Mass Assn for Occupational Therapy
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What it says it does
MOAT PROVIDES A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK FOR ITS MEMBERS WHILE DEVELOPING AND PRESERVING OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AS A PROFESSION. MAOT SERVES THE INTEREST OF ITS MEMBERS BY REPRESENTING THE PROFESSION TO THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTING BETTER ACCESS TO, AND UNDERSTANDING OF, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. MAOT HAS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION TO MOVE ITS PROFESSION FORWARD. MAOT IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION RUN BY ITS MEMBERS. IT IS THROUGH THE PROFESSIONAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE OF THE MANY HUNDREDS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS THAT OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IS VIEWED AS VITAL TO HELPING INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN AND THE DISABLED TO LEAD INDEPENDENT, SATISIFYING, AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES.
- Income
- $118,912
- Spending
- $88,580
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $38,512 spent. SOME OF MAOT'S MOST SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE THE SPRING AND FALL CONFERENCES. MAOT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY (OT) PRACTICIONERS TO NETWORK AND ATTEND CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENTS TO ASSIST THE CONSUMERS THEY WORK WITH. MAOT WAS PRESENT AT LOBBY DAY AT THE STATE HOUSE IN APRIL, OT MONTH, WHERE MAOT PROVIDED EDUCATION TO OT PRACTIONERS ON HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW, HOW OT/OTAS CAN GET INVOLVED AND WHAT LEGISLATION MAOT IS INVOLVED IN.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1946.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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