American Counseling Association (Group)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521262756
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
7038884416
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Mental Health Center

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$794,849
Expenses
$697,503
Assets
$3,518,480
Liabilities
$275,129

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

131 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ashlei Petion (Vice President)
  • Christine Sacco-Bene (President Elect)
  • Daniel Balva (Past President)
  • Debra Ainbinder (President Elect)
  • Dilani Perera (President)
  • Dipika Daga (Vice President, Asian American/Pacific Islander (AS OF 07/24))

People named in this filing

  • Abigail Conley (Journal Editors)
  • Alexis Duggan (Graduate Student Rep)
  • Allison Levine (Council Director (AS OF 07/24))

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations included in this return were formed to promote public confidence and trust in the counseling profession with emphasis on the specialties represented by each organization. Newsletters, journals, websites, and conferences are among the significant activities carried on by these organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Newsletters, journals, and publications were issued by organizations included in this return to disseminate information related to specialty issues, developments, and concerns relating to specialty areas of counseling and human development to members, institutions and libraries. This includes the royalty payments related to these activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.04; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 128 of 128 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $639K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 131 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.