Palmetto Goodwill

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474183942
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
North Charleston, SC, USA
Phone
8778295500
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,087,712
Expenses
$53,978,984
Assets
$137,202,409
Liabilities
$56,258,100

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN ITZKOWITZ (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN ITZKOWITZ (PRESIDENT/CEO): $543,240 total reported compensation
  • JACQUELINE DRAWS (CFO): $290,381 total reported compensation
  • ELLIOT SMALLEY EASTERLING (CHIEF MISSION AND MARKETIN): $266,180 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We serve with humility and a passion for our mission, bringing out the best in ourselves and others. Respect. Changing lives by providing equitable access to training, education, and employment. Our Vision. Each year we make a significant impact in our community. As a local nonprofit, more than 90 cents of every dollar that comes to us supports our programs and services. Read the 2025 Impact Report. Palmetto Goodwill is a local non-profit with local board members that serves the 18 counties in our area. Though times have changed, Goodwill’s mission of assisting people in improving their lives has not. Goodwill organizations across the country are proud to offer “a hand up, not a hand out” every day. A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out.

What it reported doing in 2024

Palmetto goodwill expanded its i-can program for individuals returning from incarceration to the grand strand regions of South Carolina. Through this expansion, 121 individuals received much needed support and stabilization services such as transitional housing support, assistance in obtaining identification documents needed for employment, food access, transportation assistance and family reunification support. Program participants also received two weeks of intensive employability skills training to prepare them for employment. Following this training, participants were provided with 12 weeks of transitional employment with palmetto goodwill where they further developed positive work behaviors and occupational skills as well as the development of a positive work reference. Upon completion of the 12 weeks of transitional employment, participants could pursue one of three pathways: 1) continued employment with palmetto goodwill 2) job placement support with another employer in the community and/or 3) funded occupational skills training in a demand occupation. Through this program, palmetto goodwill disrupts the cycle of incarceration and provide a bright future to returning citizens.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $171.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $47.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $543K · 25 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 19 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 13 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.