Workforce development and social enterprise nonprofit across Southwest Florida
Goodwill Southwest Florida operates a mission-driven social enterprise spanning job training, retail operations, and structural fabrication—supported by foundational Microsoft and Cisco infrastructure. The hiring mix (operations-heavy with retail and construction roles dominating) alongside pain points around production goals, staff training, and workplace safety suggests the organization is scaling operational intensity across multiple service lines while managing the compliance and efficiency demands of nonprofit manufacturing and retail operations.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Financial Officer
Goodwill Southwest Florida is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing employment services, job training, and supportive programs for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment across Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry, and Glades Counties in Florida. The organization operates job placement centers, vocational evaluations, youth services, housing support, and transportation assistance. Revenue is generated through thrift store retail operations, structural steel fabrication and erection services, and small business development programs. The organization has grown to 501–1,000 employees and is actively scaling across operations, sales, construction, and manufacturing functions.
Headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida. Serves five counties: Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry, and Glades. All hiring is US-based.
A nonprofit providing job training, placement services, vocational evaluations, youth mentoring, housing assistance, and disability services. Also operates thrift stores and structural steel fabrication services as revenue-generating social enterprises.
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