Contemporary Freudian Society
Legal name: The Contemporary Freudian Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 136174451
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- Phone
- 212-752-7883
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $251,667
- Expenses
- $200,442
- Assets
- $820,549
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RAYMOND HOFFMAN MD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RAYMOND HOFFMAN MD (PRESIDENT)
- JOSH WOLF-POWERS (TREASURER)
- BETSY SPANBOCK (VICE PRES- N)
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 Contemporary Freudian Society (CFS) is a vibrant, multi-city community of clinicians, theorists, writers, teachers, and activists dedicated to furthering knowledge and professional growth in psychoanalysis. For more than sixty years, CFS has trained professionals to think psychoanalytically, based upon a firm foundation in Freud, Post-Freudian thinkers, and all aspects of development. The organization is committed to inclusivity and diversity, fostering a spirit of equity and understanding.
What it reported doing in 2024
The society held many scientific programs and a wide range of seminars throughout the year in both New York and Washington dc. The diversity committee held an intensive leadership workshop involving large & small group discussion & process groups. The spring project (support for pregnancy-raising infants-navigating growth)screened & referred individuals needing focused help for perinatal mood challenges. The continuing education committee continued efforts toward the goal of providing c.e. Credits for members and colleagues. The ethics committee presented a workshop "the aging analyst and intentional retirement. The plumsock prize committee reviewed the many research papers submitted.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 73% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37.9%; rating input score 38
- Program expense ratio: 60.6%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.09; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 37.9% of revenue deployed · 60.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.