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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2025 Expires: January 2027

Gateway Homes

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

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4905 Dickens Road, Suite 106
Richmond, VA, 23230

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Gateway Homes meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to provide a transitional supportive living residence for individuals with serious mental illness, who need support and services in order to move toward independence in the community."

Year, State Incorporated:
1983, VA

Gateway Homes reports that it works to provide community-based mental health intervention for individuals living with serious mental illness who might otherwise be subject to homelessness, institutionalization, or incarceration. The organization’s services are available to socioeconomically disadvantaged adults and adolescents following acute psychiatric intervention. Gateway Homes partners with the Commonwealth of Virginia, county and local governments, and publicly funded state universities to further address the needs of impoverished individuals who are ready to return to the community following acute or long-term institutionalization experiences. The organization reports providing trauma-informed person-centered care aiming for clients to acquire the skills and resources needed to remain psychiatrically stable, reach their identified vocational and educational goals, and ultimately make a successful transition into the community. In 2023, Gateway Homes reported it served 425 individuals through 6,942 therapeutic groups and 1,425 one-to-one therapy appointments.

For the year ended September 30, 2023, Gateway Homes's program expenses were:

Program services $15,159,807
Total Program Expenses $15,159,807

Chief Executive
Lynda Hyatt, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$240,910

Chair of the Board
L. Thompson Hanes

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired Attorney

Board Size
14

Paid Staff Size
330

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Radio

Fundraising costs were 8% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $4,752,751, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Gateway Homes's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Miscellaneous income $78,304
Federal housing assistance $93,400
Contributions $149,692
Investment income, net $220,734
Grants $336,140
Employee retention credit $4,173,519
Resident fees $15,955,316
Total Income $21,007,105

Programs: 87% Fundraising: 2% Administrative: 11%

Total Income $21,007,105
Total expenses: $17,485,838
  Program expenses $15,159,807
  Fundraising expenses $399,067
  Administrative expenses $1,926,964
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $3,521,267
Beginning Net Assets $6,718,575
Other Changes In Net Assets $204,870
Ending Net Assets $10,397,694
Total Liabilities $4,259,650
Total Assets $14,657,344

Note: In the above financial section, "other changes in net assets" refers to a change in value of a charitable gift annuity obligation ($181,361) and a loss on accounts receivable ($23,509).

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance