Company Profile

Company Overview

Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers’ (GWISR) mission is “Developing People, Changing Lives, Building Communities.” Our Career Centers and other job training, placement and advancement programs make this possible by giving people the support and resources they need to find and maintain employment. It is our organization’s vision for people to be empowered with skills and opportunities, living fulfilled lives. In 2010, GWISR served and trained 21,669 people and helped 3,336 people earn good jobs. These jobs helped to generate an estimated $51 million in economic impact on local economies.

Our organization operates as a social enterprise, which means the majority of our programs are funded by the revenue generated from GWISR’s 10 retail stores and affiliate – PowerWorks Industries. These operations, which span 50 counties in West Georgia and East Alabama, generate annual revenues in excess of $18 million. GWISR’s successful self-funded business model is the result of long-term strategic planning and consciously executed business decisions. As our organization begins a new strategic plan in 2012, we eagerly anticipate moving towards a $38 million organization and tripling GWISR’s annual reinvestment to the communities we serve.