Institutional Maturation
Institutional Maturation
Institutional Maturation Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Developing
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Institutional Maturation

What does this mean?

The gold standard. 10-year slow, steady, concurrent growth across Financial Health, Governance, and Program. Leadership is scaling their oversight and impact in lockstep.

The Path Forward

The Crown

A mandate to lead the sector. It encourages the organization to mentor emerging nonprofits and embark on generational capital projects, leveraging their profound stability.

The Crown
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Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Institutional Maturation ↑
Overall
52
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
50
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

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Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Institutional Maturation

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2024 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 Hidden Hidden 4.7% 52 Fragile Stable Watch
2022 — — 8.3% 50 Fragile Recovery
2021 — — 10.3% 49 Fragile Stable Watch
2020 — — 13.0% 49 Fragile Recovery
2019 — — 14.2% 45 Fragile Recovery
2018 — — — 39 Fragile Recovery
2017 — — 16.4% 43 Fragile Recovery
2016 — — 29.6% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2015 — — 19.9% 43 Fragile Recovery
2014 — — 21.9% 37 Fragile Gov Risk
2013 — — — 43 Fragile Recovery
2012 — — — 39 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Barbara Schoenberger Executive Director 6.4% of Rev
Martha Denney Board Member —
Bonnie Titley Board Member —
Garth McCann Board Member —
Steve Dieteman Board Member —
Laura Thornes Board Member —
Katelyn Garfield Board Member —
Lynette McGowan Board Member —
Jon Padgham Board Member —
Melanie Rosa Board Member —
Kathleen Batterton Treasurer —
Heidi A Cross Board President —
Randy Kurtz Board President —
Sherry Gardner Secretary —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Randy Kurtz Board Member —
John E Roberts Board President —
Garth McCann Board Member —
Martha Denney Board Member —
Kathleen Batterton Treasurer —
Bonnie Titley Board President —
Heidi A Cross Board President —
Gayle Warner Executive Director —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Jean Lehman Board Member —
Garth McCann Board Member —
John E Roberts Board Member —
Randy Kurtz Board Member —
Spencer Clark Board Member —
Gayle Warner Executive Director —
Martha Denney Board Member —
Bonnie Titley Board President —
Kathleen Batterton Treasurer —
Heidi A Cross Board President —
Martin Limbird Secretary —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Jean Lehman Board Member —
Garth McCann Board Member —
John E Roberts Board Member —
Randy Kurtz Board Member —
Trish Jolly Board Member —
Gayle Warner Executive Director —
Martha Denney Board Member —
Bonnie Titley Board President —
Kathleen Batterton Treasurer —
Heidi A Cross Board President —
Martin Limbird Secretary —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
50 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
52 / 100
Developing

The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →

Peer comparison

Compared to 87 other orgs in CO with NTEE prefix A5.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 24 points below the peer median (50 vs. 74).

5-year trend: Institutional Maturation

The gold standard. 10-year slow, steady, concurrent growth across Financial Health, Governance, and Program. Leadership is scaling their oversight and impact in lockstep.

What's driving this score

What would change this score

The two changes that would most improve this score:

  1. Stabilize program expenses or grow earned-income revenue to break the consecutive-deficit pattern (~8 points to financial score).

Improving governance is a board decision. These are the levers.