Michigan Psychological Association Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383614220
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Livonia, MI, USA
- Phone
- 7342398012
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mental Health Association
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,335
- Expenses
- $2,306
- Assets
- $8,304
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES GERHART (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JAMES GERHART (PRESIDENT)
- AMY LOREE PHD (SECRETARY)
- MICHELLE MCGARRITY PHD LLP (TRUSTEE)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Michigan Psychological Association's (MPA) mission is to improve the health of the people in Michigan by advancing the science, education, and practice of psychology. We are the Michigan affiliate of the American Psychological Association. Our vision is to be the primary professional home for Michigan psychologists by providing legislative advocacy, continuing education, professional networking, and promotion of health service psychology Join MPA.
What it reported doing in 2024
Promote public mental health welfare and to advance the science and profession of psychology for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 67.5%; rating input score 67
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.6; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 67.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.