Center for Psychotherapyspirituality & Creativity
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
CPSC is a nonprofit organization established to provide education and training to mental health associates AMFT ACSW who are preparing for CA state licensure. Under the supervision of licensed supervisors associates learn how to conduct psychotherapy with a diverse base of clients and how to build and manage their own private practice. Associates provide sliding-scale fees to better serve low-income clients and the communities they serve.
- Income
- $481,891
- Spending
- $434,199
- Spent on programs
- 93%
- Reserves
- 4.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $37,110, clinical director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 70% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 64 out of 100. Higher than 38% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
18 of 253 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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 (3)
- $401,292 spent. In 2025 up to 26 CPSC Associates Marriage and Family Therapists AMFTs and Associates Clinical Social Workers ACSW working toward BBS licensing in the State of California managed their own private practices under the supervision of CPSC and their clinical supervisors provided psychotherapy services to 145 clients per month. Associates provided therapy services to 1558 adults and 184 children. Associates conducted one-on-one mental health sessions for a total of 5,313 hours a year. Associates provided 1,004 mental health sessions pro bono or at a reduced fee for low-income clients.
- In 2025 CPSC Associates offered 2940 mental health tele-health sessions to clients. Tele-health sessions were conducted by telephone or online via Zoom or other video conferencing platforms. Because of the many benefits to clients - no travel flexible scheduling options cost savings no childcare needed - tele-health therapy has become the preferred type of session chosen by clients when meeting with therapists. Associates met in-person with clients for 913 sessions.
- $525 spent. CPSC offered associates two facilitated online professional development workshops and two associates meetings networking opportunities. The workshops meetings were designed to address specific private practice needs such as: niche marketing website development accounting and operations and emerging trends and potential client referrals via online mental health focused platforms.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. 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)(3) charitable organization.
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? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 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 2020.
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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