Compensation Escalation Cycle
Compensation Escalation Cycle
Compensation Escalation Cycle Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Developing
Trajectory Thumbprint

Compensation Escalation Cycle

What does this mean?

Revenue grows modestly, but top officer compensation grows consistently for 5 years, breaching danger zones. The executive is negotiating aggressive raises against a compliant board.

The Path Forward

The Steward

Re-establishes board supremacy over executive extraction. It freezes compensation and mandates that all future financial rewards be tied strictly to verifiable mission expansion.

The Steward
The Steward
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Compensation Escalation Cycle ↑
Overall
48
Score
Governance
42
Score
Financial
50
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Compensation Escalation

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2024 — — 44.1% 48 Governance-Stressed Gov Risk
2023 — — 15.3% 49 Fragile Gov Risk
2022 — — 28.6% 48 Governance-Stressed Gov Risk
2021 — — 15.1% 51 Fragile Stable Watch
2020 — — 23.3% 51 Fragile Gov Risk
2019 — — 12.2% 52 Fragile Stable Watch
2018 — — 11.7% 52 Fragile Stable Watch
2017 — — 11.5% 52 Fragile Recovery
2016 — — 11.7% 48 Fragile Stable Watch
2015 — — 11.1% 48 Fragile Stable Watch
2014 — — 10.9% 48 Fragile Stable Watch
2013 — — 11.7% 48 Fragile Recovery
2012 — — 21.3% 41 Fragile Gov Risk
2011 — — 14.3% 42 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CHRISTINE S ANAGNOS Executive Director 20.3% of Rev
ANITA DIFANIS Board Member 7.3% of Rev
ANDREW FINCH Board Member 5.9% of Rev
ALISON D WADE EXECUTIVE ASSISSTANT 5.4% of Rev
STEPHANIE YAO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISSTANT 5.3% of Rev
STEPHAN JOST Board President —
MARCELLE POLEDNIK Board President —
SCOTT STULEN Vice President —
LINDA HARRISON Treasurer —
ANDREW WALKER Board Member —
ANDRIA DERSTINE Board Member —
ANDY MAUS Board Member —
BETSY BRADLEY Board Member —
BILL GRISWOLD Board Member —
CAMERON KITCHIN Board Member —
ERIK NEIL Board Member —
JANNE SIREN Board Member —
JULIA MARCIARI-ALEXANDER Board Member —
JULIE DECKER Board Member —
KIM SAJET Board Member —
MIKI GARCIA Board Member —
MIN JUNG KIM Board Member —
NORA ABRAMS Board Member —
SASHA SUDA Board Member —
SIMONE WICHA Board Member —
TOM DENENBERG Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CHRISTINE S ANAGNOS Executive Director 11.1% of Rev
ANITA DIFANIS Board Member 6.6% of Rev
ANDREW FINCH Board Member 5.3% of Rev
ALISON D WADE EXECUTIVE ASSISSTANT 4.6% of Rev
JULIA MARCIARI-ALEXANDER Board President —
AMADA CRUZ Board President —
STEPHAN JOST Vice President —
CAMERON KITCHIN Board President —
JULIAN ZUGAZAGOITIA Board President —
FRANKLIN SIRMANS Board President —
LINDA HARRISON Treasurer —
MARTHA TEDESCHI Board Member —
SCOTT STULEN Board Member —
MIKI GARCIA Board Member —
ERIK NEIL Board Member —
MARCELLE POLEDNIK Board Member —
KIM SAJET Board Member —
SASHA SUDA Board Member —
ANDRIA DERSTINE Board Member —
ANDREW WALKER Board Member —
SIMONE WICHA Board Member —
JANNE SIREN Board Member —
BETSY BRADLEY Board Member —
ANDY MAUS Board Member —
TOM DENENBERG Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CHRISTINE S ANAGNOS Executive Director 9.9% of Rev
ANITA DIFANIS Board Member 6.2% of Rev
ANDREW FINCH Board Member 5.0% of Rev
LIAL JONES Board President —
BRENT BENJAMIN Board President —
JULIAN ZUGAZAGOITIA Board President —
GLENN LOWRY Board President —
ROD BIGELOW Treasurer —
MADELEINE GRYNSZTEJN Board Member —
CHRISTOPH HEINRICH Board Member —
JOSH BASSECHES Board Member —
KATIE LUBER Board Member —
NEAL BENEZRA Board Member —
CHRISTINA OLSEN Board Member —
JILL DEUPI Board Member —
AMADA CRUZ Board Member —
MARK BESSIRE Board Member —
JULIA MARCIARI-ALEXANDER Board Member —
RAND SUFFOLK Board Member —
LINDA HARRISON Board Member —
STEPHAN JOST Board Member —
FRANKLIN SIRMANS Board Member —
SCOTT STULEN Board Member —
MARTHA TEDESCHI Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
50 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
42 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
48 / 100
Developing

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 1,227 other orgs in NY with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 31 points above the peer median (60 vs. 29).

5-year trend: Compensation Escalation Cycle

Revenue grows modestly, but top officer compensation grows consistently for 5 years, breaching danger zones. The executive is negotiating aggressive raises against a compliant board.

What's driving this score

What would change this score

The two changes that would most improve this score:

  1. Reduce top-officer compensation from 44.1% to under 22% of revenue — would move governance score by ~40 points.
  2. 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.