Who we are Founded in 1924, the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants (KyCPA) is a statewide, non-profit professional organization serving nearly 4,000 CPAs in public accounting firms, business, industry, government, and education. Mission statement To improve the lives of CPAs through: Education; networking; sharing information and tools and developing the talent pipeline; providing access; protecting the CPA reputation; legislative advocacy; health care and other member benefits.