Gateway Medical Alliance

What Gateway Medical Alliance does

Gateway Medical Alliance (GMA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit humanitarian organization, incorporated in Washington State in 2002 and headquartered in Kent, Washington. It collects surplus medical supplies and equipment from hospitals, clinics, laboratories, medical supply companies, and individuals in the Puget Sound region, then sorts, inventories, and packs these donations at a warehouse located inside the FCA facility at 8247 S. 194th Street. The organization operates almost entirely on volunteer labor, with a small paid staff built incrementally since the first home-office hire in 2005 and an Executive Director (Greg Plett) hired in 2014.

Since shipping its first container of medical supplies to Morocco in 1997, GMA has sent 190 containers to 16 countries including Morocco, Cambodia, Ukraine, Liberia, Ghana, Uganda, and Guinea. The organization maintains trusted in-country partner relationships — most notably the Hassan II Foundation for the Handicapped (since 1999), Grand Atlas Association, and medical school teaching hospitals across Morocco — and operates GMA Maroc, a Moroccan-registered subsidiary running children's therapy centers, wheelchair distribution, health education, and community development programs including agricultural projects and earthquake recovery.

GMA has no commercial revenue model. Its operating model is funded entirely through donations: financial contributions from individuals and corporate donors, grants, and gift-in-kind donations of medical supplies and equipment. Corporate partners also contribute in-kind services such as warehouse and office space (FCA), cardboard boxes, and trucking. The organization states that nearly all donations go directly to projects or as directed by donors, with no products or services sold commercially.

Name

Gateway Medical Alliance

Legal name

Gateway Medical Alliance

Website

https://gatewayma.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Gateway Medical Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that collects, sorts, and ships donated medical supplies and equipment from a volunteer-run warehouse in Kent, Washington to hospitals, clinics, and community programs in 16 developing countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Medical Supply Distribution

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423)

SIC

Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Logistics, Supply Chain & Humanitarian Air/Sea/Land Transport (BPADADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH), Global Health Supply Chain & Procurement Organizations (HLAJAKAL)

Keywords

• Humanitarian medical supplies
• Medical equipment donation
• Container shipping logistics
• Volunteer warehouse operations
• Global healthcare access

Headquarters

HQ city

Kent

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Financial Donations: GMA relies on individual donors, corporate donors, and grants for funding. The organization states that nearly all donations go directly to projects or as directed by donors.
2. Gift-in-Kind Donations: Accepts medical supplies and equipment donations from hospitals, clinics, medical supply companies, and individuals. These donations are sorted, packed, and shipped to developing countries.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate partners provide services such as warehouse and office space, cardboard boxes for shipping, trucking, and other goods and services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gateway Medical Alliance collects donated medical supplies and equipment from hospitals, clinics, laboratories, medical supply companies, and individuals in the Puget Sound region; volunteers sort, inventory, and pack these items at the Kent, Washington warehouse; and GMA ships them in 40-foot containers to trusted partner organizations in 16 developing countries. Programs in Morocco through GMA Maroc include Children's Therapy Centers, wheelchair distribution, health education, and post-earthquake community development.

Product overview

Gateway Medical Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit humanitarian organization that operates as a single unified service focused on collecting, sorting, packing, and shipping medical supplies and equipment to developing countries worldwide. The organization does not offer a platform-plus-modules architecture; rather, its portfolio consists of interconnected operational services including a medical supply donation and distribution program, container shipping operations, volunteer warehouse management, and financial donation processing. Regional programs such as GMA Maroc (featuring Children's Therapy Centers and wheelchair distribution) represent geographic extensions of the core distribution mission rather than distinct product modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Supply Donation and Distribution Accepts donated medical supplies and equipment from hospitals, clinics, laboratories, medical supply companies, and individuals; volunteers assess quality, sort, inventory, and pack the supplies into boxes at the Kent, Washington warehouse for redistribution to developing countries worldwide.
• Container Shipping Program Ships 40-foot shipping containers filled with medical supplies, surgical instruments, consumables, hospital equipment, physical therapy equipment, and mobility equipment to trusted partner organizations in 16 countries including Morocco, Cambodia, Ukraine, Liberia, Ghana, Uganda, and Guinea.
• GMA Maroc Regional Programs Morocco-based initiatives under GMA Maroc including Children's Therapy Centers (safe places for children with special needs to grow, learn, and receive care from trained professionals), wheelchair distribution for individuals who cannot walk or have mobility challenges, health education classes for families and communities, and community development projects including agricultural projects and earthquake recovery efforts.
• Financial Donation Processing Accepts tax-deductible financial donations from individual donors, corporate donors, and grants via credit card through GivingFuel (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx) and by check, with corporate matching gift support and Fred Meyer Community Rewards program.
• Volunteer Warehouse Operations Coordinates volunteers who sort, inventory, and pack medical supplies and prepare equipment for shipment at the Kent, Washington warehouse operating Tuesday through Thursday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, with scheduled work parties for businesses and small groups during non-warehouse hours.

Quantifiable outcome

• 190 containers shipped to 16 countries since 1997
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Medical School Teaching Hospitals in MoroccocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Significant partnership developed with medical school teaching hospitals across Morocco for distribution of medical supplies and equipment.
• Grand Atlas AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Partnership crafted between Gateway Medical Alliance and Grand Atlas Association in Morocco for community development and healthcare support.
• Hassan II Foundation for the HandicappedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999First partnership forged in 1999 for supporting people with disabilities in Morocco. This was GMA's first major partnership following their initial container shipment.
• FCA (FCA Packaging)coreOthersCorporate partner providing warehouse and office space at their facility. Contact: (253) 872-6857. GMA's office/warehouse is located inside FCA building at 8247 S. 194th Street, Kent, Washington.
• Puget Sound Hospitals, Clinics and Medical OfficescoreOthersHealthcare facilities donating medical supplies and equipment to GMA. These donations form the primary source of medical resources shipped to developing countries.
• Liberty Road FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner supporting GMA's operations. Website: libertyroadfoundation.org
• FOX13 SeattleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal media partner that featured GMA when loading container #158 for Cambodia, providing earned media coverage.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Afya Foundation: Afya Foundation collects surplus medical supplies and equipment from US healthcare institutions and ships them to under-resourced clinics abroad, operating a smaller-scale but structurally similar surplus-redistribution model.

Direct peers

• International Aid: International Aid supplies medicines, medical equipment, and relief supplies to hospitals and clinics in developing regions, overlapping with GMA's donor-supply and international container-shipping activities.
• Project CURE: Project CURE runs the largest international distributor of donated medical supplies, collecting surplus from US healthcare facilities and shipping 40-foot containers to developing countries — a near-identical operating model to GMA's.
• Brother's Brother Foundation: Brother's Brother Foundation ships medical supplies, equipment, and pharmaceuticals to hospitals and clinics in developing countries, with a comparable container-based redistribution model.
• Heart to Heart International: Heart to Heart International collects and distributes medical supplies and equipment to under-resourced health facilities worldwide, aligning closely with GMA's donation-sourcing and container-shipment activities.
• MAP International: MAP International provides donated medicines and medical supplies globally to clinics, hospitals, and mission teams, overlapping directly with GMA's hospital/clinic recipient base and gift-in-kind donation flow.
• MedShare: MedShare collects surplus medical supplies and equipment from US hospitals and redistributes them to underserved healthcare facilities worldwide, mirroring GMA's core warehouse-sort-and-ship-container model.
• Global Health Ministries: Global Health Ministries recovers and redistributions surplus medical supplies and equipment to mission hospitals and clinics in developing countries, sharing GMA's faith-rooted, donation-driven operating model.

Broad incumbents

• Americares: Americares is a major health-focused humanitarian aid organization delivering medicines, medical supplies, and emergency relief to communities in need, competing with GMA for both donor dollars and donated medical supply inflows.
• Direct Relief: Direct Relief is a large, well-established humanitarian medical aid organization providing medicines and supplies to healthcare facilities globally; it operates in the same space as GMA but at significantly greater scale and brand recognition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gateway_ma
• Facebookfacebook.com/gatewayma

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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