Good+Foundation

Founded in 2001, Good+Foundation is a leading national nonprofit 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 warehouses in New York City and Los Angeles, Good+Foundation partners with approximately 80 innovative anti-poverty programs across the country. Our goal is to incentivize parental enrollment and participation in programs like job training, GED attainment, anger management and healthy relationship counseling.

It took most of our first decade to fully appreciate that our culture, policy and social service providers were treating fathers as secondary, nonessential actors in children’s well-being. We found that there were very few programs supporting dads, despite the fact that children in father-absent homes are four times more likely to be poor than children in two-parent homes.

In 2010, Good+Foundation expanded programming to intentionally include fathers. Stronger fathers build stronger, more resilient families, which are the backbone of thriving communities. The more we invest in fathers in their capacity to be engaged co-parents, the greater impact we see on children and families as a whole.

An external evaluation of Good+Foundation's work found that 93 percent of fathers receiving donations found that their relationship with their children improved, while 82 percent of fathers reported improved relationships with their children's mother and/or other relatives. Additionally, 97 percent of fathers said that donations made them want to continue the life-changing programs provided by Good+ partners.