Better Business Bureau Report for
Personal Counseling Service, Inc.

Better Business Bureau Report issued March 2011
Better Business Bureau Report expires March 2013


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Personal Counseling Service, Inc.
Address: 1205 Applegate Lane
  Clarksville, IN 47129
Phone: 812-283-8383
Web Address: www.pcs-counseling.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1977, Indiana
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: To offer assistance to all persons desiring to achieve wellness of body, mind, and spirit.

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Evaluation Conclusions

              

Personal Counseling Service, Inc. meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

              

Personal Counseling Services offers a wide range of counseling and psychiatric services that include: --Individual Therapy --Couple Therapy --Marriage & Family Therapy --Group Therapy --Play Attention Therapy --ADHD Programs --Adult Psycho educational Groups --Youth Groups --Psychiatric evaluation --Medication management Other services programs and services include --Parenting skills classes --Leadership, Clergy & Transition Coaching --Clergy, Congregation Care Program --Resource services to business and industry that include Employee Assistance Programs, Robbery Victim Support Groups, Wellness Programs, Management Training, and Faith Planning for churches. --Training programs in pastoral counseling and marriage and family therapy --Supervision for marriage & family therapist's seeking licensure. Sixty-one percent of the agency's patients and clients are children and youth while 47% are at or below the federal poverty guidelines. The agency serves the following Indiana counties: Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington, Scott, Jefferson and Crawford counties. Kentucy counties include: Jefferson, Oldham and Bullitt counties.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, Personal Counseling Service, Inc.'s program expenses were:

  
Program Services 397,983
Total Program Expenses: $397,983
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Governance

              

Chief Executive : Doug Drake, Executive Director
Compensation*:
$51,500

Chair of the Board: Josh O'Bryan
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Attorney

Co-Chair of the Board : Adam Naville

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Banking

Board Size: 10

Paid Staff Size: 12

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

              

Method(s) Used:

Methods of fund raising include invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, grant proposals, and internet appeals.

In addition, Personal Counseling Service is a Metro United Way member agency.

Fund raising costs were 12% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $113,354, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

              

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

              

The following information is based on Personal Counseling Service’s audited financial statements for the year that ended June 30, 2011.

Ending net assets as reported below include $174,619 in unrestricted net assets and $44,254 in temporarily restricted net assets.

Total assets as reported include $447,821 invested in land, building and equipment, net of debt.


Source of Funds  
Program Fees 317,344
Contributions and Grants 113,354
Total Income $430,698


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 80%  Fund Raising: 3%  Administrative: 17% 

Total income   $430,698
  Program expenses $397,983
  Fund raising expenses 13,121
  Administrative expenses 81,837
 
Total expenses   $492,941
Expenses in Excess of Income   (62,243)
Beginning net assets   281,116
Ending net assets   218,873
Total liabilities   295,460
Total assets   $514,333

This report was originally issued in March 2011. Financial information in the report was updated in March 2012.

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