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GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH INC

EIN 73-1386920 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$9,653,289
Expenses 2024
$11,190,912

Program services were 56.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
H00Z
Classification
1200
Street
1449 S MICHIGAN AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ACCELERATE PRACTICE-CHANGING DISCOVERIES IN CANCER CARE BY HARNESSING THE UNRELENTING PASSION OF THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND EMPOWERING PATIENTS TO TRIUMPH OVER THEIR DISEASE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FIND AND FUND CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH.

  • GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH, A NON-PROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1991 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH THAT MORE TRADITIONAL CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS MAY NOT FUND. GATEWAY IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING INNOVATIONS IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND SPEEDING THEM TO THE CANCER PATIENT'S BEDSIDE. THE WORK OF GATEWAY IS ABOUT GIVING CANCER PATIENTS THE ABILITY TO LIVE LONGER, MORE FULFILLING AND HEALTHIER LIVES.100% OF PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED ARE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH. OUR RESEARCH AND GRANTS COMMITTEE APPLIES STRINGENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWING EACH GRANT APPLICATION, RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ONLY THOSE THAT ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION. GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH RECEIVES FUNDING FROM A PRIVATE ENTITY UNDERWRITING ADMINISTRATIVE AND FUNDRAISING COSTS. THIS ALLOWS DONOR DOLLARS TO BE DIRECTED TO PATIENT-CENTERED RESEARCH. GATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH IS CURRENTLY FUNDING 64 STUDIES.

    Expenses $6,270,031 · Grants $5,812,285

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • FRED DEGRANDIS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.3 related

  • TIMOTHY FLANIGAN

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • EMANUEL PETRICOIN PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • SATISH TADIKONDA PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • STACIE J STEPHENSON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.3 related

  • TONY FESTA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MARY LOU SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • RICHARD J STEPHENSON

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3 + 0.3 related

  • DENIZ RAZON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • JOE CALTABIANO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • TAWNYA BOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • EDWIN ROBERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • MICHAEL JESSUP

    INTERIM CEO (STARTING MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DELORA SENFT

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $183,524
    From this org
    $160,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,229
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,295
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,214
    Filer's total
    $183,524

  • NATALIE STEWART

    PRESIDENT & CEO (THROUGH MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $307,301
    From this org
    $281,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,250
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,001
    Filer's total
    $307,301

  • MARIA CONSUELO AROZ

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,458
    From this org
    $107,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,641
    Hours/week
    40

  • KARI WATTS

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $123,989
    From this org
    $104,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,157
    Hours/week
    40

  • HUNTER PATTON-GENTERT

    DIRECTOR CLINICAL SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $160,445
    From this org
    $138,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,788
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,657
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,788
    Filer's total
    $160,445

  • NATALIA MIHILLI

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $173,356
    From this org
    $150,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,322
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,034
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,725
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,597
    Filer's total
    $173,356

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,653,289
    Expenses
    $11,190,912
    Contributions
    $12,384,614
    Grants paid
    $5,812,285
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,383,526
    Expenses
    $8,628,310
    Contributions
    $11,299,095
    Grants paid
    $6,418,187
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,470,741
    Expenses
    $9,525,588
    Contributions
    $12,645,682
    Grants paid
    $6,826,886

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,777,254
    Expenses
    $8,649,106
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,585,556

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,888,015
    Expenses
    $7,879,868
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,916,146

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,460,832
    Expenses
    $5,555,438
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,327,076

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,581,854
    Expenses
    $3,170,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,896,617

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,181,652
    Expenses
    $6,217,010
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,859,712

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,929,726
    Expenses
    $6,721,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,620,509

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,446,530
    Expenses
    $6,273,375
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,621,020

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,388,694
    Expenses
    $4,000,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,863,957

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,470,025
    Expenses
    $2,110,748
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,503,362

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,790,873
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,911,861

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.