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GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS INC

EIN 71-0236903 LITTLE ROCK, AR

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Revenue 2024
$78,585,508
Expenses 2024
$67,635,614

Program services were 88.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
7400 SCOTT HAMILTON DR STE 50

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 50). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MISSION: CHANGING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT. VISION: PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE WILL HAVE IMPROVED SKILLS THAT PROVIDE LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT AND A BETTER STANDARD OF LIVING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CHANGING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.

  • Goodwill's mission is supported primarily by revenue from the sale of donated goods in 35 Arkansas locations. Thirty-three locations have onsite career specialists who help job seekers find their next great job and help employers fill hiring needs. Goodwill helps people with disabilities and disadvantages secure part-time or full-time employment with earnings at or above minimum wage. The average wage for people placed in jobs in FY 2025 is $13.46. Goodwill is CARF-accredited and offers programs ranging from skills training to reentry and support services for job seekers. Our programs change the lives of thousands of Arkansans each year. Goodwill operates The Excel Center, a high school for adults seeking an accredited high school diploma, and a trade school that offers public training for in-demand, industry-recognized certifications.

    Expenses $50,977,161 · Grants $104,792

  • The Excel Center provides adults ages 19 and older the opportunity and support to earn a high school diploma at no cost to the student, while developing career paths that offer greater employment and growth opportunities. We offer free on-site childcare, transportation assistance, life coaching, and personalized tutoring to help students overcome barriers. Our school "meets students where they are" by providing a flexible structure and supportive relationships to help them manage work, life, and family as they achieve their educational goals.

    Expenses $3,443,822 · Grants $4,114,845 · Revenue $858,104

  • Goodwill served 8,417 people and placed 870 in employment. Our Career Services program offers free assistance to help build promising futures. Services are available in person or through our career portal. Goodwill has helped thousands of Arkansans find jobs. Our services include career assessment, career counseling and coaching, Career Readiness Certification, interview preparation, job readiness training, job search assistance, resume assistance, disability support services for employees, Books for Kids program, and community resource connections.

    Expenses $2,164,884

  • The Transitional Employment Opportunity (TEO) program offers job readiness training and job placement services to individuals re-entering the workforce and community after being justice-involved. The program provided services to 398 individuals. Our staff understands the challenges these individuals face and offers a supportive environment. The TEO program is a 16-week paid job training program that includes job search assistance and leads, job readiness skills, Career Readiness Certification, resume building, access to community support services, and durable skills training.

    Expenses $1,487,442

  • The Academy at Goodwill, licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Private Career Education, offers training needed to secure new employment and career advancement. Each program offers opportunities for non-traditional students to earn industry-recognized credentials that lead directly to employment in jobs that pay a living wage. We offer accelerated, affordable programs across a variety of fields. Scholarships are available to individuals who meet certain requirements. In FY 2025, students of The Academy at Goodwill earned 1,151 certifications or credentials.

    Expenses $1,449,170

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Carrie Harper Smith

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Small

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jay Meador

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miguel Lopez

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brad Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Amsler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Danny Games

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise Luft

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Douglas Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Fred Perkins III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Gary Stark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jay Stanley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark McClelland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matushka Briggs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Darragh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Troy Wells

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brian F Marsh

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $568,307
    From this org
    $526,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,273
    Hours/week
    50 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $387,426
    Bonus
    $130,000
    Other
    $8,608
    Deferred
    $20,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,573
    Filer's total
    $568,307
  • Edie Stewart

    SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF MISSION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $225,515
    From this org
    $214,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,787
    Hours/week
    25 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,527
    Bonus
    $24,720
    Other
    $4,481
    Deferred
    $9,684
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,103
    Filer's total
    $225,515
  • Sylvia Murchison

    SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $287,686
    From this org
    $270,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,991
    Hours/week
    50 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,540
    Bonus
    $32,464
    Other
    $6,691
    Deferred
    $15,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,543
    Filer's total
    $287,686
  • Trent Wunstel

    SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $262,673
    From this org
    $233,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,016
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,671
    Bonus
    $30,668
    Other
    $3,318
    Deferred
    $14,090
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,926
    Filer's total
    $262,673
  • Chad Albaugh

    VICE PRESIDENT, DONATED GOODS

    Total calculated
    $270,278
    From this org
    $265,135
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,143
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,911
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $121,224
    Deferred
    $2,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,633
    Filer's total
    $270,278
  • Lenesha Jones

    SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,519
    From this org
    $233,156
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,363
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,184
    Bonus
    $26,250
    Other
    $4,722
    Deferred
    $13,460
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,903
    Filer's total
    $248,519
  • Shannon Boshears

    SR. VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $215,028
    From this org
    $193,118
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,910
    Hours/week
    50 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,957
    Bonus
    $24,256
    Other
    $4,905
    Deferred
    $11,292
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,618
    Filer's total
    $215,028

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $78,585,508
    Expenses
    $67,635,614
    Contributions
    $76,965,663
    Grants paid
    $4,219,637
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $70,132,205
    Expenses
    $71,035,526
    Contributions
    $67,308,388
    Grants paid
    $14,314,028
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $67,911,074
    Expenses
    $70,853,541
    Contributions
    $65,689,583
    Grants paid
    $20,610,834

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,095,778
    Expenses
    $51,133,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,611,660
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $52,717,160
    Expenses
    $49,571,416
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,825,832
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,477,260
    Expenses
    $43,942,133
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,222,300
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,407,514
    Expenses
    $40,897,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,744,302
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,048,793
    Expenses
    $36,739,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,234,360

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.