tackle root causes. Such advocacy included speaking roles at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in Apparel and Footwear.In 2024 and 2025, GoodWeave also made demonstrable progress on multi-year projects supported by the Netherlands (RVO) and the United Kingdom (Modern Slavery Innovation Fund) to assess and address child and forced labor risk in subcontracted apparel supply chain worksites in Bangladesh. Partnering with multinational apparel brands C&A and Delta Galil, the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham, and the Bangladesh Labour Foundation, this research, advocacy, and capacity building work has begun to educate and transform the behavior of influential public and private sector actors about these risks in the hidden tiers of supply chains in the world's 2nd largest apparel exporting country.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1998.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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