Pharmacy Technician Certification Board
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What it says it does
PTCB ADVANCES MEDICATION SAFETY BY CREDENTIALING TECHNICIANS WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO SUPPORT PHARMACISTS AND PATIENT CARE TEAMS IN ALL PRACTICE SETTINGS.
- Income
- $17.6 million
- Spending
- $16.8 million
- Employees
- 29
- Volunteers
- 130
- Highest pay
- $399,341, executive director & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (4)
- THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION BOARD (PTCB) WAS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 1995 AND IS GOVERNED BY SIX ORGANIZATIONS: THE AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION, THE ILLINOIS COUNCIL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACISTS, THE MICHIGAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY, AND THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION. PTCB IS A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT ENABLES PHARMACY TECHNICIANS TO WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH PHARMACISTS TO OFFER SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PATIENT CARE AND SERVICE. PTCB DEVELOPS, MAINTAINS, PROMOTES AND ADMINISTERS A NATIONAL COMMISSION OF CERTIFYING AGENCIES (NCCA) ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR PHARMACY TECHNICIANS. THE PTCB CPHT EXAMINATION WAS DEVELOPED BY PTCB TO DETERMINE WHETHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE MASTERED THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO PRACTICE AS A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN. SINCE 1995, PTCB HAS CERTIFIED 842,971 PHARMACY TECHNICIANS THROUGH THE EXAM AND TRANSFER PROCESS. IN 2024, PTCB CERTIFIED 32,543 PHARMACY TECHNICIANS AND RE-CERTIFIED MORE THAN 119,000 PHARMACY TECHNICIANS.
- IN 2017 PTCB CREATED THE CERTIFIED COMPOUNDED STERILE PRODUCTS TECHNICIAN (CSPT) EXAM PROGRAM. STERILE COMPOUNDING IS THE PREPARATION OF MEDICATIONS IN A STERILE ENVIRONMENT TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION. THROUGH THE CSPT PROGRAM, PTCB-CERTIFIED PHARMACY TECHNICIANS (CPHTS) HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT TO MEDICATION SAFETY BY MEETING THE HIGH STANDARDS OF PTCB'S CSPT PROGRAM. AT THE END OF 2024, PTCB HAD CERTIFIED 1,691 CSPTS.
- IN 2019, PTCB CREATED A PRODUCT LINE OF ASSESSMENT BASED CERTIFICATES FOR ADVANCED TECHNICIAN ROLES AND AN ADVANCED CERTIFIED PHARMACY TECHNICIAN (CPHT-ADVTM) DESIGNATION. THESE CERTIFICATES RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS PHARMACY TECHNICIANS MAKE TO ADVANCE MEDICATION SAFETY. DURING 2024, 2,729 OF THE ASSESSMENT BASED CERTIFICATES WERE GRANTED AND PTCB HAD 2,105 ACTIVE CPHT-ADV CREDENTIAL HOLDERS AT THE END OF 2024.
- IN 2024, THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN EDUCATORS COUNCIL OPERATING DIVISION OF PTCB HELD ITS FIRST CONFERENCE WITH OVER 200 ATTENDEES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 2024.
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 April 1996.
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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