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The William Alanson White Institute

New York, NY · EIN 131624217 · Form 990 · FY2024 · NTEE Z99Z · Unknown · Medium ($1M-$10M) · wawhite.org
revenue
$6.1M
expenses
$1.8M
net assets
$10.7M
employees
13
volunteers
100
program ratio
72%
mission · from form 990

Postgraduate training in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provision of clinical services to the community.

profile · synthesized from sources

The William Alanson White Institute is a New York-based psychoanalytic training institute founded in 1943 by prominent clinicians including Erich Fromm and Harry Stack Sullivan. It provides postgraduate training in psychoanalysis for psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals, alongside clinical services for individuals, children, and families. The institute emphasizes interpersonal and relational psychoanalytic traditions and offers continuing education and specialized programs for international and Russian-speaking clinicians.

irs program accomplishments · form 990 part iii · fy2024

What they reported doing

  1. #1 primary $334K
    Psychoanalytic Training - The program of post-doctoral training in psychoanalysis is open to qualified psychiatrists, psychologist, social workers, and other professionals seeking rigorous training in the concepts and methods of psychoanalytic treatment.
  2. #2 $198K
    Continue Professional Education
named programs · 5 · from sources

What they call their work

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Training
Specialized training combining coursework and supervised clinical experience to prepare professionals to treat children and adolescents using psychoanalytic methods.
Clinic Fellowship
Program allowing trainees to earn financial credits by providing affordable psychotherapy to patients, with opportunities to transition patients into private practice.
Licensure-Qualifying Program in Psychoanalysis (LQP)
Training program for master’s-level mental health professionals to qualify for New York State licensure as psychoanalysts, including foundational coursework and clinical training.
Online Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program for Russian Speakers (OIPPP-RS)
Two-year online training program with simultaneous Russian translation for Russian-speaking clinicians, focused on interpersonal and relational psychoanalytic traditions.
Psychoanalytic Training Program
Post-doctoral training program in psychoanalysis for psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, including didactics, supervised clinical work, and personal psychoanalysis.
activities · 3 groups

What they do

  • Professional Training and Certification in Mental Health 6 activities
    • Child and adolescent psychotherapy training
      Offers a three-year Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy Training program and a supervised externship for doctoral-level psychology students, integrating coursework, clinical case conferences, mentorship, and supervised experience to prepare clinicians to treat patients from infancy through late adolescence.
    • Clinical supervision and case consultation
      Provides low-cost and free psychotherapy supervision and one-to-one off-site case consultation for trainees and licensed professionals, supporting psychodynamic case formulation and clinical skill development through faculty-led review of ongoing patient treatment.
    • Continuing education in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
      Offers multiple continuing education programs for licensed clinicians, including the Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (28 weekly sessions), a 30-week online program divided into six modules, and topic-specific programs on eating disorders, compulsions, addictions, and couples therapy, providing up to 50 continuing education credits.
    • Online and international psychoanalytic training programs
      Delivers online Interpersonal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy training programs, including a Russian-language version and a one-year program for Ukrainian providers, as well as one-week International Outreach Seminars that apply Interpersonal-Relational analysis across cultural contexts and strengthen global professional connections.
    • Post-doctoral psychoanalytic training
      Provides rigorous post-doctoral training in psychoanalysis for licensed mental health professionals including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers through a four-to-six-year program requiring supervised clinical work with at least four psychoanalytic patients and 200 hours of supervision by Institute-trained analysts.
    • Professional development through clinical meetings and study groups
      Hosts regular Clinical Education Meetings, Psychoanalytic Society Colloquia, and monthly Study Groups on topics such as LGBTQ issues, race, sexual abuse, and artists, open to EDCAS, IPPP, and Russian-language program participants to support ongoing learning and peer discussion.
  • Direct Mental Health Counseling and Support Services 1 activity
    • Affordable psychotherapy services for the community
      Provides affordable psychotherapy and psychoanalytic services to adults, children, adolescents, and families in the community through supervised clinical training programs, with candidates required to have active patients for case discussions and supervision.
  • Medical Professional Education & Training 1 activity
    • International and short-term seminars
      Conducts one-week international and outreach seminars featuring presentations by senior faculty and case discussions, offering a Certificate of Attendance upon completion and inviting participants to attend weekly Clinical Services meetings.
financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$6.10M
Contributions & grants$258K4%
Program service revenue$1.31M21%
Investment income$4.53M74%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$1.85M
Program expenses72%
Admin / overhead22%
Fundraising7%
Salaries & benefits$1.16M
Grants paid out$50K
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$10.67M
Cash$307K
Investments$7.85M
Liabilities$10K
Net assets$10.66M
Liquid reserves53.0 mo
6 years on record · 2019–2024 · YoY revenue +281.6%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Elizabeth K Krimendahl PsyD Executive Dir. 35 $167K
board members · 10
  • Andrew Gerber MD PhD — V.P./Treasurer
  • Jack Drescher MD — Trustee
  • Kenneth Banta — Trustee
  • Kenneth Eisold PhD — President/Chair
  • Lenore Katkin MD — Trustee
  • Lucy Bruell — Trustee
  • Mary McRae EdD — Trustee
  • Milt Williams — Trustee
  • Richard Pulik — Trustee
  • Tom Hennes — Trustee
relationships · 18

Who they work with

  • Acad Psychiatry Network — Source of referenced scholarly work used in clinical training
  • American Journal of Psychoanalysis Network — Source of referenced scholarly work used in clinical training
  • American Psychoanalytic Association Government — The Institute is endorsed by the American Psychoanalytic Association.
  • Bevin Campbell, Psy.D. Partner — Contact person for program inquiries and information.
  • Carolyn B. Sorkin, PhD Partner — Director of the Child/Adolescent Externship program at William Alanson White Institute.
  • Contemporary Psychoanalysis Network — Source of referenced scholarly work used in clinical training
  • Dr. Max Belkin Partner — Director of the Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program for Ukrainian Speakers
  • Guilford Publications Network — Publisher of referenced scholarly work used in clinical training
  • International Journal of Psychoanalysis Network — Source of referenced scholarly work used in clinical training
  • International Psychoanalytic Association Network — More than 100 alumni are members of the International Psychoanalytic Association.
  • New York State Education Department Government — Registered with the New York State Education Department as a license-qualifying program for the Licensed Psychoanalyst credential.
  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives Network — Source of referenced scholarly work used in clinical training
  • Psychoanalytic Quarterly Network — Source of referenced scholarly work used in clinical training
  • Psychoanalytic Society Partner — Co-sponsors colloquia and academic events for IPPP students.
  • Rich Herman Government — Director of Administration at the William Alanson White Institute, contact for the International Outreach Seminars program.
  • Study Groups Partner — Collaborates with Study Groups on topics including LGBTQ, Race, Sexual Abuse, and Artists to support student engagement.
  • United States Department of Homeland Security Government — Approved by the Student and Exchange Visitors Program (SEVIS) under the Department of Homeland Security to enroll international students in F-1 visa status.
  • William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Psychology Network — Host organization for the EDCAS Recast program.
strategies · 3

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Interpersonal-Relational Psychoanalytic Integration
    methodology: interpersonal-relational_integration
    By integrating interpersonal, classical, and relational psychoanalytic theories — emphasizing mutual influence between analyst and patient, transference/countertransference dynamics, and the co-constructed clinical process — the Institute advances a two-person psychological model that enhances therapeutic depth and adaptability across contexts such as trauma, cross-cultural practice, and couples therapy, because this pluralistic, interactional framework better reflects the complexity of human relationships than one-person models.
  • Theoretical Pluralism in Clinical Training
    methodology: theoretical-pluralism
    By exposing trainees to diverse psychoanalytic frameworks and comparing analytic styles, the Institute enables more flexible and context-sensitive interpretation of clinical material, because integrative theoretical understanding fosters deeper clinical judgment and adaptability in complex cases.
  • Training Through Personal Engagement and Community Integration
    methodology: training-through-personal-therapy
    By requiring personal psychoanalysis, recommending ongoing personal therapy, and embedding students in a collaborative professional community, the Institute deepens trainees’ self-awareness and clinical presence, because sustained personal engagement reduces blind spots and enhances attunement in therapeutic relationships.