Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    GOODWILL'S DONATED GOODS PROGRAM PROVIDES JOB TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE WITH BARRIERS THROUGH THE RESELLING OF RETAIL ITEMS. SALES OF DONATED CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS PROVIDE JOB TRAINING AND REVENUE FOR COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. GOODWILL HELPS PEOPLE EARN A LIVING, IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND STRENGTHEN THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES BY PUTTING 91% OF ITS REVENUE FROM ITS 31 THRIFT STORES BACK INTO MISSION PROGRAMMING. PALMETTO GOODWILL'S DONATION PROGRAM HELPED KEEP MORE THAN 13 MILLIION POUNDS OF WASTE OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA LANDFILLS. OVER A MILLION POUNDS OF ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL E-WASTE WAS RECYCLED OR REPURPOSED. GOODWILL'S DIVERSION OF ITEMS FROM LANDFILL HELP OUR PLANET, REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SUSTAINABLE.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $25.5M

  • Program 2 [2020]

    PALMETTO GOODWILL WAS WELL EQUIPPED TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITHOUT SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS TO OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CLIENTS. ON MARCH 24, PALMETTO GOODWILL LAUNCHED A VIRTUAL CENTER TO CONTINUE SERVING UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS IN ITS SERVICE AREA. ON APRIL 27, PALMETTO GOODWILL REOPENED SIX (6) CAREER OPPORTUNITY CENTERS WHILE ADHERING TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND CLEANING PROTOCOLS AND LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED AT ANY ONE TIME. IN APRIL, UNEMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH CAROLINA REACHED A HISTORIC HIGH OF 12.8%, DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING INDIVIDUALS WITH LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $841.5K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    IN 2020, PALMETTO GOODWILL PROVIDED CAREER EXPLORATION AND JOB READINESS SERVICES TO MORE THAN 16,000 INDIVIDUALS. NEARLY 40% OF THESE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING FROM A CATALOG OF MORE THAN 500 ONLINE AND IN-PERSON CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, ED2GO, TRIDENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE, HORRY GEORGETOWN TECHNICAL COLLEGE, PALMETTO TRAINING INC., AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (BEAUFORT). PALMETTO GOODWILL UNDERWROTE NEARLY $1,755,000 IN TRAINING COSTS AND AN ADDITIONAL $314,000 IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (INCLUDING RENT, MORTGAGE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, CLOTHING VOUCHERS, AND BUS PASSES). OVERALL, MISSION SERVICES SAW AN 11% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TRAINED IN 2020 COMPARED TO 2019. THERE WAS A 14% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VETERANS SERVED IN 2020 AS COMPARED TO 2019. ALL PALMETTO GOODWILL'S MISSION SERVICES STAFF RECEIVED THE SKILLING AMERICA CAREER COACHING CERTIFICATION.
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    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $5.4M