Leon Levine Goodwill Opportunity Campus

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Charlotte,
NC
(2015)

Leon Levine Goodwill Opportunity Campus

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, FQHCs, Goodwill, Healthcare, Mixed-use, Vocational Training, Youth and Families

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont constructed a new LEED Silver certified nonprofit community center, the Goodwill Opportunity Campus.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $12,000,000
Total Project Cost: $22,278,863

IMPACT

213 FTE jobs
118 construction jobs
Project includes a Federally Qualified Health Center.

CDEs

AMCREF Community Capital, Bank of America

Investor

Bank of America

Project Description

Goodwill Industries of Southern Piedmont (GISP) constructed a new LEED Silver certified nonprofit community center, the Goodwill Opportunity Campus (Campus). The new Campus enabled GISP to expand their services by over 65%, including job training. GISP provides services to over 15,000 individuals per year, with over 1,800 being connected with new jobs annually. GISP recycles and diverts millions of pounds of consumer goods and electronics from local landfills annually.