Goodwill Industries, Inc., Serving Eastern Nebraska and Southwest Iowa
Legal name: Goodwill Specialy Services Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 470818929
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Omaha, NE, USA
- Phone
- 402.341.4609
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,514,692
- Expenses
- $6,150,765
- Assets
- $3,668,045
- Liabilities
- $3,996,071
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY UTZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TOBI MATHOUSER (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- TOBI MATHOUSER (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $277,435 total reported compensation
- ERIN BLACKLEDGE (SECRETARY): $174,089 total reported compensation
- GARY UTZ (VICE PRESIDENT): $128,305 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Through the power of donated goods, we train and support people to be their BEST.
What it reported doing in 2024
Federal contracts - goodwill specialty services inc (gssi) provides employment opportunities through contracts wtih separate government entities of the federal government. These are set aside contracts for people with severe disabilities through the javits-wagner-o'day act of 1971. Gssi is currently engaged in custodial and postal contracts through this program. Employees are paid through a management and administrative services contract with goodwill industries inc. In 2024, gssi was responsible for over 3,000,000 square feet of buildings for various janitorial contracts at offutt airforce base, stratcom, zorinsky federal building, and denney federal building in lincoln. Gssi also operates two postal contracts at offutt airforce base serving over 1,000 airmen.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.09; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $277K · 12 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.