Acute Stabilization
What does this mean?
A successful crisis intervention. After hitting the Priority Review risk tier, the organization demonstrates consecutive years of Financial Score recovery paired with Governance Score improvement.
The Path Forward
The Dawn
Institutionalizes the emergency protocols that saved the organization. It locks in new, rigorous governance policies to prevent a relapse into crisis.
Title
Representative Institutions
Institutional Epochs
Historical Performance
| Year | Revenue | Top Comp | Comp % Rev | Score | Phase Label | Outlook | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | — | 12.4% | 43 | Fragile | Recovery | |
| 2022 | — | — | 36.1% | 37 | Governance-Stressed | Recovery | |
| 2021 | — | — | 25.4% | 27 | Critical Intervention Needed | Gov Risk | |
| 2020 | — | — | 36.0% | 27 | Critical Intervention Needed | Gov Risk | |
| 2019 | — | — | 22.1% | 37 | Financially Distressed | Stable Watch | |
| 2018 | — | — | 10.1% | 38 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2017 | — | — | — | 37 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2016 | — | — | — | 43 | Fragile | Stable Watch | |
| 2015 | — | — | — | 43 | Fragile | Stable Watch |
Officer compensation history
Tax year 2023
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Mitchell | Board President | 15.4% of Rev | ||
| Ben Haeuser | Board Member | — | ||
| Elizabeth Harre | Board Member | — | ||
| Greg Castelnuovo-Tedesco | Board Member | — | ||
| Randy Greif | Board Member | — | ||
| Shirley Starke-Wallace | Board Member | — | ||
| Viet Cuong | Board Member | — | ||
| Robert Muller | Board President | — | ||
| Rachel Rosenbaum | Treasurer | — | ||
| Peter Kurie | Secretary | — |
Score breakdown
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: program score sits 14 points above the peer median (45 vs. 31).
5-year trend: Acute Stabilization
A successful crisis intervention. After hitting the Priority Review risk tier, the organization demonstrates consecutive years of Financial Score recovery paired with Governance Score improvement.
Overall score has gone from 37 → 43 over 5 years (improving by 6 points).
What's driving this score
- Comp-to-revenue ratio of 12.4% sits within the sector's healthy band (18–22%).
- Two consecutive years of deficit spending.
What would change this score
The two changes that would most improve this score:
- Stabilize program expenses or grow earned-income revenue to break the consecutive-deficit pattern (~8 points to financial score).
Improving governance is a board decision. These are the levers.