Chattanooga Goodwill Industries, Inc.

Goodwill programs strengthen communities and families and promote independence and dignity for the people who need it most. We provide on the job training to persons with disabilities and other barriers to employment such as multi-generational poverty, history of incarceration, limited education, and no work experience. Education, career services, job placement opportunities and post-employment support are all aimed at helping people find and keep good jobs.

Individuals can achieve greater levels of self-sufficiency and economic success through Goodwill's family strengthening and workforce development services

Community Engagement: Collaborate to achieve greater impact
Grow strategic community partnerships that align with our mission
Implement a customizable mission services model that accelerates individual and community opportunities

Continuous Improvement: Operate in the most efficient, effective and productive way
Create a system of training and development
Foster a culture of innovation
Adopt a mindset of continuous improvement and evolution

Goodwill Culture: Recruit and engage a mission-inspired team
Become an employer and provider of choice
Integrate mission services in all areas of our organization
Embrace organizational mission, vision, values and guiding principles

Financial Stability:
Build strong financial resources to maximize mission impact
Grow philanthropic opportunities

For nearly a century we’ve been in the business of providing a hand up, not a handout, to people who face a variety of barriers to employment. Our timeless mission remains the same, but the landscape has changed, and now we are acting on a bold new vision.

Goodwill Industries of the Greater Chattanooga Area has committed to doubling the resources and impact of our organization by the year 2030. By doing so, we will be able to achieve our strategic objective to be a premier leader in workforce development in the communities we serve.

We've recently purchased a new location, which we are calling our Opportunity Campus. With more space and in collaboration with like-minded community partners, we can meet people where they are, whatever their needs may be.

This new space puts us in the perfect position to be able to capitalize on opportunities that will benefit both the individuals and the communities we serve.

In the past two years more than 800 participants have received employment and training services, job trainees contributed more than 100,000 hours to worthy nonprofit agencies in our community, and 82% of trainees were able to secure a job in the past year. Additionally, more than 9 million pounds of goods were kept out of local landfills.

Through increasing sales of donated goods, securing corporate and government grants, we've been able to lay the foundation for even greater mission success with the purchase of a new facility that will enable us to enhance mission services.