Tca leads, educates and advocates to advance the Counseling profession, to increase access to professional counselors, and to promote wellness.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 300 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $40K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$175K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$817K
69% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 69% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.4M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$2.7M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$361K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.4M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.4M
Expenses
$2.7M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$2.7M
Net assets
$361K
FY2025▼ -33%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$501K
FY2021$962K
FY2022$894K
FY2023$760K
FY2024$541K
FY2025$361K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1971.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $2.4M Management & general 11% · $304K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $175K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$167,175Pt VII · Sec A
Past President
$6,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$2,250Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Parliamentarian
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Elke Gonzalez’s $167K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elke Gonzalez$167,175$84,373————
Janice Friese——$129,513$132,799$126,491$128,106
M Elsa Soto Leggett—$6,000$12,000———
Katherine Bacon$6,000$6,000————
Megan Guidry$2,250—————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promote counseling growth through leadership, advocacy, and education.

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3 programs · $927K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Education and Member Services

Professional development, education, and benefit services to maintain membership base.

$713Kprogram expense
02

Government Relations

Relates to participation and coalition with affiliated organizations and state granting agencies and monitoring of policy documents.

$133Kprogram expense
03

Publications

Three publications, a monthly online newsletter, journal and multiple brochures to keep members current on practice trends and policy changes that affect the profession.

$81Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K
Grants paid · 34 grants · $122K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,900
Unitemized GrantFY2024$7,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$975
Unitemized GrantFY2024$150
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,150
Unitemized GrantFY2023$500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$300
Unitemized GrantFY2022$10,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$250
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,500
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97K
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Money outPt IX
$2.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.4M
Managementcol C$304K
Owns and owesPt X
$361K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$250K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$817K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$43K
Other incomeLn 4–11$22K
Total revenueLn 12$2.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$250K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$250K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$688K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1K
Other assetsLn 15$164K
Total assetsLn 16$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$817K
Net assetsLn 32$361K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 6300
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$363K$250K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$769K$688K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$697$1K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$1.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$932K$817K
Net assetsLn 32$541K$361K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$20K$20K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$204K$167K$37K$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$454K$372K$82K$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$17K$14K$3K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$53K$44K$10K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$53K$43K$9K$0
Legal feesLn 11b$92K$71K$20K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$62K$48K$14K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$80K$80K$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$17K$13K$4K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$73K$40K$33K$0
Office expensesLn 13$31K$16K$16K$0
Information technologyLn 14$101K$54K$47K$0
OccupancyLn 16$82K$58K$25K$0
TravelLn 17$3K$3K$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1.1M$1.1M$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$588$323$265$0
InsuranceLn 23$12K$6K$5K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$210K$210K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.7M$2.4M$304K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.4M$2.7M−$232K$361K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.4M$2.6M−$270K$541K 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.0M$2.1M−$155K$760K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.8M$34K$894K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.5M$1.2M$382K$962K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.6M$1.6M$3K$501K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,448,046 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,149$97,378
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,326,718$2,286,485
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $31,877$42,620
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $18,401$21,563
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,379,145$2,448,046
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $18,450$20,025
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $827,118$780,462
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,803,264$1,879,968
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,648,832$2,680,455
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$269,687−$232,409
Part VI · Governance 20 of 22 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,448,046 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $142,130 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$97,378
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$97,378
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $1,320 · Excluded from tax $0$2,144,355
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $42,620$42,620
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $21,563$21,563
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,285,165 · Unrelated business $1,320 · Excluded from tax $64,183$2,448,046
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,680,455 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $20,025$20,025
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $167,208 · Management $36,704 · Fundraising $0$203,912
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $372,022 · Management $81,663 · Fundraising $0$453,685
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $13,707 · Management $3,009 · Fundraising $0$16,716
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $43,794 · Management $9,613 · Fundraising $0$53,407
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $43,248 · Management $9,494 · Fundraising $0$52,742
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $71,403 · Management $20,139 · Fundraising $0$91,542
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $48,134 · Management $13,576 · Fundraising $0$61,710
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $79,783 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$79,783
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $13,399 · Management $3,779 · Fundraising $0$17,178
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $40,143 · Management $32,844 · Fundraising $0$72,987
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,555 · Management $15,555 · Fundraising $0$31,110
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $53,561 · Management $47,497 · Fundraising $0$101,058
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $57,723 · Management $24,739 · Fundraising $0$82,462
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,924 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,924
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,117,114 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,117,114
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $323 · Management $265 · Fundraising $0$588
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,421 · Management $5,254 · Fundraising $0$11,675
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $209,837 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$209,837
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,376,324 · Management $304,131 · Fundraising $0$2,680,455
Part X · Balance sheet $1,177,742 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $362,561$250,204
X-4 Accounts receivable$12,002
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $9,594$8,700
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $93,193$53,550
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $697$1,354
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $769,465$688,260
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $237,326$163,672
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,472,836$1,177,742
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $255,234$271,035
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $432,650$377,286
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $244,436$168,847
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $932,320$817,168
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $235,094−$942
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $305,422$361,516
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $540,516$360,574
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,472,836$1,177,742
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $360,574 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,448,046
XI-2 Total expenses$2,680,455
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$232,409
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$540,516
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$52,467
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$360,574

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