American Art Therapy Association

“The classes of members with rights to elect members of the governing body are professional, credentialed professional, new professional, retired professional and honorary life.”

“The classes of members with rights to elect the members of the governing body are professional, new professional, retired professional, and honorary life. Each member class with the ability to elect the board of directors has the same following rights they are eligible to vote, hold office, serve on committees and attend the annual meeting.”

“Only eligible members vote on any changes to the bylaws of the association.”

“Copies of the federal form 990 are provided to the treasurer of the board of directors, who reviews it with the finance committee and the board of directors. After comments are considered and questions addressed, the federal form 990 is submitted to the internal revenue service. It is also posted on the associations website for public viewing.”

“Annually the board of directors are required to review any conflict of interest they foresee and understand the need to identify conflicts as they may arise in the execution of their responsibilities. Each signs an acknowledgement that they abide by the conflict of interest policy. Those with a conflict must excuse themselves from discussions or from taking actions on the matter in question.”

“The compensation of the executive director is established and approved by the board of directors. The association utilizes salary surveys of comparable positions in similar areas and an analysis of similar positions pay levels in the marketplace. The board of directors conducts the annual evaluation of the executive directors performance against performance objectives and makes salary adjustments based on the ability of the association to provide additional compensation for performance.”

“Aata makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and audited financial statements available to the public upon request. The audited financial statements and federal form 990 are also available to the public on the associations website.”

“Continued mission and lead the nation in the advancement of art therapy as a regulated mental health and human services profession.”

“Continued mission the association was formed to encourage the highest quality of art therapy services to the public facilitate communication among members and colleagues support state and federal legislative efforts that impact art therapy disseminate information to the general public and recognize excellence in art therapy in clinical, professional, educational, and research efforts. The association provides education and research guidance to its members through various means, including an annual conference, on-line education, newsletters, the art therapy journal of the american art therapy association, its website, and other communications.”

“The process of selecting an independent accountant has not changed.”

“Professional fees program service expenses 367,919. Management and general expenses 8,157. Fundraising expenses 802”