Good360

{{Short description|American charitable organization}}

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| leader_name = Romaine Seguin

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Good360 is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization located in Alexandria, Virginia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |date=2023-06-05 |title=About Good360 |url=https://good360.org/about/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Good360 website}} In 2021, it was ranked the 6th largest charity in the United States by Forbes magazine.{{Cite web |title=America's Top Charities 2021 |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-charities |access-date=2022-01-12 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

Good360 has distributed more than $14 billion in donated goods around the world. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Good360 helped distribute over $175 million in donations to its network of nonprofits to help impacted communities across the country.{{Cite press release|last=Good360|date=2020-10-08|title=Good360 Surpasses $10 Billion in Goods Donated and Names Retail & Merchandising Executive Mark White Chairman of the Board and Finance Executive Peter Resnick as Vice Chair|url=http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/08/2105702/0/en/Good360-Surpasses-10-Billion-in-Goods-Donated-and-Names-Retail-Merchandising-Executive-Mark-White-Chairman-of-the-Board-and-Finance-Executive-Peter-Resnick-as-Vice-Chair.html|access-date=2021-01-12|website=GlobeNewswire News Room}}

Organization

The organization, founded in 1983, was originally known as Gifts In Kind International.{{cite news|last1=Mckitrick|first1=Cathy|title=Surplus goods get second chance through Good360|url=http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/sltrib/money/53206367-79/|accessdate=14 March 2016|publisher=Salt Lake Tribune|date=December 30, 2011}} In 2011 the organization became known as Good360.{{cite news|last=Clabaugh|first=Jeff|title=Carly Fiorina joins Good360|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2012/04/18/carly-fiorina-joins-good360.html|accessdate=12 October 2012|newspaper=Washington Business Journal|date=2012-04-18}}

Carly Fiorina served as the organization's chair from 2012 until 2015.{{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carly-fiorina-joins-good360-as-new-chairman-of-the-board-147907085.html|title=Carly Fiorina Joins Good360 as New Chairman of the Board|last=Good360|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-20}}

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