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Gateway Business Health Coalition

501(c)(6) organization Saint Louis, MO EIN: 43-1694859 Website

Since 1982, the Gateway Business Health Coalition has worked to achieve its mission of supporting employer efforts to improve the well-being of their employees and enhance the quality and overall value of their investments in health benefits.

Gateway Business Health Coalition at a glance

In short: Gateway Business Health Coalition gave $325K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $163K), mostly in Missouri. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$325,000
Grants made (2025)
2
Average grant
$162,500
Median grant
$162,500
Total assets
$1,701,776
+71.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Missouri (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Gateway Business Health Coalition funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Midwest Health Initiative: $200KMidwest Health Initiative$200KBHC Foundation: $125KBHC Foundation$125K

The largest 2025 recipient was Midwest Health Initiative ($200K). Together the top 2 received $325K.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

<$50K1$50–100K4$100–250K$250–500K3$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 4 grants of 8 (50%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Saint Louis

How Gateway Business Health Coalition gives

  • Giving fell 35% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 3 grants2024* Covers 15 months (fiscal year-end changed)2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $325K (2025) to $500K (2023). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $325K.

*2024: Covers 15 months (fiscal year-end changed).

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Midwest Health Initiative St. Louis, MOGeneral Operating Expenses$200,000
BHC Foundation St. Louis, MOGeneral Operating Expenses$125,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$1,701,776$1,796,395$1,084,536$325,0002$22,255
2024*$989,917$1,750,694$1,434,299$400,0003$15,776
2023$673,522$1,542,048$1,795,376$500,0001$13,238
2022$926,850$1,689,981$1,707,790$500,0001$2,881
2021$944,659$1,557,169$1,623,661$500,0001$1,239
2020$1,011,151$1,679,377$1,595,867$500,0001$6,634
2019$927,641$1,690,842$1,661,797$500,0001$9,242

*2024: Covers 15 months (fiscal year-end changed).

About Gateway Business Health Coalition

Based on IRS filings

Gateway Business Health Coalition is a public charity, based in Saint Louis, MO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $325K. Net investment income was $22K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Gateway Business Health Coalition is led by Laurel Pickering, President & CEO on every filing since 2024; none of the 19 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Laurel Pickering

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • John Ziegler

    President

    Member-At-Large → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Toben

    Imm. Past Chair

    Vice President → President, 2022

    President → Imm. Past Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristine Schuster

    Member-At-Large

    Member → Member-At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Linda Brady

    Vice President

    Member → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Margo Quinlan

    Board Member

    Member → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Valerie Peters

    Board Member

    Member → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Riley

    Treasurer

    Member → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alison Casler

    Board Member

    Member → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelci Hannan

    Research & Analytics

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Kirsten Tidd

    Board Member

    Member → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mickey Luna

    Member-At-Large

    Member → Member-At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Misi Holmberg

    Member-At-Large

    Member → Member-At-Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Mullett

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carol Wilson

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dawne Trokey

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jaime Otzenberger

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rupinder Budham

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trisha Holbert

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (25)
  • Former: Louise Probst (2019–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Marla Langenhorst (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Patty Bedborough (2020–2024) — Member
  • Former: David Heaton (2021–2024) — Pharmacy Management
  • Former: Chad Thompson (2022–2024) — Member
  • Former: Gail Frye (2019–2023) — Member
  • Former: Lauren Remspecher (2020–2023) — Senior Director
  • Former: Bod Wald (2021–2023) — Member
  • Former: Milt Ehly (2021–2023) — Member
  • Former: Bob Wald (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Debbie Hanlon (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Kevin Supple (2019–2022) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Mark Mispagel (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Bryan Kassing (2020–2022) — Member-At-Large
  • Former: Beth Biggs (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: John Rocco (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Tim Sutter (2019–2021) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Michael Hely (2020–2021) — Senior Director
  • Former: Richard Frank (2021) — Member
  • Former: Ed Strouth (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: Karen Roth (2020) — Director of Research
  • Former: Brian Haschmann (2019) — Member
  • Former: Carolyn Plummer (2019) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Judy Faires (2019) — Member
  • Former: Patricia Wahl (2019) — Senior Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Gateway Business Health Coalition

How much does Gateway Business Health Coalition give each year?

Gateway Business Health Coalition gave $325K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $400K across 3 grants. The 2024 filing year covers 15 months because its fiscal year-end changed.

How large is Gateway Business Health Coalition?

Gateway Business Health Coalition reported $1.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.8M.

Where does Gateway Business Health Coalition operate?

Gateway Business Health Coalition has awarded grants in Missouri.

What is Gateway Business Health Coalition's EIN?

Gateway Business Health Coalition's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 43-1694859. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 12, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 11, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 10, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 16, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS January 30, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 22, 2025)
  7. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 19, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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