Protect consumers of Behavior analysis services worldwide.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.2M a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $15.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $134K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$29.5M
+33% vs prior year
Spent
$23.7M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$23.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$29.5M
FY2023▲ +33%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$16.2M
FY2021$25.0M
FY2022$22.3M
FY2023$29.5M
FY2024$31.7M
Expenses
$23.7M
FY2023▲ +20%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$14.7M
FY2021$20.5M
FY2022$19.7M
FY2023$23.7M
FY2024$25.3M
Net assets
$23.2M
FY2023▲ +46%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.8M
FY2021$13.6M
FY2022$15.8M
FY2023$23.2M
FY2024$31.4M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2001.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $20.6M Management & general 13% · $3.1M

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

20 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$448,794Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Legal Counsel
$226,175Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Certification/Learning Officer
$194,117Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Information Technology
$166,043Pt VII · Sec A
Software Development Manager
$152,901Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Certification Services
$147,928Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Int'l Rep & Secretary (as of 8/23)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

James Carr PHD Bcba-D’s $427K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 88th percentile of top reported officer pay among 414 $10–100M employment 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
James Carr PHD Bcba-D$427,032$448,794$369,110$346,264$353,585
Margaret Bloom ESQ—$226,175$207,506$197,786$196,111
Melissa Nosik PHD Bcba-D——$217,741$196,192$191,364
Molli Luke PHD Bcba-D$195,455$194,117$165,569$139,871$132,429
Florence Digennaro Reed PHD$186,673————
Dave Frazell$169,375$166,043$150,662$141,572$134,691
Melissa Anthony$162,309————
John Kramer$152,266$152,901$126,968—$109,656

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

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1 program · $20.6M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Provide credentialing, standards development and enforcement, examination administrations and regulatory coordination and assistance for behavior analysts.

$20.6Mprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2022
Bacb PropertyFY2022$134K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$134K
Grants paid · 9 grants · $4.9M · 2020–2024
Bacb PropertyCO · FY2024$677,472
Bacb PropertyCO · FY2023$998,487
Bacb PropertyCO · FY2021$2,488,070
Bacb PropertyCO · FY2020$609,901
The University CorporationFY2020$8,339

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$29.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$244K
Money outPt IX
$23.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$20.6M
Managementcol C$3.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$23.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.4M
Total assetsLn 16$23.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$244K
Gains on assetsLn 7$65K
Total revenueLn 12$29.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5.4M
SavingsLn 2$1.0M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$15.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$23.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$23.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 595
VolunteersI 613
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.7M$6.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M$15.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$15.8M$23.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$15.8M$23.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.1M$1.1M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$5K$5K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$555K$333K$222K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.0M$6.0M$1.0M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$638K$557K$81K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.5M$1.2M$230K
Payroll taxesLn 10$628K$522K$107K
Legal feesLn 11b$243K$231K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$99K$99K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$6K$6K
Investment management feesLn 11f$30K$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$345K$298K$46K
Office expensesLn 13$1.2M$588K$630K
Information technologyLn 14$1.4M$1.1M$346K
OccupancyLn 16$1.0M$903K$127K
TravelLn 17$572K$545K$27K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$91K$80K$11K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$150K$87K$63K
InsuranceLn 23$80K$71K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7.0M$7.0M$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$23.7M$20.6M$3.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $31.7M$25.3M$6.4M$31.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $29.5M$23.7M$5.9M$23.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $22.3M$19.7M$2.6M$15.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $25.0M$20.5M$4.5M$13.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $16.2M$14.7M$1.5M$8.8M 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
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Part I · Summary $29,544,990 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $134,067$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $22,114,399$29,301,272
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $11,503$243,718
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $22,259,969$29,544,990
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $43,090$1,112,486
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $9,470,652$10,282,198
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $10,161,590$12,293,228
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,675,332$23,687,912
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,584,637$5,857,078
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $29,544,990 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,164,452 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $28,136,820$28,136,820
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $178,555$178,555
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $65,163$65,163
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $29,104,712 · Unrelated business $196,560 · Excluded from tax $243,718$29,544,990
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $23,687,912 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,107,586$1,107,586
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $4,900$4,900
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $333,187 · Management $222,125$555,312
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,977,668 · Management $1,023,275$7,000,943
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $557,296 · Management $80,885$638,181
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,229,610 · Management $229,772$1,459,382
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $521,503 · Management $106,877$628,380
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $230,790 · Management $12,147$242,937
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $98,698$98,698
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $6,500$6,500
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $30,019$30,019
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $298,497 · Management $46,391$344,888
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $587,555 · Management $630,123$1,217,678
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,056,097 · Management $345,802$1,401,899
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $903,090 · Management $127,413$1,030,503
IX-17 TravelPrograms $544,969 · Management $27,312$572,281
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $79,628 · Management $11,234$90,862
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $86,860 · Management $62,710$149,570
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $70,503 · Management $9,947$80,450
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,025,028 · Management $1,915$7,026,943
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $20,621,267 · Management $3,066,645 · Fundraising $0$23,687,912
Part X · Balance sheet $23,173,200 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,027,765$5,363,614
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $8,647,160$1,009,605
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,137,943$1,428,831
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,018,187$15,371,150
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $15,831,055$23,173,200
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $15,831,055$23,173,200
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,831,055$23,173,200
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $15,831,055$23,173,200
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $23,173,200 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$29,544,990
XI-2 Total expenses$23,687,912
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,857,078
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,831,055
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,485,067
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$23,173,200

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