Training and Counseling Center

Legal name: Training & Counseling Center at Saint Lukes Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581247134
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
404-876-6266
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Interfaith

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$315,810
Expenses
$444,187
Assets
$3,592,739
Liabilities
$1,491

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • DOROTHEA LOTZE-KOLA (EXEC DIRE/PRES): $139,111 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Training & Counseling Center at Saint Luke's (TACC) is dedicated to providing accessible counseling and education services that promote psychological and spiritual well-being, and to training a new generation of clergy and lay leaders who strive for social justice in the local community and beyond.

What it reported doing in 2025

Tacc continued its clinical pastoral education program with nine students enrolled and seven long-time non-profit organization partners (crossroads, central outreach, emmaus house, holy comforter, nicholas house, church of the common ground, women's resource center to end domestic violence) were provided with spiritual care students. An additional 2,700 hours of community service were provided.tacc continued its counseling program successfully online with six licensed counselors, a spiritual director and three counseling residents and a first counseling intern from agnes scott. A full-time resident was hired on salary due to a partial grant tacc received. (this is the first salaried full-time counselor in tacc's history).tacc established new and renewed counseling partnerships with agnes scott college, columbia seminary and nicholas house.tacc established a play therapy room and is now seeing children again as counseling clients.tacc accepted its first counseling intern for a summer practicum and fall internship.tacc offered the second spiritually integrated psychotherapist (sip) training from september through november.tacc offered four retreats in its beautiful gay house building.tacc posted daily devotional videos and yoga videos on its wellness platform.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 65
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -40.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.09; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 92.3% of revenue deployed · 65.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $289K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.