Nonprofit · EIN 81-3796186
MISSION GAIT
Tax-exempt · RICHMOND, VA 23228
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,040,733 | $340,462 | $700,271 | $4,583,789 | $428 | $4,583,361 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $932,454 | $306,916 | $625,538 | $3,648,620 | $6,410 | $3,642,210 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $715,339 | $245,641 | $469,698 | $2,939,372 | $4,295 | $2,935,077 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $820,160
- Program service revenue
- $41,475
- Investment income
- $179,098
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $58,867
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $150,245
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $166,427
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $57
- Accounting fees
- $7,725
- Occupancy
- $30,994
- Travel
- $16,551
- Depreciation
- $1,858
- Program services (functional)
- $267,648
- Management and general (functional)
- $56,851
- Fundraising (functional)
- $15,963
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,648,620
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,583,789
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $428
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,583,361
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $54,853
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,733,741
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $4,264,421
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $318,940
- Gross receipts
- $1,936,326
- Employees
- 5
- Volunteers
- 25
- Year formed
- 2016
- State of legal domicile
- VA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID LAWRENCE MSPT | CEO, Founder Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| ANN PARKER GOTTWALD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROBIN YODER | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GORDON SMITH MD | Sec / Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 4 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID LAWRENCE MSPT | CEO, Founder Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| ANN PARKER GOTTWALD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROBIN YODER | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GORDON SMITH MD | Sec / Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 4 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID LAWRENCE MSPT | CEO, Founder Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| ANN PARKER GOTTWALD | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROBIN YODER | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| GORDON SMITH MD | Sec / Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 8191 STAPLES MILL RD, RICHMOND, VA 23228-2751
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- DAVID LAWRENCE
- Signed the 990
- DAVID LAWRENCE, CEO, FOUNDER
- Phone
- (804) 918-5792
- Website
- www.MissionGait.org
- Return prepared by
- SHERMAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LLC
Mission
TO EMPOWER THE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION COMMUNITY, THROUGH EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND RESEARCH. MAKING A SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN HEALTHCARE TO HELP PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX GAIT DISABILITIES (ORTHOPEDIC, NEUROLOGIC, AND LIMBLOSS PATHOLOGIES)LEARN TO MOVE AGAIN WITH CONFIDENCE.
Program accomplishments
- MISSION GAIT ACADEMY - EDUCATION, OUR HALLMARK PROGRAM, INCLUDES TRAINING, RESEARCH AND OUR GROUNDBREAKING GAIT REHABILITATION SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. WE PROVIDE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY. OUR DATABASE OF PROVIDERS CONNECTS PATIENTS WITH CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR REGION. WE HAVE CREATED OVER 407 EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS ON TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS FOR WORKING WITH THE COMPLEX GAIT COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE PROVIDED ON YOUTUBE AT NO COST. THESE VIDEOS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 5 MILLION VIEWS, WITH OVER 33,500 SUBSCRIBERS FROM MORE THAN 186 COUNTRIES. OUR TRAINING IS PROVIDED IN-PERSON TO PROFESSIONALS AND PATIENTS ALIKE, AND OFFERED ACROSS NUMEROUS TOPICS. WE HAVE COMPLETED A NUMBER OF RESEARCH PROJECTS AND ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTING SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES, WITH OVER 247 EDUCATORS USING OUR FREE INSTRUCTOR LIBRARY.Expenses $152,252
- PATIENT REINTEGRATION PROGRAM - WE ARE REDEFINING LIMITS FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING COMPLEX GAIT CONDITIONS, "TO MOVE AGAIN WITH CONFIDENCE." WE PROVIDE NO-COST ONLINE RESOURCES, ADAPTIVE SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING EVENTS. OUR ANNUAL "DISCOVER YOUR POSSIBLE" EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER AMPUTEES, CAREGIVERS, AND PROFESSIONALS FOR EDUCATION, HANDS-ON SKILLS AND ACTIVITY TRAINING, AND EMPOWERMENT, ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. OUR ANNUAL ALL-STARS EVENT HONORS OUR PATIENT AMBASSADORS WHO INSPIRE OTHERS THROUGH EDUCATION, RESOURCES, AND CONNECTION. OUR "WALKING FOR WELLNESS" PROGRAM BUILDS ENDURANCE, CONFIDENCE, AND COMMUNITY BEYOND CLINICAL CARE. OUR "PATIENT POINTERS" RESOURCE SHARES PRACTICAL, PEER-DRIVEN, NON-MEDICAL TIPS AND INSIGHTS. WE ALSO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, TEMPLATES, AND RESOURCES TO HELP OTHERS DEVELOP SIMILAR EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS.Expenses $93,295
- WALKING FREE PROGRAM - OUR INTERNATIONAL PROSTHETIC, ORTHOTIC, AND REHABILITATION INITIATIVE BRINGS CAPACITY TO UNDERSERVED COUNTRIES, CURRENTLY 10 SUSTAINABLE CENTERS IN 7 COUNTRIES. IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, WE BUILT A P & O LAB INSIDE A 40-FOOT SHIPPING CONTAINER, DEPLOYED TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS READY TO USE WITH ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. TWO MISSION TRIPS PROVIDED ON-SITE TRAINING, DEMONSTRATING A SUSTAINABLE AND REPLICABLE MODEL WITH A REGIONAL MULTI-DISCIPLINARY HEALTHCARE SYMPOSIUM IN DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO LAUNCHED AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM, STARTING WITH A 2-WEEK SHADOWING EXPERIENCE FOR A PHYSICAL THERAPIST FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. WE ARE ALSO HELPING TO ESTABLISH A STUDENT EXCHANGE BETWEEN VCU'S DPT PROGRAM AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.(FOUNDED IN 2000 THROUGH 'PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE,' WE ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF WALKING FREE IN 2016.)Expenses $22,101
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 81-3796186
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2017
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q33)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,583,789
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,936,326
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,040,733 | $340,462 | $4,583,789 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $932,454 | $306,916 | $3,648,620 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $715,339 | $245,641 | $2,939,372 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $775,881 | $308,715 | $2,270,589 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 81-3796186).
Questions about MISSION GAIT
- What is the EIN of MISSION GAIT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MISSION GAIT is 81-3796186.
- Is MISSION GAIT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2017.
- Are donations to MISSION GAIT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MISSION GAIT file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MISSION GAIT due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MISSION GAIT last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MISSION GAIT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names DAVID LAWRENCE.
- Who are the officers and directors of MISSION GAIT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 4 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does MISSION GAIT have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,040,733, expenses of $340,462 and total assets of $4,583,789 at year end.
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