We'd like to provide you with correct information for responding to social media posts you may have encountered.
We believe that if you "think before you donate," you'll be happy to donate to Goodwill.
Individuals in our community occasionally receive an old email or social media post titled "Think Before You Donate" that contains false information about a number of nonprofits, including Goodwill. We know that you want your donations to be used wisely, so we'd like to provide you with correct information for responding to these rumors. When you donate to Goodwill, you may rest assured that your generous donations to Goodwill help individuals find meaningful employment, thereby building lives, families and communities one career at a time.
The email falsely claims a person named Mark Curran is the president and "owner" of Goodwill.
Goodwill is a network of 180 world-wide autonomous non-profit charitable organizations governed by local volunteer boards of directors. Goodwill Industries International is an association office that supports the independent Goodwills and is headed by Steven C. Preston. Goodwill International is governed by a volunteer board composed primarily from local Goodwill membership, and as such does not have an "owner." Furthermore, no one by the name Mark Curran has ever headed a Goodwill organization in the country, including Goodwill Industries of West Michigan which is led by its President and CEO Jeanette Hoyer.
We would like to address some of the other issues raised in the email.
Please note the following facts about Goodwill Industries of West Michigan: