Current Members
GBCE's mission is to create jobs by creating and expanding green businesses, and to provide training in the growing green economy.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling
Social Service: Job training
Website: Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises
Finger Lakes Reuse
Ithaca, NY
Finger Lakes ReUse diverts waste, gives quality materials and people second chances, and make a local impact.
Waste-based Business: Second hand stores with furniture, household goods, electronics, books, clothing, and building materials
Social Service: Job training, building deconstruction, fixers collective
Website: Finger Lakes ReUse
Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Furniture Bank of Metro Atlanta creates stability for families and individuals in need by distributing donated furniture to turn houses into homes.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling and Furniture Resale
Social Service: Furniture Assistance
Website: Furniture Bank of Atlanta
Global Neighborhood
Spokane, WA
Global Neighborhood offers pathways to employment for refugees, as a way to rebuild their lives in the U.S>
Waste-based Business: Thrift and Vintage Retail Stores
Social Service: Job Training
Website: Global Neighborhood
Houston Furniture Bank
Houston, TX
Houston Furniture Bank serves families affected by poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, mental and physical health concerns and disasters by providing much needed furniture assistance to families in need.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling, Furniture Resale
Social Service: Furniture Assistance, Second-chance Employer
Website: Houston Furniture Bank
Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises
Bridgeport, CT
Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises creates social impact ventures that contribute to environmental sustainability as well as financial sustainability.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling
Social Service: Job Training, Second-chance Employer
Klamath Works
Klamath Falls, OR
Klamath Works is committed to improving the social and economic quality of life in the Klamath River Basin by job training and job skills necessary to move people out of poverty - not just poverty of income, but of health, pride, and spirit.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling
Social Service: Job Training and Job coaching, Second-chance Employer
Website: Klamath Works
The Mustard Seed of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
The Mustard Seed of Central Florida helps rebuild the lives of families and individuals who have suffered disaster or personal tragedy by providing household furnishings and clothing.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling
Social Service: Furniture and Clothing Bank
Website: Klamath Works
Opportunity House
Reading, PA
Opportunity House provides emergency shelter to homeless men, women, families, and veterans.
Waste-based Business: Retail Thrift
Social Service: Childcare, Affordable Housing, Job Training
Website: Opportunity House
St Vincent de Paul of Dayton
Dayton, OH
St. Vincent de Paul of Dayton is a faith-based non-profit that has been adapting their services to the changing needs of their community for over 75 years. Through their compassionate services they help community members find support and stability.
Waste-based Business: Retail Thrift
Social Service: Emergency shelters, Supportive Housing, Food pantry, Furniture Bank, Veterans Support
Website: St Vincent de Paul of Dayton
Total Action for Progress (TAP)
Roanoke, VA
Total Action for Progress (TAP) is a community action agency fighting poverty and offering direct services to individuals and families to help them overcome their problems and improve their lives.
Waste-based Business: Second hand book retail
Social Service: Clothing bank, childcare, incarceration re-entry, housing assistance
Website: Total Action for Progress
UTEC, Inc
Lowell, MA
UTEC, Inc Total nutures the ambition of the most disconnected youth to trade violence and poverty for social and economic success.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling
Social Service: Job Training, Street Outreach and Violence Intervention, Education
Website: UTEC, Inc
Emerge
Minneapolis, MN
Emerge, Minnesota empowers individuals facing significant employment barriers by offering them jobs and fostering good work habits.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling, Furniture Resale
Social Service: Job Training and Job skills
Website: Emerge, Minnesota
Spring Back Colorado
Commerce City, CO
Spring Back Colorado provides job training and employment for people facing employment barriers and re-establish their path to recovery and prosperity.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling
Social Service: Job Training and placement
Website: Spring Back Colorado
Binghampton Development Corporation
Memphis, TN
Binghampton Development Corporation is a community-oriented and faith-backed entity reaching those in the center of Memphis facing economic oppression. They focus on property development and blight abatement, community asset building, economic development, and personal capacity development.
Waste-based Business: Mattress Recycling, Streetlight Recycling, Tire Recycling, Foam Recycling
Social Service: Job Training, Business accelerators, affordable housing
Website: Binghampton Development Corporation
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