Artvango Therapeutic Services Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
We provide various forms of expressive therapies to children in foster care and those adopted from the Bexar County foster care system. Expressive forms of therapy include: art, music, play, meditation, animal assisted therapy and EMDR therapy. This wide range of expressive forms of therapy is focused on providing therapy that is tailored to each child's age and developmental stage in life in order for them to self-express in a form that is safe and inviting. A trauma-centered therapist provides monthly parent support groups to foster, adoptive, and kinship families whom are in need of practical parenting solutions. This will empowered not only the child, but the entire family with the essential therapeutic tools to better handle daily situations with their children, as well as to gain a better understanding on how trauma affects the brain.
- Income
- $730,215
- Spending
- $487,868
- Spent on programs
- 100%
- Reserves
- 9.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 36%
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 56
- Highest pay
- $207,666, therapeutic service program director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 78% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 33% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 74% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 15100% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 86 out of 100. Higher than 72% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a 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, 2024, 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)
- $381,619 spent. Individual and family therapy provided to children in foster care and those adopted from the Bexar County foster care system. Expressive forms of therapy include art, music, play, meditation, animal assisted therapy and EMDR therapy. This wide range of expressive forms of therapy is focused on providing therapy that is tailored to each child's age and developmental stage in life in order for them to self-express in a form that is safe and inviting. Services for this program are provided by Licensed Professional Counselors and LPC Interns or Provisional supervised by Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisors on staff.
- $51,958 spent. Trauma Informed Counselor for Victims of Crime - Children This project will provide trauma-informed mental health counseling services and expressive art therapy services to youth who are in the foster care system in Bexar County, TX. In January 2023 there were 1,330 youth in the care of DFPS in Bexar County. These youth have a variety of mental health challenges due to the trauma they have endured, including physical assault, sexual assault, abuse/neglect, bullying, and in some cases, human trafficking. In order for youth to be able to begin healing from their trauma, it is imperative they see trauma-informed counselors who can guide them through making sense of the trauma, give them strategies to cope with the trauma, the separation from their families, and the new foster families they have joined. Absent trauma-informed counseling, youth in foster care who are victims of abuse and neglect are at a higher risk for long term negative physical, psychological, medical, behavioral, and societal outcomes. These outcomes can include teen pregnancy, increased use of alcohol and drugs, suicidal ideations, and social adjustment issues. The negative outcomes can have repercussions their whole life, effect how they raise their children, and determine whether the cycle of abuse will continue to the next generation.
- $54,291 spent. City of San Antonio, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) COVID-19 IMPACT AREAS to address the increased social isolation, anxiety, depression, and suicide in school age youth and increase access to mental health care for school-aged children and youth ages 12-19 years old. Artvango's main objective is to increase our psycho-therapy program activities and ability to increase staff will impact the targeted community by providing an opportunity for us to decrease the wait time for services and increase the number of youths we can serve. This will help reduce wait times for initial and critically needed services. Our program links to the targeted impact area by expanding access to mental health care for children and youth ages 2-19 with an equity access score of 6 or above who are already at a high risk of hospitalization and suicidal ideation given their status in the foster care system. Enabling foster youth to access care in a timely manner with no wait times will greatly improve their mental health outcomes, the success of their placements, and the negative consequences that can come from waiting for critically needed mental health care that has been described above. Counseling fees will be collected through insurance when applicable. LPC-Associates who are not fully licensed by the state of TX are not able to submit charges for insurance reimbursement. COSA funding will alleviate the financial cost of increasing our staff in order to serve the large number of youths affected by trauma, abuse and neglect.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 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 December 2017.
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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