Maryland · Nonprofit
GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY
GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,538 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($152,995). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $772k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $303k
- Net assets
- $703k
What Gateway Municipalities Community does
Mission
The Gateway Community Development Corporation is the catalyst for the arts-driven, economic revitalization of the US Route 1 Corridor and the surrounding communities in the Gateway Arts District. Gateway CDC works in the communities of Brentwood, North Brentwood, Mt. Rainier, and works in collaboration with several partners to ensure the success of the entire Gateway Arts District.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Artist Studios - Gateway CDC helps develop underutilized commercial property and affordable housing in the Gateway communities of Brentwood, Mount Rainier, and Hyattsville in Prince Georges County. Gateway CDC provides resources such as galleries and affordable studio space for artists at the Gateway Arts Center, EZ Storage and Gateway Media Arts Lab, located in the Gateway Arts District.
$113,021 spent$240,181 earned by the program22% of program spendingThe Media Arts Laboratory (MAL): The MAL is organized for creative communication entrepreneurs who have a passion for design and innovation. Collectively, their services may include art focused services, including, for example, production design, digital media services, film and video production, graphic and web design, storytelling, content creation, etc. In addition to collective projects that will support Gateway CDC's mission of economic development through the arts, the companies will offer professional creative services to businesses, non-profits and other entities in the Region and beyond.
$110,163 spentof which $9,410 as grants$16,280 earned by the program22% of program spendingSpecial Events: Open Studio Tour and Arts Programs - Gateway coordinates the production of the largest-of-its-kind arts collaboration and festival. Attendees have behind-the-scenes access to studios, galleries, cultural centers and performance spaces to enjoy the work of over 100 artists throughout the Gateway Arts District in Prince Georges County, Maryland. In 2021, the Open Studio Tour was held virtually. Gateway also coordinates art installations and presentations at its Gateway Arts Center and other sites in the Greater Gateway Community. Gateway also administered a large grant for fledgling documentary filmmaker.
$285,952 spentof which $196,320 as grants$341,666 earned by the program56% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $509,136.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.6M to $2.4M (−9%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 25% · 2022 24% · 2023 23% · 2024 36% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Michelle Darden-Lee -
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $16.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
30%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY?
- GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $302,538 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($152,995). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $302,538 in grants to GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $152,995 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GATEWAY MUNICIPALITIES COMMUNITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing