Programmatic Contraction
Programmatic Contraction
Programmatic Contraction Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
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Programmatic Contraction

What does this mean?

Total revenue is stable, but the percentage of expenses spent on actual mission shrinks. Indicates administrative bloat and spending on the machinery of raising money rather than the art itself.

The Path Forward

The Rainmaker

Represents the forced release of hoarded resources back into the community. It acts as a pressure valve against administrative capture, ensuring the mission takes priority over the machine.

The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Programmatic Contraction
Overall
48
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
40
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

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

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2024 Hidden Hidden 48 Fragile Recovery
2023 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 45 Fragile Decline Risk
2021 52 Fragile Recovery
2020 42 Fragile Recovery
2019 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 39 Fragile Recovery
2017 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 47 Fragile Recovery
2015 43 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2014 47 Fragile Recovery
2013 49 Fragile Recovery
2012 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
BARBARA ANN PETERS Board President
PAM CASH Board President
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer
JENNIFER BRYANT PEDERSEN Secretary
GARRETT SAAKE Artistic Director
NANCY SANQUIST Vice President
HALLIE HOGAN Vice President
CLIFF BRIDGES Vice President
BEN MCINDOE Vice President
CHANNELLE JAMES Vice President
SHAYLA SHARPE Vice President
TRAVIS ALEXANDER Board Member
BILL ALLRED Board Member
STEVE BINGHAM Board Member
DEBORAH BOWERS Board Member
ODELL CLEVELAND Board Member
KEITH CUSHMAN Board Member
LENNY SUE FRENCH Board Member
DAVID KARPOOK Board Member
GENE KLANN Board Member
GERALD KNIGHT Board Member
ROBERTA LAWS Board Member
NICK LINDSAY Board Member
CLYDE NOLAN Board Member
JOHN PALMER Board Member
JAMES RUSHE Board Member
JACLYN SURSO Board Member
MATTHEW TROY Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SHAYLA SHARPE BOARD
MAGGIE TRIPLETTE BOARD
NANCY WALKER BOARD
PAM CASH Board President
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer
AFRIQUE KILIMANJARO RECORDING SE
ELVIRA GREEN Artistic Director
PORTER AICHELE Vice President
ANNA CLARE ALLEN Vice President
NORMAN SMITH Vice President
CLIFF BRIDGES Vice President
JOHN L PALMER Vice President
CHARLENE MARCHANT Vice President
KATHERINE DAVEY Vice President
MARY MILLER Vice President
TRAVIS ALEXANDER BOARD
BILL ALLRED BOARD
MICHELINE CHALHOUB-DEVILLE BOARD
ODELL CLEVELAND BOARD
BOB DIXON BOARD
LENNY SUE FRENCH BOARD
CAROLYN HALL BOARD
PAT HAYWOOD BOARD
HALLIE HOGAN BOARD
CHANNELLE JAMES BOARD
WALTER JOHNSON BOARD
GERALD KNIGHT BOARD
SAM MAGILL BOARD
BEN MCINDOE BOARD
CLYDE NOLAN BOARD
BARBARA ANN PETERS BOARD
GARRETT SAAKE BOARD
BRANDON SCOTT BOARD

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
PORTER AICHELE Board President
ANNA CLARE ALLEN BOARD
BILL ALLRED BOARD
CLIFF BRIDGES BOARD
HARRIET CANTER BOARD
ROBERT CAPEN BOARD
MYRNA CARLOCK BOARD
PAM CASH Board President
MICHELINE CHALHOUB-DEVILLE BOARD
ODELL CLEVELAND BOARD
KEITH CUSHMAN BOARD
KATHERINE DAVEY Vice President
BOB DIXON BOARD
ELVIRA GREEN Artistic Director
LORI HADDOCK RECORDING SE
CAROLYN HALL Vice President
JANET HENDLEY PAST PRESIDE
HALLIE HOGAN BOARD
JOHN HUFF Vice President
AFRIQUE KILIMANJARO BOARD
GERALD KNIGHT BOARD
JANE LEVY BOARD
CHARLENE MARCHANT Vice President
BEN MCINDOE BOARD
MARY MILLER BOARD
CLYDE NOLAN BOARD
JOHN PALMER BOARD
GENIE SCHWARTZ BOARD
JERRY SCHWARTZ BOARD
NORMAN SMITH Vice President
MICHIKO STAVERT Vice President
KATHRYN TROXLER Vice President
NANCY WALKER BOARD
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
PORTER AICHELE Board President
MARILYN BURRIS BOARD
HARRIET CANTER BOARD
BARRY CANTRELL Vice President
ROBERT CAPEN BOARD
MYRNA CARLOCK BOARD
PAM CASH PAST TREASUR
MICHELINE CHALHOUB-DEVILLE BOARD
DIANE CONRAD BOARD
KEITH CUSHMAN BOARD
KATHERINE DAVEY BOARD
BOB DIXON BOARD
ELVIRA GREEN BOARD
LORI HADDOCK RECORDING SE
CAROLYN HALL Vice President
JANET HENDLEY PAST PRESIDE
JOHN HUFF BOARD
JUDY JOLLY BOARD
JANE LEVY BOARD
CHARLENE MARCHANT Vice President
ASHLEIGH MCFARLIN BOARD
MARY MILLER Vice President
BARBARA MORAN BOARD
CLYDE NOLAN BOARD
JOHN PALMER BOARD
JERRY RUSKIN BOARD
GENIE SCHWARTZ Vice President
JERRY SCHWARTZ BOARD
NORMAN SMITH Vice President
MICHIKO STAVERT Vice President
RONDA SZYMANSKI BOARD
KATHRYN TROXLER Vice President
NANCY WALKER BOARD
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
40 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
48 / 100
Stable

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 145 other orgs in NC with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 14 points above the peer median (45 vs. 31).

5-year trend: Programmatic Contraction

Total revenue is stable, but the percentage of expenses spent on actual mission shrinks. Indicates administrative bloat and spending on the machinery of raising money rather than the art itself.

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.