How Much Does The Owner Of Goodwill Make – Every holiday season, a Goodwill myth or two tends to pop up. You may encounter friends or family sharing misinformation on social media or at family gatherings. As we all know, there is a lot of “fake news” shared on the internet. Unfortunately, there are some bad rumors about Goodwill as well. We want to take a minute to clear that up.
We answer all the Goodwill myths you may have heard and we share only the facts about Goodwill Industries in Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio. We encourage you to do your own research on reputable sites like GuideStar.org.
How Much Does The Owner Of Goodwill Make
This is the biggest rumor we’ve ever heard, and it’s not true. Goodwill is a 501C3 or not-for-profit organization. Any ‘profit’ our stores make is reinvested back into our Mission. Like numbers and statistics?
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Every year, this graphic makes the rounds on social media. This is completely nonsense. The President and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio is Anne Richards, a northeast Ohio native who works out of the Canton offices. No CEO in the Goodwill system has made millions of dollars in annual salary. Always. Mark Curran has never owned Goodwill or worked for Goodwill Industries.
As mentioned above, Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio is an independent organization. It is run by local employees and a Board of Directors made up of local business and community leaders.
There are more than 162 independent Goodwill organizations. Your Goodwill serves the 10-county territory of Cuyahoga, Geauga, a portion of Lake, Stark, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Harrison and Jefferson Counties in Ohio and Brooke and Hancock Counties in West Virginia.
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Goodwill was founded by Edgar J. Helms with the philosophy of “a hand up, not a handout.” This mission is still true today. Goodwill is not just a chance to help someone, we believe in teaching people the skills they need to find lasting success, whatever that may mean to the individual person.
Last year alone, your Goodwill helped more than 16,700 people in our community find jobs and improve their quality of life. Learn more about our services or take a minute to watch Eugene’s story.
Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio NO LONGER pays employees below the minimum wage. It is against our values and what we stand for. We are proud to share that all employees earn $10 an hour or more regardless of ability.
It is true that a 14C sub-minimum wage certificate enables employers to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage and some Goodwill organizations have used it in the past. Again, your Goodwill has never used this certificate and has always paid employees fair wages.
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Myth: Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio turns away a person with a disability from our stores.
There is aviral Facebook rumor about a man named Ryan Muncy who said that Goodwill will not give a person with a disability sweatshirts and work boots. This incident did not occur at any of our Goodwill stores. Your Goodwill is an independent nonprofit and we have programs specially designed to help people (of any ability) become resilient.
Goodwill has a strict policy against employees purchasing items before they reach the sales floor. There is a waiting period before the goods can be purchased. Violations of this policy may result in termination.
Our prices help generate funds for our Goodwill programs that help people get back to work, strengthen families and more. Now more than ever, people are looking to Goodwill for help.
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Our prices also pay for the operations of our retail stores (keeping the lights on and paying our employees) and the Ken Weber Community Campus which helps support many other non-profits by lowering overhead to they can direct funds to their mission.
This is not true. Anyone can shop at Goodwill. In fact, any time you shop at Goodwill and find a great deal for yourself you are doing more for the community. Goodwill runs on community donations and we try to price all donations at fair market value based on the brand and condition of the item. We also sell new items in our store as well to increase donations on the sales floor or offer special items such as Halloween accessories or makeup.
Learn the importance of Goodwill from helping people in our community to keep shopping with fashion and holiday savings tips on our blog.
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Mark Wafer owns six Tim Hortons stores in Scarborough and employs 250 people, 46 of whom have disabilities. Wafer is motivated to promote inclusive work not only in its franchises but beyond by encouraging other businesses to do the same.
Mark Wafer knows what it’s like to qualify for a job but be turned down because of a disability.
Toronto franchise owner Tim Hortons has reached out to former Goodwill employees after 16 stores and 10 donation centers in Ontario abruptly closed a week ago, leaving 430 workers out of a job.
Wafer owns six Tim Hortons restaurants in Scarborough, where he has been hiring people with disabilities since 1995 and his social media offering has expanded to both disabled and non-disabled employees.
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“We have had 126 people with disabilities in the last 20 years, all in meaningful and competitively paid positions,” Wafer said via email. “It ranges from entry level to management and across all disability types, from developmentally challenged to deaf, blind, physical, mental health and episodic conditions, such as MS.”
So far, four people have contacted Wafer at [email protected] and two have made appointments for job interviews this week.
No stranger to disability, Wafer is deaf, having been born with 20 percent hearing ability. Unable to hold down a job as a youth, he became a successful businessman and an advocate for the disabled by hiring people with disabilities.
“The reason I reached out to these former (Goodwill) employees is because I know a lot of them have disabilities,” Wafer said. “The unemployment rate for people with disabilities in Canada is currently sad at about 70 percent. The participation rate is only about 18 percent.
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“So those let go by Goodwill face a daunting job search and success is unlikely. We have a proven track record of inclusion and want to make sure employees know we’re ready to hire them, if they have the skills and/or can be trained to do the job,” he added.
“Mark speaks the language and talks about how much his business has improved, how absenteeism is gone and everything is better,” said City of Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley. “When you hear that from an entrepreneur, it’s very powerful.”
In 2010 Bradley issued a challenge to mayors across Ontario to hire people with disabilities for municipal jobs. “It used to be seen as done out of mercy or charity, and it wasn’t; it’s social justice and smart business to do the right thing,” he said.
“We accommodate everyone in the workplace one way or another, whether it’s flex hours or allergies. But when you say this about disabled people it seems like you’re doing them a favor.
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“The benefits are many and I’m pointing to people like Mark and David Onley (Ontario’s 28th Lieutenant Governor) to pay attention to the issue,” he said.
Bradley, along with Wafer, Onley and Joe Dale, director of the Ontario Disability Employment Network, worked with the disabled advocacy group Community Living and others to spread the challenge to mayors and businesses.
The mayor of Sarnia said there are many cities and towns across the province that have taken his Mayor’s Challenge, but so far Toronto has not been one of them. Bradley said he was told in December that a meeting would be scheduled with Toronto Mayor John Tory this January, but he was informed it would not happen and was referred to a city councillor.
“No disrespect to the councilman but the Mayor’s Challenge is the mayor leading the community and creating the culture,” Bradley said.
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“A lot of this has to do with private sector companies still buying into a series of myths and misconceptions about hiring people with disabilities,” Wafer said. “That they work more slowly, get sick more often, need more supervision or expensive accommodations, and may be less safe to work.
