Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1975.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
31 people listed on the 990; $101K paid to officers and key staff.
Martina Roe’s $101K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 3rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 572 $10–100M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martina Roe | $101,045 | $96,227 | $56,972 | — | — | — |
| Melinda Engle | — | — | — | $96,457 | $96,605 | $85,670 |
| Kristy Gamble | — | — | — | $74,163 | $71,187 | $63,598 |
| Kristy Gallion | — | — | — | $41,331 | — | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
See Gateway Community Services executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Administers programs to identify, relieve, and eliminate poverty causes in five Kentucky counties.
Questions for Gateway Community Services
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Head Start
Gateway head start promotes school readiness of children ages three to five from low income families by supporting the development of the whole child. 507 children were provided head start services in the agency's ten (10) county jurisdiction. 88% of children were identified as income eligible, homeless, or foster.
Fatherhood
Gateway fatherhood project is designed to promote and sustain healthy marriage and relationships, strengthen positive father-child engagement, and improve economic and employment mobility opportunities as well as provide robust individualized case management and access to community resources to reduce barriers to program participation…
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (liheap)
Gateway provided liheap payments for wood, kerosene, propane, natural gas, and electric to 8227 homes. The services provided included: $36,277 in wood payments, $70,366 in kerosene payments, $260,430 in propane payments $1,228,389 in electric payments $23,186 in natural gas payments.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 8 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 9 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 6 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 7 smaller programs.
The auditor reported: a weakness in money controls.
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $1.2M | $498K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $5.2M | $5.3M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $7.6M | $7.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $3.0M | $3.1M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $4.6M | $4.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $1.7M | $1.7M | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $7.1M | $6.5M | $558K | |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $1.4M | $1.3M | $105K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $134K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $527K | $487K | $41K | |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $32K | $32K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $1.1M | $1.1M | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $137K | $119K | $17K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $357K | $333K | $24K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $98K | $90K | $8K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $233K | $201K | $31K | |
| InterestLn 20 | $36K | $36K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $418K | $418K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $267K | $252K | $15K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $41K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $348K | $179K | $169K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $18.2M | $17.0M | $1.2M | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 3, 2026 | $18.1M | $18.2M | −$42K | $4.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 5, 2025 | $17.9M | $17.3M | $597K | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 5, 2024 | $18.9M | $18.6M | $369K | $4.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 14, 2023 | $18.0M | $17.5M | $481K | $3.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 16, 2022 | $15.0M | $14.8M | $212K | $3.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 14, 2021 | $12.1M | $11.7M | $466K | $957K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $18,134,333 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 30 of 30 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $18,134,333 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $18,176,792 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $7,581,726 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,512,680 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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