Accreditation Council for Art Therapy Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933254053
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Southwest Hbr, ME, USA
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$159,090
Expenses
$130,209
Assets
$66,446

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Eliza Homer (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Eliza Homer (Executive Director)
  • Michelle Itczak (Chair)
  • Ronald Hunt (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of ACATE is to promote the highest levels of professional training and competence of art therapists through development and promotion of professional preparation standards promotion of excellence in art therapy curriculum and program development in collaboration with CAAHEP accreditation of art therapy masters degree programs that meet or exceed minimum accreditation standards encouragement of educational program self-assessment and continuing improvement and promotion of diverse theory and methods in art therapy education and practice.

What it reported doing in 2025

Request for Accreditation Services: Provided guidance for the development of professional preparation standards and promotion of excellence in art therapy curriculum and program development through the accreditation self-study process for 7 programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.9%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 58.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.9% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.