Compensation Escalation Cycle
Compensation Escalation Cycle
Compensation Escalation Cycle Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
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Compensation Escalation Cycle

What does this mean?

Revenue grows modestly, but top officer compensation grows consistently for 5 years, breaching danger zones. The executive is negotiating aggressive raises against a compliant board.

The Path Forward

The Steward

Re-establishes board supremacy over executive extraction. It freezes compensation and mandates that all future financial rewards be tied strictly to verifiable mission expansion.

The Steward
The Steward
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Compensation Escalation Cycle ↓
Overall
39
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
40
Score
Program
30
Score

Institutional Epochs

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Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Compensation Escalation

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2023 Hidden Hidden 15.0% 39 Fragile Decline Risk
2022 — — 16.8% 39 Fragile Decline Risk
2021 — — 13.0% 49 Fragile Stable Watch
2020 — — 9.1% 50 Fragile Recovery
2019 — — 9.6% 40 Financially Distressed Recovery
2018 — — 14.7% 41 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 — — 11.4% 45 Fragile Decline Risk
2016 — — 8.6% 50 Fragile Recovery
2015 — — — 53 Fragile Recovery
2014 — — — 49 Fragile Stable Watch
2013 — — — 49 Fragile Recovery
2012 — — 30.7% 38 Fragile Gov Risk
2011 — — 16.8% 47 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DONNA SWAJESKI Board President 13.8% of Rev
DOUG HOTMER Board Member —
DAVID SWAJESKI Board President —
MICHAEL OPELKA Secretary —
GARY WATSON Board Member —
ANDREW PEACH Secretary —
ANA MARTINS AT-LARGE —
CHRIS ORAZI AT-LARGE —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DONNA SWAJESKI Board President 12.5% of Rev
DONNA SWAJESKI Board President 10.5% of Rev
DOUG HOTMER Secretary —
DAVID SWAJESKI Board President —
MICHAEL OPELKA Board Member —
GARY WATSON Board Member —
ANDREW PEACH Secretary —
DOUG HOTMER Secretary —
DAVID SWAJESKI Board President —
MICHAEL OPELKA Board Member —
GARY WATSON Board Member —
ANDREW PEACH Secretary —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
40 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
30 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
39 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 38 other orgs in DE with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: governance score sits 15 points below the peer median (50 vs. 65).

5-year trend: Compensation Escalation Cycle

Revenue grows modestly, but top officer compensation grows consistently for 5 years, breaching danger zones. The executive is negotiating aggressive raises against a compliant board.

Overall score has gone from 40 → 39 over 5 years (declining by 1 points).

What's driving this score

What would change this score

No specific high-impact levers identified — this org's score is balanced across components.

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