Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Changing lives every day by maximizing our resources to help people with barriers achieve self-sufficiency.
- Income
- $100.4 million
- Spending
- $101.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 91%
- Reserves
- -1.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 2,759
- Volunteers
- 122
- Highest pay
- $680,201, president & 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
Weak: 38 out of 100. Higher than 10% of charities in its peer group (employment, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 74% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1591% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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: 90 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (employment, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 8 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
0 of 10Did not give 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 (2)
- $88.5 million spent. Goodwill provides a wide range of employment opportunities to people with disabilities and barriers to employment. Goodwill operates 38 retail sites and 25 collection sites and received and sold over $97 million worth of donated clothing and household goods during the current year. The operation of the retail and collection sites creates an employment platform for job training and a funding stream for community-based workforce development services. Workforce development services include the operation of Jobs+, an integrated service delivery model that includes employment and financial capability services. Jobs + is also the creator and home of the career and life matrix, an assessment and discovery tool used by multiple organizations to assess job seekers holistic needs and provide financial, employment, support, and wellness resources for customized goal planning.
- $3.4 million spent. Goodwill provides comprehensive workforce development programming for adults and youth with disabilities through a suite of employment preparation, job placements, job retention, and career advancement services. These programs are uniquely characterized by pre- enrollment barrier elimination, customized goal planning, demand-driven job seeking strategies, and person-centered design. The goal of these programs is to place people who are historically excluded from participation in the workforce in community-based, integrated, competitive employment.
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 October 13, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1942.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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