GOODWILL

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Goodwill Industries International supports the operations of more than 185 independent Goodwill chapters worldwide. Though known mainly for its 2,100-plus thrift stores, the organization focuses on providing rehabilitation, job training, placement, and employment services for people with disabilities and others. Goodwill is one of the world's largest providers of such services, as well as one of the world's largest employers of the physically, mentally, and emotionally disabled. Support for the organization's programs comes mainly from sales of donated goods, both at the retail stores and through an online auction site, as well as from contract work and from government grants. Goodwill was founded in 1902.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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Still publishing its flagship "National Geographic" magazine, the not-for-profit National Geographic Society (NGS) has expanded into an array of venues to enhance our knowledge of the big blue marble. The NGS has staked claims in the worlds of television and the Web, as well as in book publishing and map-making. With News Corp., it operates the National Geographic Channel US, a cable channel that reaches about 64 million households. The NGS also supports geographic expeditions (it has funded more than 8,000 scientific research projects) and sponsors exhibits, lectures, and education programs. The NGS was founded in 1888, the year the first issue of National Geographic magazine was published.