National Independent Private Schools Association (NIPSA) is an organization that accredits primary and secondary proprietary schools in the United States and internationally.
[1] NIPSA was formed in 1983, in northern California, by a small group of enthusiastic educational professionals dedicated to the formation of a professional association of proprietary schools; the three co-founders were Charles Lavaroni, Ralph Gioveniello, and Pat O'Donnell.
[2] In addition to accreditation, NIPSA clinically certifies therapeutic schools and programs.
As a leader in the field of educational therapeutic certification, NIPSA also certifies non-profit schools and programs who are dually accredited by one of their co-accreditors.
Sutherland Education Association, Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, Florida Catholic Conference, Kentucky Non-Public School Commission, National Accreditation Board of Merkos L'Inyonel Chinuch, North American Christian School Accrediting Agency, Southern Association of Independent Schools, and Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation.