Programmatic Contraction
Programmatic Contraction
Programmatic Contraction Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
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Programmatic Contraction

What does this mean?

Total revenue is stable, but the percentage of expenses spent on actual mission shrinks. Indicates administrative bloat and spending on the machinery of raising money rather than the art itself.

The Path Forward

The Rainmaker

Represents the forced release of hoarded resources back into the community. It acts as a pressure valve against administrative capture, ensuring the mission takes priority over the machine.

The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Programmatic Contraction
Overall
35
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

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Trajectory Era
Programmatic Contraction

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2022 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 50 Fragile Recovery
2020 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2019 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2018 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2017 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 2.6% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2011 6.0% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
VICTORIA KOENIG Secretary
VIRGINIA EATON Treasurer
LORRAINE WILLIAMS Board President

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
VICTORIA KOENIG Artistic Director
VIRGINIA EATON Treasurer
LORRAINE WILLIAMS Board President

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
VICTORIA KOENIG Artistic Director
VIRGINIA EATON Treasurer
DR WILLIAM BESCOBY Secretary
LORRAINE WILLIAMS Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
15 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
35 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 829 other orgs in CA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 18 points below the peer median (15 vs. 33).

5-year trend: Programmatic Contraction

Total revenue is stable, but the percentage of expenses spent on actual mission shrinks. Indicates administrative bloat and spending on the machinery of raising money rather than the art itself.

What's driving this score

What would change this score

The two changes that would most improve this score:

  1. Build cash reserves to at least 3 months of operating expenses — moves financial resilience score meaningfully (~10 points).

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