Good Plus Foundation Inc.

“In january 2021, the members/directors of the organization approved amendments to the organization's by-laws (1) to retitle the president and vice president officer positions as the chair and vice chair; (2) to provide flexibility for multiple vice chairs to serve; (3) to add a ceo officer position as an alternative to the executive director position; (4) to clarify that the annual meeting of the organization's members will be held concurrently with the annual meeting of the organization's directors; (5) to permit members and directors to participate in meetings via videoconference; (6) to remove the organization's three-class, staggered-term board structure in favor of a structure where all of the directors are elected annually, beginning in 2022; (7) to allow directors and officers to submit resignations to either the chair or the secretary; (8) to require that the organization hold two regular meetings and one annual meeting of the board of directors annually; (9) to increase the quorum for board meetings from one-third to a majority of the directors serving; (10) to permit the ceo or the executive director, as the case may be, to be elected to serve as an ex-officio, voting director; (11) to clarify that the reasonable compensation and benefits of the ceo or the executive director, as the case may be, will be approved by the board of directors; and (12) to clarify that the titles, compensation and benefits of the organization's staff will be set by the ceo or the executive director, as the case may be.”

“The organization's certificate and by-laws provide for a membership structure whereby all of the organization's directors also serve as the organization's members and whereby the organization's members have the right to elect and remove directors and approve fundamental corporate changes (e.g., merger, dissolution, amendments to the organization's governing documents, etc).”

“The complete form 990 is reviewed by the ceo, chief program & operations officer, and the director of finance & administration. It is then sent to organization's secretary, chair, vice chair/treasurer, and the audit & finance committee for final review. The ceo updates the rest of the board on the process and each board member receives a copy of the final form prior to filing.”

“The board of directors receives the conflict of interest policy and annual conflict of interest disclosure statement prior to the annual (usually january) board meeting. The secretary reviews this policy annually with the board. Board members are invited to ask questions at the meeting and/or discuss potential conflicts with the secretary and/or ceo following the meeting. All directors must complete, sign the disclosure statement, and send it to the secretary or the ceo within a reasonable time after the meeting.”

“The hr committee of the board reviews the salary and performance of the ceo each year. The board votes on the salary of the ceo in a closed session as part of the budget approval process each year. At the same time, the board approves the salary allocations for the rest of the staff. For the ceo's salary and bonus, the board compares against comparables. The ceo does the same in determining her staff's salaries.”

“The organization's financial statements and its forms 990 since 2009 can be found on its website. All other documents are available upon request.”

“Founded in 2001 by jessica seinfeld, good+foundation is a leading national non-profit that works to dismantle multi-generational poverty by pairing tangible goods with innovative services for low-income fathers, mothers, and caregivers, creating an upward trajectory for the whole family. In 2021, for every $1 spent $0.90 went to the organization's programs. Diapers continued to be essential need and in 2021, good+ donated 2,218,608 diapers to its program partners. Since inception, good+ has now donated 32,875,67 diapers to families in need.”

“Founded in 2001, good+foundation is a leading national non-profit that works to dismantle multi-generational poverty by pairing tangible goods with innovative services for low-income fathers, mothers, and caregivers, creating an upward trajectory for the whole family. With an early focus on mothers and children, good+ expanded programming in 2010 to strengthen support for non-custodial and formerly incarcerated fathers to address one of the root causes of cyclical poverty: father absence. Today, the organization partners with a national network of social service programs to pair goods - such as cribs, car seats and diapers - with counseling, health services, employment assistance, financial literacy, co-parenting classes and more. By giving fathers tools, confidence, and opportunities to re-engage with their families, good+ is improving outcomes for children. Good+foundation met 99.45% of requests for critical children's gear for the year (compared to 98.67% in 2020); this is the highest percentage of needs met since the organization began using this performance metric. In 2020 good+foundation launched a microgrant program to provide cash assistance to parents who suffered loss of income due to the pandemic. Since that time, good+ has provided over $586,500 to help parents cover the cost of groceries, rent, medical expenses and other essentials. In recent years the organization also created the good+foundation training academy to provide technical assistance and education to social workers, home visitors, and other frontline workers on topics ranging from father engagement and encouraging healthy co-parenting to addressing implicit bias in child welfare. These new initiatives allow good+foundation to address key systems and barriers that have led to generational poverty.”

“Helping moms/nurse-family partnership - good+foundation invests in quality programs that help moms living in poverty by providing goods ranging from diapers to breast pumps to strollers. Good+foundation donated 3,211,448 items worth $10,583,450 million dollars to our grantee partners in 2021. The majority of goods donated to good+ this year went right back out the door to families within a 40-day period. The goal of good+foundation, is to give mothers the material items they need to keep their children safe and healthy while they work to meet goals like getting a ged, securing a stable job or opening a savings account. Evidence based nurse-family partnership (nfp) program, has been a key partner of good+foundation since 2006.”

“Fatherhood/dads - in 2021, good+foundation continued to expand the breadth and depth of its training academy, which was officially launched in 2020 to provide virtual and/or in-person training, technical assistance, and capacity building to transform social services systems and incorporate father-inclusive approaches. The organization expanded its partnership with the los angeles department of children and family services to continue to train new social workers while adding training for regional directors and other, veteran social workers throughout the agency. Good+ trained 6,921 people (social workers, nurse home visitors, caseworkers) for a total of 1,715,641 training hours through the good+ training academy in 2021. This is a 73% increase in the number of people the organization trained this year and just under a 1000% increase in the total number of training hours provided, compared to 2020.”

“Education - good+foundation continue to provide monthly donations of goods to families living in poverty and enrolled in educational programs. This includes early head start sites in new york city, los angeles, and national partners like avance in houston. In 2021, the organization served 268,536 families through 116 regular network partners and covid crisis response partners. This included 294,772 children, 230,357 mothers, 152,904 fathers.”

“Crisis intervention/covid-19 crisis response - in 2021, the organization continued to support under-resourced families as they worked to overcome the challenges of a multi-year pandemic. Covid crisis response continued to be a priority for good+ and most of its program partners maintained a hybrid or majority-virtual approach to service delivery to try to keep both families and their staff safe. Basic needs continued to be a major need for the families the organization serves. As a result, good+foundation collected and distributed 136,268 ppe items, including masks in adult and children sizes, cleaning products, and hand sanitizer. In addition, good+foundation distributed 433,089 bath, health, and hygiene products, 8,258 packs of wipes, 2,533 packages of baby food and formula, and 45,517 backpacks and school supplies for children engaged in remote learning and to prepare for in person school starting in the fall. With so many families and program partners unable to receive physical goods during the many surges of the covid virus, good+foundation learned just how important its microgrant program is in meeting the immediate needs of struggling families and substantially expanded the program in 2021. With new partnership with theraflu "right to rest & recover fund", the organzation granted out a total of $321,500 in two different grant cycles in 2021 (in 2020, the organization granted out $265,000), to 41 program partners who anticipate serving over 2,100 families. Good+foundation donated to parents who are at risk of falling into crisis or losing custody of their children due to loss of work, homelessness, etc. Donations are paired with case management, counseling, advocacy, job, financial literacy and parenting workshops, as well as crisis intervention and legal representation when necessary. Some of the recipient sites in this program are the center for river fund and legacy center in ny and shelter partnership in la.”

“The process has not changed since the prior year.”