Acute Resource Divergence
What does this mean?
Revenue is contracting significantly, but executive compensation percentage is rising. The organization is refusing to adjust its administrative overhead to match its new economic reality.
The Path Forward
The Realignment
Forces immediate balancing of administrative bloat against actual programmatic output. It demands that every dollar extracted for overhead be justified by community impact.
Title
Representative Institutions
Institutional Epochs
Historical Performance
| Year | Revenue | Top Comp | Comp % Rev | Score | Phase Label | Outlook | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | — | 36.6% | 23 | Critical Intervention Needed | Gov Risk | |
| 2013 | — | — | 29.7% | 27 | Critical Intervention Needed | Recovery | |
| 2012 | — | — | 7.3% | 34 | Critical Intervention Needed | Decline Risk | |
| 2011 | — | — | 3.5% | 38 | Financially Distressed | Stable Watch |
Officer compensation history
No IRS 990 Part VII compensation data available for this organization.
Score breakdown
The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →
Peer comparison
Compared to 183 other orgs in CO with NTEE prefix A6.
Most-divergent component: financial score sits 31 points below the peer median (5 vs. 36).
5-year trend: Acute Resource Divergence
Revenue is contracting significantly, but executive compensation percentage is rising. The organization is refusing to adjust its administrative overhead to match its new economic reality.
Overall score has gone from 38 → 23 over 4 years (declining by 15 points). A multi-year directional move of this magnitude is a signal worth investigating.
What's driving this score
- Comp-to-revenue ratio of 36.6% is above the 90th percentile for orgs of this size (healthy band: 18–22%).
- Financial resilience score in the bottom quartile — reserves and liabilities ratios warrant review.
- Sustained governance decline: score fell from 58 to 42 across 3 years — a multi-year pattern, not a single bad filing.
What would change this score
The two changes that would most improve this score:
- Reduce top-officer compensation from 36.6% to under 22% of revenue — would move governance score by ~29 points.
- Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
Improving governance is a board decision. These are the levers.