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

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2012
2013
2014
2015
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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 160 other orgs in MO with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 38 points below the peer median (15 vs. 53).

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.