About Us

We’re much more than just a cleaning company.
We’re a social enterprise on a mission.

Our Mission & Vision

CleanTurn revitalizes commercial spaces by providing professional cleaning & disinfecting services.

We are changing perceptions and shattering the myth that a person’s past dictates their future.

  • Our Core Values

    More than your traditional business experience.

  • Living Passionately

    Passion is the internal energy or determination we have to reach our goals. By living passionately, we are motivated to learn our purpose and to make an impact.

  • Championing Resilience

    Resilience gives us the strength to cope with trauma, adversity, and hardship in both our personal and professional lives. By championing resilience, we commit to our lives and goals, practicing discipline to achieve desired outcomes.

  • Embracing Opportunity

    New opportunities drive growth in all areas of our lives. Being coachable and receptive to feedback enables us to embrace the opportunity to reach our full potential.

  • Changing Perceptions

    We understand that individuals with barriers in their backgrounds (incarceration, addiction, homelessness,  etc.) are often perceived in a certain way. We believe that we can change perceptions by being loyal, honest, and reliable, demonstrating that our past does not dictate our future.

  • Serving Professionally

    In order to change perceptions, we must serve professionally. Being responsive and consistent are our pillars in providing excellent service.

Societal Impact

We value your partnership and are proud of the perceptions we change together.

When people are employed, their lives improve. The income they earn and the confidence they gain means CleanTurn employees start saving money, move into stable housing, reunite their families, and do their part to make our communities better for all of us.

Your partnership with CleanTurn transforms lives.

1200+

Jobs created for men and women with challenging backgrounds

$30,000,000

In economic impact, the value added to a community when a person is not incarcerated, but gainfully employed

Our Story

We firmly believe a person’s past does not dictate their future.

What we need most are companies that believe in our full potential.

We need companies that believe a person’s past informs who they are, but certainly does not dictate who they are and who they can become.

Our Goal

Our goal is to leverage the market demand for our services and, in the process, alter a shame-driven, punishment-centered, over-victimized and entitled culture into an empathetic, forgiving, interdependent and flourishing culture.

Our History

2012 – 2015

“Our mission encompasses an intentional focus on providing unique career opportunities for chronically unemployed individuals with significant challenges to employment as a result of past drug and alcohol abuse, and incarceration.”

  • 2012

     
    Services Offered: Demolition, Lawn Care, General Labor, Maintenance, Property Preservation, Cleaning, Snow Removal

    Headquartered in North Linden, CleanTurn International, LLC launches in January. CEO John Rush and a group of investors start this for-profit social enterprise with a powerful vision: to create supportive jobs and change the community’s perception of those who have been incarcerated and those in recovery.

    With the help of ECDI, CleanTurn purchases the necessary equipment to assist with the deconstruction of Poindexter Village (in partnership with the Columbus Urban League and CMHA).

    CleanTurn is awarded the Honda Empowerment Award through its involvement with this project.

  • Services Offered: Demolition, Lawn Care, General Labor, Maintenance, Property Preservation, Cleaning, Snow Removal

    CleanTurn forges strong relationships with community partners, increasing its presence in the reentry and recovery space. The Tony Wells Foundation provides a loan to support the continued growth of lawn care and demolition services. CleanTurn begins hosting community events encouraging other businesses to embrace fair chance employment.

     

    2013

  • 2014

     
    Services Offered: Demolition, Lawn Care, General Labor, Maintenance, Cleaning, Snow Removal

    Thanks to the hardworking team members, deeply valued partners, and a strategic Program Related Investment from The Columbus Foundation, CleanTurn doubles its growth. In recognition of its leadership in fair chance employment, CleanTurn receives the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award from The Metropreneur.

  • Services Offered: Demolition, Lawn Care, General Labor, Maintenance, Cleaning, Snow Removal

    CleanTurn launches the brand “She Has A Name Cleaning Services” in partnership with Veritas Community Church with the goal of raising awareness around human trafficking and providing more employment opportunities. In its largest demolition project, CleanTurn partners with Ruscilli Construction on the YWCA renovation.

     

    2015

2016 – 2018

“Our mission is to strengthen communities with an empowered workforce by creating profitable social enterprises.” 

Core values:

commitment, character, camaraderie, courage, coachability, collaboration

  • 2016

     
    Services Offered: Demolition, Lawn Care, General Labor, Cleaning, Snow Removal, Junk Hauling

    CleanTurn moves into a new facility in Franklinton, providing the opportunity and space to grow its team. “CTE Career Advancement Training” launches for all team members. The brand “CleanTurn Demolition Services” launches, providing professional demolition services throughout Central Ohio.

  • Services Offered: Demolition, Lawn Care, General Labor, Cleaning, Junk Hauling

    CleanTurn partners with the Finance Fund and Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) to provide job readiness and entrepreneurship training to over 500 incarcerated individuals.

    To expand the community reach and impact, Third Way Cafe launches in the Greater Hilltop community. Due to increased growth, CleanTurn creates separate commercial and residential cleaning teams.

     

    2017

  • 2018

     
    Services Offered: Demolition, Cleaning, Junk Hauling

    The Joseph Group introduces CleanTurn to the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) through a book titled Traction, which initiates a longer-term strategic growth conversation. This year of planning provides the groundwork for the company-wide rebrand in 2019. CleanTurn is a featured business for “Empowering Opportunities Month” by Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State.

2019 – Present

“CleanTurn revitalizes commercial spaces by providing professional cleaning and disinfecting services.”

Vision:

“We are changing perceptions and shattering the myth that a person’s past dictates their future.”

Core Values:

Living Passionately, Championing Resilience, Embracing Opportunity, Changing Perceptions, Serving Professionally

  • 2019

     
    Services Offered: Demolition, Cleaning

    Starting off 2019 with a fresh look, CleanTurn merges the two brands, “CleanTurn Demolition Services” and “She Has A Name Cleaning Services,”  into one brand operating three business lines: CleanTurn Residential, CleanTurn Commercial, and CleanTurn Demolition.

    CleanTurn is awarded the Restorative Justice Award at Central Ohio’s Social Justice Awards. The Executive Team forms to provide shared leadership, and Jimmy Schoenfeld is named President.

  • Services Offered: Demolition, Cleaning

    While navigating the unexpected impact of the pandemic, CleanTurn narrows its core market to focus on commercial cleaning by closing its residential cleaning services and launching 180 Demo as a separate social enterprise.

    To help combat the spread of COVID-19, CleanTurn partners with COTA to disinfect bus shelters and with the Franklinton Board of Trade to pick up trash around the community. The US Small Business Administration and Columbus CEO recognize CleanTurn as a leader in fair chance employment.

     

    2020

  • 2021

     
    Services Offered: Cleaning

    In pursuit of its mission of changing perceptions through professional cleaning, CleanTurn launches “The CleanTurn Way,” a new training program designed to simplify the onboarding of new team members and enhance the quality of its cleaning services.

    The “Kelsie Johnson Training Center” is constructed, providing space for more extensive and intentional training for team members. CleanTurn begins its strategic growth plan by testing a satellite location in the Chicago market.

  • Services Offered: Cleaning

    The “Living Passionately” program launches, creating new and expanded opportunities for personal, professional, and spiritual growth for all team members. CleanTurn strengthens its partnership with ODRC through increased prison visits and advocacy for currently incarcerated people.

    To accommodate future growth, CleanTurn doubles its office and warehouse space.

     

    2022