The Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201184900
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fair Lawn, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 2016920860
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Graduate, Professional Schools (Separate Entities)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,919
- Expenses
- $40,615
- Assets
- $20,704
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nita Lutwak (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Lorna Goldberg (Director)
- Nita Lutwak (Vice President)
- Nicole E Grace (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At the Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies, our mission is to prepare mental health professionals to work more deeply and effectively with patients.* Advanced training in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy* Small, discussion-based classes with experienced faculty* Supervised clinical work for hands-on learning* Supportive, collaborative community of professionalsOur programs are designed to strengthen clinical skills, deepen understanding of the human mind, and help practitioners grow both personally and professionally.If youre ready to take your clinical practice to the next level, IPS is here for you.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies has provided advanced training in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy with small, discussion-based classes with experienced faculty. The program has strengthened clinical skills, deepened understanding of the human mind, and helped practitioners grow both personally and professionally.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 44
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.9%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 28.6%; rating input score 29
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -85.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 30; 30th 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: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52.9% of revenue deployed · 28.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.