Acute Resource Divergence
Acute Resource Divergence
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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.

The Realignment
The Realignment
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Acute Resource Divergence ↓
Overall
37
Score
Governance
45
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Resource Divergence

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2024 — — 18.9% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2023 Hidden Hidden 12.6% 44 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 — — 15.7% 49 Fragile Stable Watch
2021 — — 19.9% 49 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — 19.8% 43 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2019 — — 12.6% 44 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2018 — — 14.1% 46 Fragile Recovery
2017 — — 17.2% 47 Fragile Recovery
2016 — — 16.4% 41 Fragile Stable Watch
2015 — — 17.3% 41 Fragile Stable Watch
2014 — — 19.1% 37 Fragile Stable Watch
2013 — — 22.8% 37 Fragile Gov Risk
2012 — — 23.2% 37 Fragile Gov Risk

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
RON BROOKER Executive Director 10.1% of Rev
CARL TOPILOW Board Member 8.9% of Rev
ALEXANDRIA BALDUFF Board Member —
ALICE SPRINGER Board Member —
ANN VOIGHT Board Member —
CHARLES DOYLE Board Member —
LARRY FLETCHER Board Member —
LARRY MCCORMACK Board Member —
LATA STEFANO Board Member —
LISA FELTER Secretary —
NIKE MENDENHALL Board President —
BRIAN SHIFFLET MUSICIAN'S REP —
RYAN GARMAN Board Member —
STACEY HARTLEY Board President —
ELISABETH BRAND Board Member —
MARCIA BRAUN Board Member —
JACQUELINE ANDZEJEWSKI Board Member —
KACIE GERETZ Board Member —
ZACHARY MEYERS Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CARL TOPILOW Board Member 9.3% of Rev
TRICIA APPLEGATE Executive Director 7.9% of Rev
GIOVANNI BIGNOLI Board Member —
RON BROOKER MUSICIAN'S REP —
JENNIFER CASEY Board Member —
PAUL ELLI Treasurer —
JOHN FRANKEL Board Member —
STACEY HARTLEY Board President —
LARRY MCCORMACK Board Member —
NIKE MENDENHALL Board President —
ALICE SPRINGER Board Member —
TESSA STEINEMANN Board Member —
JIM STOUFFER Board Member —
ANN VOIGHT Board Member —
CHARLIE DOYLE Board Member —
LISA FELTER Secretary —
LARRY FLETCHER Board Member —
THOMAS TUCKER Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CARL TOPILOW Board Member 9.3% of Rev
CARL TOPILOW Board Member 9.3% of Rev
TRICIA APPLEGATE Executive Director 7.5% of Rev
LAURIE KOROBKIN Executive Director 3.8% of Rev
TRICIA APPLEGATE Executive Director 0.3% of Rev
GIOVANNI BIGNOLI Board Member —
RON BROOKER MUSICIAN'S REP —
JENNIFER CASEY Board Member —
PAUL ELLI Treasurer —
JOHN FRANKEL Board Member —
STACEY HARTLEY Board President —
LARRY MCCORMACK Board Member —
NIKE MENDENHALL Board President —
ALICE SPRINGER Board Member —
TESSA STEINEMANN Board Member —
JIM STOUFFER Board Member —
ANN VOIGHT Board Member —
CHARLIE DOYLE Board Member —
LISA FELTER Secretary —
LARRY FLETCHER Board Member —
THOMAS TUCKER Board Member —
DIANE BELDEN Board Member —
MAURA BRAUN Board Member —
GIOVANNI BIGNOLI Board Member —
RON BROOKER MUSICIAN'S REP —
JENNIFER CASEY Board Member —
PAUL ELLI Treasurer —
JOHN FRANKEL Board Member —
STACEY HARTLEY Board President —
TIM MAYLES Board Member —
LARRY MCCORMACK Board Member —
NIKE MENDENHALL Board President —
ALICE SPRINGER Board Member —
TESSA STEINEMANN Board Member —
JIM STOUFFER Board Member —
ANN VOIGHT Board Member —
CHARLIE DOYLE Board Member —
LISA FELTER Secretary —
LARRY FLETCHER Board Member —
ADRIANA GUERRA Board Member —
ANN MCGOOKEY Board Member —
THOMAS TUCKER Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
15 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
45 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
37 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 330 other orgs in OH with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 40 points below the peer median (15 vs. 55).

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.

What's driving this score

What would change this score

The two changes that would most improve this score:

  1. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
  2. 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.