Goodwill Kentucky

Legal name: Goodwill Industries Works Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
753157787
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2014
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Louisville, KY, US
Phone
(502) 272-1700
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,147,067
Expenses
$30,147,067
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY LUTTRELL (PRESIDENT)
  • ERIN GOLD (VICE-PRESIDENT BLUEGRASS)
  • MARSHA BERRY (VICE-PRESIDENT BEARGRASS)
  • DAVID COBB (VICE-PRESIDENT DEVELOPMENT)
  • KIM BURSE (VICE-PRESIDENT ADMINISTRAT)
  • JOHN WADE (VICE-PRESIDENT WESTERN)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROLAND R BLAHNIK (PRESIDENT EMERITUS): $481,443 total reported compensation
  • ERIN GOLD (VICE-PRESIDENT BLUEGRASS): $248,699 total reported compensation
  • MARSHA BERRY (VICE-PRESIDENT BEARGRASS): $222,713 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Helping Kentuckians find pathways out of poverty

What it reported doing in 2014

Goodwill industries works, inc., a not-for-profit subsidiary of goodwill industries of Kentucky, inc., helps people with disabilities or other disadvantages obtain and maintain employment at one of its 64 donated good centers throughout Kentucky by providing employment and training opportunities. Over 800 individuals were served and more than $7,800,000 paid in mission-related wages by the goodwill industries works program during fy 2015. The centers sell a variety of donated merchandise (obtained from the general public and businesses) to the community at discounted prices to help stretch the family budget and divert donated items from local landfills. Goodwill industries works' centers also provided funding to support employment counseling, educational programs, and employment training services through the community employment program. During fy 2015, 401 people were served through this program. Goodwill industries works and its employees receive beneficial support services from goodwill industries of Kentucky, inc. In return, any funds not needed to operate donated goods programs are provided to goodwill industries of Kentucky, inc. And its other related non-profit companies which finances new retail stores and provides employment training and counseling, educational programs, personal support services, life skills training, and placement services (through workforce development programs and temporary staffing). These funds are also used to eliminate transportation barriers to employment and to provide general administrative services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -45% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $481K · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.