Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Goodwill Industries International Inc.

About Goodwill Industries International Inc.

15810 Indianola Dr., Rockville, Md. 20855
www.goodwill.org | 301-530-6500 | Founded: 1902

Industry: Other | Category: Non-profits

Goodwill trains and finds jobs for the unemployed. To pay for its programs, the company sells donated clothes and other household items in more than 2,100 stores and on an online auction site. Last year, Goodwill won a $12 million federal grant to provide employment and training to poor seniors in six states. Goodwill's auction site earned nearly $12 million for the organization's programs in 2007; the organization earned $1.8 billion in revenue from retail operations.

President and CEO: George W. Kessinger

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 86,375 | Local employees: 733

Did You Know

HIRE AND HIRE: By the company's count, Goodwill helps place someone in a job every 56 seconds of every business day.

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