Michigan School of Psychology

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382333042
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Phone
2484761122
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,861,749
Expenses
$6,334,371
Assets
$12,388,596
Liabilities
$2,906,164

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TAMI JACOBS (VICE PRESIDENT OF SERVICES & OPERATIONS)
  • BRIAN SPITSBERGEN (PRESIDENT (THRU 6/30/2025))
  • MIKE TYLER (VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS)
  • DIANE ZALAPI THRU 8312024 (VICE PRESIDENT / COO / CONSULTANT)
  • BRIAN STOGNER AS OF 010125 (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MIKE TYLER (VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS): $241,887 total reported compensation
  • BRIAN SPITSBERGEN (PRESIDENT (THRU 6/30/2025)): $224,047 total reported compensation
  • TAMI JACOBS (VICE PRESIDENT OF SERVICES & OPERATIONS): $170,676 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Educate psychologists today who will transform our world tomorrow. We provide experiential and scholarly training in clinical psychology for students who want to make a difference. Our experienced faculty of practitioner-scholars teach psychological theory, technique and skills needed for practice. Our alumni become clinicians who help change the lives of people in community clinics, hospitals, shelters, prisons, and in private practice.

What it reported doing in 2024

In accordance with its mission, during the 2024-2025 academic year, the Michigan school of psychology enrolled 192 full-and part-time students in the master of arts, applied behavior analysis certificate, and doctor of psychology programs (56.8% ma program, 1% aba program, and 42.2% doctoral program). In the 2024-2025 academic year, 64 individuals earned a master of arts in clinical psychology degree, 2 individuals earned a certificate in applied behavior analysis, and 18 individuals earned a doctor of psychology in clinical psychology degree.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $242K · 19 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $117K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.