GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN RIVERS INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $45.3M · expenses $44.0M · assets $78.6M

Also known as

RIVERS INC

EIN

58-6035822

Address

2601 CROSS COUNTRY DRIVE BLDG A, COLUMBUS, GA 31906-1801

Website

WWW.GOODWILLSR.ORG

NTEE code

J320

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

November 1964 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

SINCE 2006, GOODWILL OF THE SOUTHERN RIVERS (GOODWILLSR) HAS INTENSELY FOCUSED ON EXPANDING ITS MISSION TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE IN MORE COMMUNITIES. WHEN WE BEGAN THIS JOURNEY, WE PROVIDED SERVICES IN FOUR FACILITIES IN COLUMBUS AND ALBANY, GEORGIA.TODAY, INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN AND NEAR LAGRANGE, NEWNAN, ALBANY, CARROLLTON, COLUMBUS, TIFTON AND VALDOSTA GEORGIA AS WELL AS AUBURN/OPELIKA AND PHENIX CITY, ALABAMA HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES PROVIDED BY GOODWILLSR IN NINE FACILITIES. OUR MISSION IS CHANGING LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF WORK. OUR RETAIL STORES ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND DELIVERY OF THE MISSION THROUGHOUT OUR 50-COUNTY TERRITORY IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA. THE SALE OF DONATED ITEMS YIELDS THE DOLLARS TO MAINTAIN THE STORE AND FUND MOST OF THE TRAINING, PLACEMENT AND FINANCIAL CLASSES WE OFFER. THE TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH OUR TRAINING CENTERS AND FREE CAREER SERVICES IN CAREER CENTERS THROUGHOUT OUR TERRITORY HELP EASE POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT WHILE POSITIVELY IM

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

28 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

58 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• POWER WORKS INDUSTRIES INC Columbus, GA · 16 people in common (Anna Hensley, Cheryl Vasquez, Jerry Payne) · related organization (Schedule R)
• MUSCOGEE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC Columbus, GA · 2 people in common (Keith Seifert, Travis Chambers)
• BRIDGE OF COLUMBUS INC Columbus, GA · 2 people in common (Terry Reis, Tricia Llewellyn Konan)
• COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Columbus, GA · 2 people in common (Oliver Banta, Wayne Joiner)
• FEEDING THE VALLEY INC Midland, GA · 1 person in common (Sharon Sanders)
• GREEN ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB INC Columbus, GA · 1 person in common (Sharon Sanders)
• GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES INC Lagrange, GA · 1 person in common (Tricia Llewellyn Konan)
• ROTARY INTERNATIONAL Columbus, GA · 1 person in common (Travis Chambers)
• BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF W GA & E AL INC Columbus, GA · 1 person in common (Travis Chambers)
• MUSCOGEE COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC Columbus, GA · 1 person in common (Travis Chambers)

Funders of this organization

21 grantors reported grants to this organization, $14,886,201 in all, tax years 2012 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.