Gateway Community Services Maine

Overview

Mission

Gateway Community Service seeks to encourage, support and build healthy connections with oneself and others in order to promote vibrancy and well-being, along with welcoming communities where all people feel accepted, valued and have a sense of belonging.

What it reported doing in 2024

The current services are Leadership, Community and Wellness.Leadership team create outdoor and civic experiences for our BIPOC youth. Together, we help youth learn skills in leadership, emotional wellness, and community engagement to encourage holistic youth development and help BIPOC/new Mainer youth be a part of and mold our Maine communities.Community team provides a space for community event in our Portland and Lewiston offices. It also has an Education Program that provides access to free educational opportunities for community members by connecting them with a committed team of local volunteers. Services provided include 1-1 long-term tutoring for 5th-12th graders and drop-in educational sessions for New Mainer youth and youth experiencing homelessness, as well as opportunities to engage with learning at the Gateway Hubs in Portland and Lewiston. Wellness team has a team of Community Health Outreach Workers helping to serve the immigrant, refugee, asylee, and asylum-seeking Greater Portland and Lewiston-Auburn communities. All our CHWs work to provide wraparound wellness services to community members. The Wellness team also provide a space and guidance for different community groups to address mental and behavioral health. Finally, we offer a Workforce navigator specialist to guide and match employees and employer, offering different types of training for workforce preparedness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813604505
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
Headquarters
Portland, ME, USA
Phone
2075361590
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 67.9%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 67.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 annual filings from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Samantha Hanson-Rolt (Director of Operations): $77,954 total reported compensation
  • Nathan Davis (Director of Programs): $75,600 total reported compensation
  • Joelle Rutembesa (Finanace Manager): $72,011 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.