Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers

The leading independent certifying body for the dog training profession, founded in 2001, developing psychometrically rigorous exams (CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA), setting ethics and continuing-education standards for humane, science-based dog training.

  • www.ccpdt.org
  • Citadel
  • Monroe Township, NJ
  • Professional and scientific society
  • Read from public sources, Jul 2026
18named by peers

Financial profile

Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers · EIN 75-2976325 · 501(c)(6)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2024$288,073$0$288,073$328,780$335,176Jun 2024
FY2023$291,348$0$291,348$374,902$375,883Jun 2023
FY2022$328,547$0$328,547$307,421$459,437Jun 2022
FY2021$276,602$0$276,480$163,221$438,311Jun 2021
FY2020$240,970$0$240,970$174,596$324,930Jun 2020
FY2019$215,885$0$215,704$190,390$258,556Jun 2019

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Peer societies

Five societies Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers is read alongside.

Who backs CCPDT

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers's peers, but not Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers

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The outside view

The leading independent certifying body for the dog training profession, founded in 2001, developing psychometrically rigorous exams (CPDT-KA, CBCC-KA), setting ethics and continuing-education standards for humane, science-based dog training.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Citadel

Led from the center, built to endure.

The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.

Also reads toward The Guild, The Movement and The Republic.

Strengths

→Decisions are clear and rarely second-guessed.
→Members trust that the institution will still be standing tomorrow.
→Strong operations keep the core running without drama.

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