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The Good Bowl Charity Model

As part of our mission-driven business model, The Good Bowl donates $1 to charity for each signature bowl sold.




LOCAL:  TART TRAILS 


TART Trails’ mission is to provide and promote a trail network that enriches people and communities. 

Their vision is to have the whole region connected by world-class trails, bikeways, and pedestrian-friendly streets linking people to the beauty of the Traverse area year-round and become a world-renowned outdoor recreation and four-season destination.

www.traversetrails.org 


NATIONAL: GOOD360


Good360 is the global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving. The nonprofit partners with some of the world’s largest corporations to source essential goods and distribute them through their network of diverse nonprofits, supporting people in need and opening opportunity for all. 

They help companies achieve sustainability and zero-waste goals by extending the useful life of products, keeping millions of pounds of goods out of landfills each year. 

www.good360.org 


 GLOBAL: SMILE TRAIN

Smile Train partners with local healthcare workers to provide cleft treatments 365 days a year on five continents.

Their unique "teach a man to fish" model focuses on training local professionals to provide world-class cleft care in their own communities. Those professionals then go on to train others, creating a sustainable system for long-term care. 

They support their partners to provide 100% free cleft treatment to children around the world. 

www.smiletrain.org 






What's been given

Q3 2018

Totals

Father Fred 

$6,289 

St. Jude Children's  Hospital 

$2,781 

UNICEF - Syrian Refugee Crisis 

$2,521 



Q4 2018


Step Up Northern Michigan 

$4,685 

Stomp Out Bullying 

$521 

Charity Water 

$1,246 



Q1 2019


FLOW For Love of Water 

$4,026 

Girls Inc. 

$609 

Doctors Without Borders 

$967 



Q2 2019


Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center 

$4,473 

Wounded Warrior Project 

$774 

KIVA 

$1,332 



Q3 2019


Food Rescue

$5,514 

Habitat For Humanity

$1,314 

IRC 

$774 



Q4 2019


Big Brothers Big Sisters of N. Michigan

$4,338 

Children's Defense Fund

$685 

Global Fund for Women 

$1,240 



Q1 2020 


Women's Resource Center 

$4,355 

SOS Children's Villages 

$576 

3Strands Global Foundation 

$436 



Q2 of 2020

 

Good Bowl Hospitality Relief

$6,150 



Q3 of 2020


Kids on the Go

$7,767 

Color of Change

$1,184 

Her Future Coalition

$1,689 



Q4 of 2020


Safe Harbor

$3,241 

The Climate Reality Project 

$646 

Human Rights Watch

$460 



Q1 of 2021


Peace Ranch

$3,217 

Mental Health America 

$1,381 

World Central Kitchen 

$611 

Donation to Mental Health America 

$100 



Q2 of 2021 


TitleTrack 

$5,568 

Stop AAPI Hate

$1,498 

NAACP Legal Defense Fund 

$925 



Q3 of 2021


Generations Ahead 

$5,422 

The Trevor Project 

$1,276 

Environmental Defense Fund 

$1,402 



Q4 of 2021 


Reining Liberty Ranch

$4,400 

Prevent Child Abuse America

$1,710 

Covenant House 

$545 

St. Jude Children's Hospital 

$75 



Q1 of 2022


Single Momm

$4,395.00

The Innocence Project

$761.00

Oxfam International

$412.00



Q2 of 2022


World Vision

$5,015 

Doctors Without Borders

$2,255 

World Central Kitchen

$1,335 



Q3 of 2022


Cherryland Humane Society

$11,001 

Planned Parenthood

$2,553 

United for Global Mental Health

$908.00



Q4 of 2022


Michael's Place

$5,065 

Meals on Wheels America

$635 

Safe Water Network

$722 



Q1 of 2023


Housing North 

$4,911 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 

$1,555 

Operation Underground Railroad 

$1,023 



Q2 of 2023


Child + Family Services of Northwestern Mi 

$4,944 

Feed the Children 

$416 

World Wildlife Fund 

$473 



Q3 2023 (all local for our 5th anniversary!)


Great Lakes Culinary Institute- Taste of Success Program 

$5,544 

Justice for our Neighbors 

$1,245 

Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities 

$825 

Grand Total… so far.$154,716