Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Florence, KY EIN: 61-1239550

The foundation was formed to stimulate voluntary financial support for gateway community and technical college.

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc gave $440K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $220K), mostly in Kentucky. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$440,123
-67.7% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$220,062
-67.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$220,062
Total assets
$1,869,287
+13.0% vs 2024
Primary geography
Kentucky (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 Community & Technical College Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Gateway CommTech College: $440K across 2 grantsGateway CommTech College$440K · 2 grants

The largest 2025 recipient was Gateway CommTech College ($440K across 2 grants).

Grant Size Distribution

9 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K1$50–100K$100–250K2$250–500K1$500K–1M2$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 9 (33%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Florence

How Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving fell 56% 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$500K$1M$1.5M0 grants2019 0 grants2020 1 grant2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $271K (2021) to $1.4M (2023). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $440K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Gateway CommTech College Florence, KYScholarships$414,376
Gateway CommTech College Florence, KYStudent Assistance$25,747
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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$1,869,287$852,593$621,130$440,1232$111,749
2024$1,653,654$559,970$1,595,876$1,364,3662$94,505
2023$2,642,526$416,951$1,561,914$1,372,8732$33,132
2022$3,740,118$3,998,381$1,100,219$990,8362$37,910
2021$1,627,705$548,941$639,271$271,2421$81,920
2020$1,581,327$408,644$383,317——$25,911
2019$1,650,907$126,377$294,319——$21,500

About Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Florence, KY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $440K. Net investment income was $112K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc is led by Fernando Figueroa, President since 2021 (on filings since 2019); none of the 25 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Fernando Figueroa

    President

    President → Director, 2020

    Director → President, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tess Burns

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jordan Huizenga

    Chairman

    Chair of Philanthropy → Vice Chair, 2022

    Vice Chair → Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Nienaber

    Director

    Chair of Advocacy → Chairman, 2021

    Chairman → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Philippe Garnier

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay Fossett

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Romes

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brent Degenhardt

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Baines

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie McGregor

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shannon Schumacher

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eddie Howard Jr.

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kenneth Webb

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ruth Moore

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gina Douthat

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Witenauer

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Vanderglas

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Desmarais

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Washington

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Gentil

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joy Hall

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Samantha Mosby

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sharmili Reddy

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Kruse

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Natalya Olivia

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (33)
  • Former: Michelle Reid (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Trent Lucas (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Adrijana Kowatsch (2019–2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Anthony Kelly (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Beth Vice-Cross (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Brent Cooper (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Adam Kressler (2020–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Jack Givens (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Todd Sarge (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Will Weber (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Francis O'Hara (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ande Durojaiye (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Brian Dunham (2019–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: David Fleisher (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jamie Parsons (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Mary Ann Pietromonaco (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ron Christian (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Blevins Bowlin (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Maryanne McGowan (2019–2020) — Chair of Nominating
  • Former: Michael Cason (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Steve Brunson (2019–2020) — Chairman
  • Former: Erik Hermes (2020) — Director
  • Former: Maryann Pietromonaco (2020) — Director
  • Former: Alice Sparks (2019) — Emeritus Director
  • Former: G. Edward Hughes (2019) — Former President
  • Former: Jeanne Schroer (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Jeff Eger (2019) — Emeritus Director
  • Former: Jim Parsons (2019) — Emeritus Director
  • Former: Julie Ann Smith-Morrow (2019) — Director
  • Former: Laura Lyons (2019) — Director
  • Former: Lee Flischel (2019) — Emeritus Director
  • Former: Norm Desmarais (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Wade Halsey (2019) — Emeritus 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 Community & Technical College Foundation Inc

How much does Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc give each year?

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc gave $440K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.4M across 2 grants.

How large is Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc?

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc reported $1.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $853K.

What is Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc?

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Florence, KY. It holds $1.9M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc operate?

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Kentucky.

What is Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc's EIN?

Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 61-1239550. 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

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 26, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 8, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 24, 2020)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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