Mission Drift
Mission Drift
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Mission Drift

What does this mean?

Highly volatile revenue swings year over year paired with fluctuating Program Scores. The organization is constantly pivoting to chase restricted grant funding rather than building a sustainable core.

The Path Forward

The Lodestar

A radical recommitment to the core mission. It requires the organization to gain the strength to say 'no' to restricted funding that pulls them away from their true purpose.

The Lodestar
The Lodestar
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Mission Drift
Overall
38
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Mission Drift

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 Hidden Hidden 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 50 Fragile Recovery
2020 38 Fragile Decline Risk
2019 42 Fragile Recovery
2018 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 41 Fragile Stable Watch
2016 37 Financially Distressed Recovery
2015 21 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2013 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SUSAN BELCHER Board Member
ROBERT CAROLLA VICE PRESIDE
CAROL CHAPMAN Board Member
TAMARA CONN Board Member
HOWARD COTNER Board Member
VIRGINIA DICKEY Board Member
JASON GREER Board Member
DANIEL GUTIERREZ Board Member
REIDAR HAMMOND Board Member
TERRY HICKLIN Board President
CAROLYN HOFFMAN Board Member
KATE HUNDLEY Secretary
NICHOLAS INMAN Board Member
JAY JACKSON Board Member
LORETTA KNUTSON Board Member
MINDY MITCHEM Treasurer
RYAN MUSSER Board Member
JENNIFER POWELL Board Member
KEITH STAFFORD Board Member
HANNAH TEXTOR Board Member
ADIE WILLIAMS Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CAROLYN HOFFMAN Board Member
KAREN HORNY Board Member
KATHERINE HUNDLEY Treasurer
SARA KARNES Board Member
DEBI LEE Board Member
SANDY SKOGLUND-YOUNG Board Member
ROBERT SONNEMAKER Board Member
KEITH STAFFORD VICE PRESIDE
TARA STAFFORD-SPYRES Board Member
HANNAH TEXTOR Board Member
MARY AIKEN Board Member
LES BROWN Board Member
ROBERT CAROLLA Board Member
MARY CHRISTIANO Secretary
CINDY CURTIS Board President
VIRGINIA DICKEY Board Member
VALIA GARDNER Board Member
JASON GREER Board Member
REIDAR HAMMOND Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MARY AIKEN Board Member
ERIKA BRAME Vice President
LES BROWN Board Member
ROBERT CAROLLA Board Member
MARY CHRISTIANO Secretary
CINDY CURTIS Treasurer
VALIA GARDNER Board Member
JASON GREER Board Member
REIDAR HAMMOND Board Member
KAREN HORNY Board Member
SARA KARNES Board Member
TIMOTHY PILAND Board President
HANNAH TEXTOR Board Member
SANDY SKOGLUND-YOUNG Board Member
ROBERT SONNEMAKER Board Member
KEITH STAFFORD Board Member
TARA STAFFORD-SPYRES Board Member
DEBI LEE Board Member
KATE HUNDLEY Treasurer

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MARY AIKEN Board Member
ERIKA BRAME Vice President
LES BROWN Board Member
ROBERT CAROLLA Board Member
MARY CHRISTIANO Secretary
CINDY CURTIS Treasurer
VALIA GARDNER Board Member
JASON GREER Board Member
REIDAR HAMMOND Board Member
KAREN HORNY Board Member
SARA KARNES Board Member
MEREDITH MIZELL Board Member
WINIFRED NIXON EMERITUS
TIMOTHY PILAND Board President
HANNAH TEXTOR Board Member
SANDY SKOGLUND-YOUNG Board Member
ROBERT SONNEMAKER Board Member
KEITH STAFFORD Board Member
TARA STAFFORD-SPYRES Board Member
DEBI LEE Board Member
KATE HUNDLEY Board Member
CAROLYN HOFFMAN Board Member
VIRGINIA DICKEY Board Member
MICHAEL SPYRES EX-OFFICIO M
CHRISTOPHER KOCH EX-OFFICIO M
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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
38 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 104 other orgs in MO with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 24 points below the peer median (15 vs. 39).

5-year trend: Mission Drift

Highly volatile revenue swings year over year paired with fluctuating Program Scores. The organization is constantly pivoting to chase restricted grant funding rather than building a sustainable core.

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.