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GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INC

AKA Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota

St. Paul, MN

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Also Known As:: Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota
Physical Address:: St. Paul, MN 55104
EIN:: 41-0706171
Web URL:: www.goodwilleasterse...
Leadership:: Dr. Michael Wirth-Davis, Chief Executive

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Fiscal Year Starting: Oct 01, 2009
Fiscal Year Ending: Sep 30, 2010

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Total Revenue	$31,181,435

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Total Expenses	$29,449,506

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GOODWILL INDUSTRIES INC

Also Known As:: Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota
Physical Address:: St. Paul, MN 55104
EIN:: 41-0706171
Web URL:: www.goodwilleasterse...
NTEE Category:: J Employment, Job Related; J32 Goodwill Industries; J Employment, Job Related; J22 Employment Training
Year Founded:: 1919
Ruling Year:: 1934
How This Organization Is Funded:: Earned revenue (thrift stores) - $46,791,479; Program fees, grants and contracts - $6,522,706; Charitable donations - $3,069,110

Mission Statement

Our mission is to assist people with barriers to education, employment, and independence in achieving their goals.

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Goodwill offers industry-specific training, transitional jobs, counseling, and placement that enable individuals with significant barriers to employment to successfully enter the workforce. This well-established organization also engages in advocacy, innovative partnerships with educational institutions, and low-cost retail.

Impact Statement

In FY2011 Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota provided 37,929 services to 22,893 people with barriers to education, employment and independence. Services based in our core mission are offered in the major areas of: employment and skills training; placement, retention and career advancement; education and youth services; and community services.

In addition to providing our core mission services Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota operates 24 thrift shops in central, western and southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. These shops provide quality used goods to shoppers, generate revenues to support our mission-based programs, provide jobs to hundreds of Minnesotans, offer opportunities for work experience and job training to our program participants, and provide re-use options for several thousand tons of goods which would otherwise enter the waste stream.

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Chief Executive

Dr. Michael Wirth-Davis

Term:

Since Nov 1990

Chief Executive Profile:

Michael Wirth-Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer, has over 30 years of management experience in the rehabilitation field, specializing in organizational development and change, training and development, and quality and strategic planning. He has a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in educational administration from the University of Illinois and a doctorate in public administration from Hamline University. Michael came to Goodwill/Easter Seals in 1990 from Courage Center. He serves on the board for the Nonprofits Assistance Fund, the board for Books for Africa, the MN Charities Review Council board and on the Easter Seals national board as well as various committees for both national affiliations.

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Program: Employment and Training

Budget:: $28,468,148
Category:: Human Services
Population Served:: Adults; Male Youth/Adolescents (14 - 19 years); Female Youth/Adolescents (14 - 19 years)

Program Description:

Employment and training services include several vocational training programs in real work settings, such as:

Service (number of individuals served in FY2011)
- Intake and orientation (1120)
- Situational assessment (412)

- Vocational evaluation (729)

- Employee development services (315)

- Work experience training (248)

- WIA youth services (185)

- SSI advocacy (314)

- Adult rehabilitative mental health services (ARMHS) (406)

- Working Well Mental Health Clinic (282)

- Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) - Hennepin County (986)

- Families Achieving Success Today (FAST) (11)

- Retail skills training (97)

- Construction skills training (82)

- Automotive skills training (56)

- Bank skills training (48)

- Financial Operations skills training (34)

- Financial Services / Call Center skills training (30)

- Customer Service/ Call Center skills training (44)

- Medical Office skills training (26)

- Forklift training (49)

(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)

Service (number of individuals served in FY2011):
- GED services (189)

- Introduction to Windows, Internet (136)
- Computer Lab (basic skills; job searches) (136)

- School work experience (65)

- GOALS program - Willmar (90)

- FATHER Project (1,783 services provided)

- Other ‘light touch’ services provided (8628)

(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota's employment consultants help place individuals in jobs that match their individual skills and interests. Staff provide program participants with personalized job development skills training in preparing job applications and resumés, interviewing, accepting a job, and esteem building. In addition, staff provide follow-up services to assist participants who are employed but need support to maintain and/or advance in their careers. During 2011, 1279 individuals received job development services, 164 received intensive support services to maintain employment and 96 received retention and advancement services.

(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)

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Program: Community Services

Budget:: $791,588
Category:: Human Services
Population Served:: General Public/Unspecified

Program Description:

Service (number of individuals served in FY2011):
- Medical equipment loan (10,093)

- Community assistance (3,889)

- Community resource/advocacy (776)

(Note: An individual may have received services from more than one program and is included in the count of each program.)

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News

Goodwill/Easter Seals and Minnesota Work Incentives Connection Announce Merger

October 03, 2011

St. Paul, MN (October 3, 2011)— Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota, a leading nonprofit organization that assists people to overcome barriers to independence by providing job training and employment services, and Work Incentives Connection, a state-wide organization that helps people with disabilities navigate complex rules regarding the impact of work on their government benefits, have made the decision to merge. The merger is effective October 1, 2011.

Michael Wirth Davis, president and CEO of Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota states, “We are very excited to welcome Work Incentives Connection under our umbrella of services. Their services are vital for so many Minnesotans seeking independence and are a natural fit with our employment programs that serve many of the same individuals.”

Barb Smith, Work Incentives Connection executive director, says, “The opportunity to partner with Goodwill/Easter Seals is an exciting one for the Work Incentives Connection. Our missions, visions and values are a great fit and our services complement each other. Both of our organizations and the people we serve will benefit from this partnership.”

About Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota:
Since 1919, Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota provides family strengthening, education, workforce development and employment services for people with disabilities and other barriers to education, employment and independence. In the past year, over 15,000 individuals received 31,000 services, including job skills training (automotive, medical office, banking/finance, construction and retail), job placement and free medical equipment loans. Revenues from its 24 retail stores, along with other contributions, support these programs at 48 service locations in Minnesota.

About Minnesota Work Incentives Connection:
The Work Incentives Connection first began as part of a state agency in 1999, serving people with all types of disabilities throughout Minnesota. In 2006, they began operating as an independent nonprofit agency. The Minnesota Work Incentives Connection is part of the Social Security Administration’s nationwide Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) program network.

The Connection’s service mission is to provide answers about the impact of work on benefits, so that people with disabilities can see their choices and take advantage of life's opportunities. This includes promoting policy changes that encourage the employment of people with disabilities.

$1.7 Million Federal Grant Awarded to Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota

November 09, 2011

St. Paul, MN (Nov. 9, 2011)—Minnesota fathers and their families will now have even greater access to the responsible parenting programs offered by Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota’s FATHER Project. The organization announced today that is has recently been awarded a $1,772,546 Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood grant from the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This is the largest one-year federal grant that the organization has received to-date, and Goodwill/Easter Seals is only one of two organizations in Minnesota who received the funding.

“The grant will allow us to continue to strengthen partnerships and services in Minneapolis and expand services to other communities where there is a need,” remarked Goodwill/Easter Seals Vice President of Mission Services, Sheila Olson. “This award enables us to fully engage new partners to offer more comprehensive services to families in urban and rural communities in Minnesota.”

The goal of the FATHER Project is to promote responsible parenting and healthy marriage, as well as foster economic stability for low-income parents. The FATHER Project is designed for low-income fathers, who are non-custodial dads to assist them in becoming more involved in their children’s lives. We serve African American, American Indian, Somali, Hmong, and Latino populations in both urban and rural communities.

This funding will allow Goodwill/Easter Seals the opportunity to expand service delivery, with the help of 20+ partners, into the following counties: Anoka, Benton, Dakota, Hennepin, Hubbard, Olmsted, Ramsey and Stearns counties in Minnesota. Individuals served by the program face barriers such as poverty, a history with the criminal justice system, lack of a high school diploma or GED, unemployment or under-employment, child support arrears and/or instability in family relationships.

“A strong and stable family is the greatest advantage any child can have,” said George Sheldon, HHS acting assistant secretary for children and families. “These grants support programs that promote responsible parenting, encourage healthy relationships and marriage, and help families move toward self-sufficiency and economic stability.”

The Responsible Fatherhood program awarded a total of $59,396,652 in grants, which include 55 Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood grants. The marriage and fatherhood grants were awarded through a competitive process and aim to test promising strategies for supporting healthy relationships and marriages and for helping fathers meet their parenting and financial obligations to their children.

More on the FATHER Project at www.goodwilleasterseals.org/fatherproject .
For the complete list of grantees visit http://www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2011/Grantawards2011.html

Funding for the FATHER Project is provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant: 90FK0016-01-00. These services are available to all eligible persons, regardless of race, gender, age, disability or religion.

About Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota:
Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota provides family strengthening, education, workforce development and employment services for people with disabilities and other barriers to education, employment and independence. In the past year, over 15,000 individuals received 31,000 services, including job skills training (automotive, medical office, banking/finance, construction and retail), job placement and free medical equipment loans. Revenues from its 24 retail stores, along with other contributions, support these programs at 48 service locations in Minnesota. www.goodwilleasterseals.org