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ANNUAL REPORT - 2014
Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois and Wisconsin Stateline Area, Inc.

Mission Numbers

In 2014, Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois served 6,240 people in many different ways, but with the same end goal – helping people create opportunities to enhance their lives.

Financial Support – Goodwill’s Financial programs, supported by the United Way of the Rock River Valley, provided financial education and support services to 258 individuals. This includes financial literacy courses as well as insurance navigation services under the Affordable Care Act and financial coaching.

Goodwill Northern Illinois also participated in Money Smart Week Rockford, hosting free financial education events for the community during April 2014 in Rockford and DeKalb. Money Smart Week Rockford as a whole served over 1,200 individuals in the community and Goodwill was pleased to be a part of such an impactful initiative.

Goodwill also provided free income tax preparation and filing services to 2,126 individuals and families, returning over $2,100,000 in refunds to our local communities and saving individuals over $375,000 in tax fees. Additionally, we worked with the Rockford Public Schools District #205 and Alignment Rockford to create a dynamic partnership where high school students became IRS-certified tax preparers and volunteered with Goodwill.

GoodGRADS Pre-GED Services – Our GoodGRADS program served 506 people with increasing their educational attainment. The program ensured individuals in our community had the opportunity to increase their basic reading and math skills, as well as work with case managers to learn important life skills and remove barriers to education and opportunity. We provided scholarships for 127 Practice GED tests and 115 GED tests to community members in Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson, Ogle, and Carroll Counties.

Let’s Go to Work Program – Goodwill’s supported work program offers employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in 9 of our community locations. In 2014, we served 66 individuals in this program with over 30% of program participants successfully transitioning to competitive work once they are ready! Work sites include Algonquin, Beloit, Crystal Lake, Freeport, Huntley, McHenry, Ottawa, Sterling, and Goodwill’s Warehouse facility.

Employment Services - Goodwill’s training programs, including computer skills training, our Seeker Session workshops, and mock interview and skill development programs trained over 510 people in 2014. Additionally, Goodwill worked with individuals with disabilities and other barriers to work and helped 138 individuals find employment in the communities in which we work!

We opened a new Community Resource Room in our DeKalb location in July 2014, which gives community members connections to computers, resources, and services. In 2014, we served 300 individuals in the community in this room with training opportunities and employment assistance.

Partnerships - Goodwill’s partnerships with bordering Goodwill agencies helps us serve additional individuals in our communities. A partnership with Goodwill of the Heartland helped our agencies serve our country’s veterans in transitional work opportunities in our Sterling, IL location. A partnership with Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Milwaukee helped individuals with disabilities work in an AbilityOne Work program.

Community Service - Our community service program helps individuals earn valuable service hours for housing organizations, legal authorities and schools. Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois had over 825 community service participants in our locations.

Corporate Citizenship -

• Goodwill generated $670,000 in retail sales tax and paid employee income taxes in the amount of over $300,000.
• In 2014, Goodwill also diverted over 11 million pounds from our local landfills by recycling cardboard, shoes, clothing, and metals, and computers.
• Goodwill’s Voucher programs helped children and adults obtain necessary clothing in all the communities in which Goodwill operates.
• Backpacks packed with the necessary school supplies were given to 35 homeless high school students in Beloit, WI and 65 elementary school students in Freeport, IL.
• Scholarships were given to students with disabilities at area community colleges, including Beloit Technical College, Highland Community College, Illinois Valley Community College, Kishwaukee Community College, McHenry Community College, Rock Valley College, and Sauk Valley College.

Board of Directors

Governing Board of Directors
Brian Reck (Chairman) - SwedishAmerican Health System
Jim Corbett (Vice-Chairman) - Eclipse, Inc.
Paulina Sihakom (Treasurer) - PNC Bank
Diane Voneida (Secretary) - Retired
Chris Black - City of Rockford
Dan Cassens - SPX Hydraulic Technologies
Steve Clark - Dickerson & Nieman Commercial
Mark Hunter - Winnebago County Health Department
Mandolyn Mackenzie - Mary's Market
Mike Mastroianni - Rock Valley College
Arnold Ross - Retired
Mindi Searle - Fairbanks Morse
Al Softly - Softley, Inc.
David Stenerson - OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
Ann Wolsey - Macy's North

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