GATE-GATEWAY TO INDEPENDENCE
EIN 86-1084910 · Developmentally Disabled Centers (P82)
What they do
THE GATE- GATEWAY to INDEPENDENCE ASSISTS YOUNG ADULTS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES to ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SOCIAL and PRE-VOCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. PARTICIPANTS ENTER THE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE AGES of 22-30 BUT MAY REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM AS LONG AS THEY WISH. THE PARTICIPANTS COME TOGETHER SEVERAL DAYS EACH WEEK WITH STAFF and VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY to ENJOY EACH OTHERS COMPANY and to USE SKILLS THAT FOSTER INDEPENDENCE. THE FOCUS of THE PROGRAM is ON EACH INDIVIDUALS ABILITIES and ON DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY of PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE and CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. JUST AS IMPORTANT, THE GATE PROVIDES A RESPITE SERVICE to THE FAMILY/CARETAKER WHO is ABLE to LEAVE THE PARTICIPANT WITH US KNOWING THAT THEY ARE IN A SAFE and NURTURING ENVIRONMENT. for MANY FAMILIES, THIS is THE ONLY RESPITE THEY HAVE. WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM , MOST of THESE YOUNG ADULTS FACE A LIFE of ISOLATION and EXCLUSION. THE GATE is A MODEL of WHAT AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY CAN BE. THE PROGRAM is FUNDED THROU
Financial picture
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2004
- Location
- PO BOX 6023, MARYVILLE, TN 37802
- County
- Blount
- In care of
- KRISTEN DIAMOND
- Primary officer
- KRISTEN DIAMOND, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- WHITLOCK & COMPANY PC
- NTEE classification
- Developmentally Disabled Centers (P82)
- IRS tax category
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
More public IRS record details
These are classification codes from the organization’s public nonprofit record.
- Subsection
- 03
- Affiliation
- 3
- Classification
- 2000
- Deductibility
- 1
- Foundation
- 15
- Organization
- 1