17 Dec Goodwill Ranks High on List of Most Inspiring Companies

Goodwill ranked No. 11 this year in an annual survey of America’s most inspiring companies – surging past ubiquitous and revered brand names such as Disney, Apple and Starbucks, according to Forbes magazine.

The survey was conducted by Atlanta consulting firm Performance Inspired using 3,300 online questionnaires gathered from July to November. Goodwill was the only nonprofit to appear on a top 20 list of companies generated by the study, called America’s Most Inspiring Companies.

Goodwill ranked 19th on the survey in 2013. This year Goodwill ranked behind only Tesla, Trader Joes, Target, Toms Shoes, Costco, Ford, Chik-Fil-A, Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc. is one of 165 independent community-based Goodwill organizations in the United States and Canada. Its president and CEO, Matthew Bourlakas, welcomed the Dec. 8 online announcement of the survey’s results by Forbes.

“We have so much to be proud of, and this recognition honors the hard work and dedication of all of our employees and the support from the community,” he said.

Read the entire Forbes report here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/12/08/americas-20-most-inspiring-companies/