GATEWAY FOUNDATION INC
Mission Statement
Gateway Foundation is a non-profit who’s mission is to provide effective and efficient treatment to reduce substance use disorder as well as the frequently co-occurring mental health problems for those we serve and their families. Achieving this requires us to make treatment as accessible as possible to combat the addiction crisis America faces. We devote all of our capabilities to successful treatment outcomes benefiting our clients, their families, and their communities. We are proud of our hometown roots, dating back to our humble beginnings in 1968 as a small, community group of advocates on the South Side of Chicago, to an organization with the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. In all of Gateway’s programs, we focus on providing comprehensive, evidence-based treatment to patients and personalized plans to treat underlying causes of substance use disorder — not just their addiction to drugs or alcohol. Our expert clinicians understand that addiction is a disease of the brain and should be treated with addiction medicine using the best practices healthcare has to offer.
Financial Overview — FY 2025
Compared with Peers
FY 2025| Ratio | This org | Peer median | Position (P10 → P90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Program expense ratio
Program expenses / total expenses
· higher is better
|
82.6% | 86.4% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Admin expense ratio
Management and general / total expenses
· lower is better
|
17.4% | 13.5% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Fundraising expense ratio
Fundraising expenses / total expenses
· lower is better
|
0.0% | 0.0% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Operating reserve
Months of expenses covered by net assets
· higher is better
|
0.7 mo | 3.2 mo |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Liabilities to assets
Total liabilities / total assets
· lower is better
|
83.0% | 40.1% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Revenue concentration
Share of revenue from the largest source
· lower is better
|
99.0% | 88.0% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Revenue growth
Year over year revenue growth
|
7.9% | 9.1% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Expense growth
Year over year expense growth
|
13.8% | 11.1% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Surplus margin
Surplus as a share of revenue
|
-11.2% | 2.0% |
P10P90
|
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets | Program % | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $118.2M | $131.4M | $7.7M | 82.6% | 2122 |
| 2024 | $109.5M | $115.5M | $19.1M | 80.9% | 2005 |
| 2023 | $95.9M | $98.2M | $23.1M | 80.1% | 1838 |
| 2022 | $103.6M | $91.1M | $23.3M | 78.2% | 1814 |
| 2021 | $91.9M | $93.2M | N/A | — | 1812 |
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