Good Plus Foundation Inc.

“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 vp of finance & administration. It is then sent to organization's secretary, 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 receive 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 and any bonus 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 audited 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 2022, for every $1 spent $0.91 went to the organization's programs. In recent years, the organization has added microgrants to its in-kind donation model. Good+ distributed $271,800 in microgrants to more than 1,200 families to help cover the cost of rent, groceries, medicines, and other essentials. The good+ training academy provided 3,042,568 training hours on topics ranging from engaging fathers and encouraging healthy co-parenting to trauma-informed care. In 2022 good+ met 96.85% of its partners' critical gear requests like cribs, strollers, high chairs and car seats.”

“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. Good+ partners intensively with a vetted network of social service programs to reach long-term solutions to the problem of systemic poverty. Good+ does this by pairing goods - such as cribs, car seats, and diapers - with counseling, employment assistance, co-parenting classes, and more. Central to its model is its commitment to support non-custodial and formerly incarcerated fathers in order to address one of the root causes of generational poverty: father absence. By giving fathers tools, confidence, and opportunities to re-engage with their families, good+ is improving outcomes for children. In recent years, good+foundation has added microgrants to its in-kind donation model. This cash assistance, totaling nearly $900,000 to date, helps parents cover the cost of groceries, rent, medicine, and other essentials. With systems change as a primary goal, the good+ training academy provides technical assistance and education to social workers, home visitors, and other frontline workers. Training workshops range from father engagement and addressing implicit bias in child welfare to kinship care. Taken as whole, good+foundation initiatives address key systems and barriers that lead to generational poverty.”

“Fatherhood/dads - in 2022, good+ continued to expand the breadth and depth of the good+ training academy, which provides virtual and/or in-person training, technical assistance, and capacity building to transform social services systems and incorporate father-inclusive approaches. Good+ substantially expanded its partnership with the los angeles department of children and family services to train all new social workers while adding exponentially more training for veteran social workers in all dcfs regions. Good+ trained practitioners in 12 additional states beyond ny and ca (az, co, ct, dc, fl, nh, nj, oh, or, pa, sc, and wa) and also delivered keynote addresses and virtual workshops for national convenings as well. Overall, good+ trained 6,464 social workers, nurse home visitors, and caseworkers (compared to 6,921 in 2021) for a total of 3,042,568 training hours in 2022. That is a 77% increase in total training hours compared to 2020. This is almost entirely due to the intensive training with dcfs social workers across the breadth of the agency. A key focus of its training academy is to build the capacity of the leaders within its grantee partner network and in 2022, good+ brought together 204 leaders from its grantee partners for 389 training hours.”

“Helping moms/nurse-family partnership - good+foundation invests in quality motherhood programs aimed at improving the economic self-sufficiency of the family, provide positive parenting support and training, improve prenatal and perinatal health, and create a community of support for low-income mothers. Good+ donated 2,212,830 items worth over twelve (12) million dollars to its grantee partners in 2022, a record high for the organization. Diapers continued to be an essential need and good+ donated 1,465,340 diapers in 2022. Since inception, good+ has now donated a total of 34,341,011 diapers to families in its network. Good+ met 96.85% of its partners' critical gear requests, including 2,618 strollers, 1,519 car seats, 1,048 feeding seats, 1,031 front carriers, 570 playpens, 464 safety gates, and 321 cribs. Good+ has now donated nearly $96 million in product since inception.”

“Education - good+foundation continued to work with early childhood programs that provide comprehensive services to help children "outgrow" poverty, helping them stay safe, healthy, and happy. In 2022 good+ served 274,269 families through 85 regular network partners in la & ny, and 27 national crisis intervention partners. This included 365,857 children, 228,832 mothers, and 133,243 fathers.”

“Crisis intervention - in 2022, good+ continued to support under-resourced and at-risk children and families who were living in poverty and facing challenging circumstances - from growing effects of inflation, the end of the extended child tax credit, to rising housing costs. Good+ granted out $271,800 through its microgrant program to help address these needs, for more than 1,200 families in nyc and la. This cash assistance, totaling nearly $900,000 to date, helped parents cover the cost of groceries, rent, medicine, babies and children's essentials.”

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