Institutional Maturation
Institutional Maturation
Institutional Maturation Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Developing
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Institutional Maturation

What does this mean?

The gold standard. 10-year slow, steady, concurrent growth across Financial Health, Governance, and Program. Leadership is scaling their oversight and impact in lockstep.

The Path Forward

The Crown

A mandate to lead the sector. It encourages the organization to mentor emerging nonprofits and embark on generational capital projects, leveraging their profound stability.

The Crown
The Crown
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Institutional Maturation
Overall
46
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
30
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Institutional Maturation

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2023 Hidden Hidden 9.4% 46 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 6.0% 54 Fragile Recovery
2021 15.1% 48 Fragile Gov Risk
2020 13.2% 52 Fragile Recovery
2019 6.8% 50 Fragile Recovery
2018 4.4% 43 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 4.5% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2016 6.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 3.5% 41 Financially Distressed Recovery
2014 8.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 3.8% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 5.7% 46 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2011 6.6% 46 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DAVID BENNETT Executive Director 3.8% of Rev
JEANNIE POSNER Treasurer 2.7% of Rev
RISE WALTER CMO 2.0% of Rev
BRUCE STASYNA MUSIC CONDUCTOR 1.5% of Rev
PETER SHAVITZ CDO 1.5% of Rev
JOAN FOSTER STAFF 1.2% of Rev
CLIFF THRASHER Staff 1.2% of Rev
ROBERT H KAPLAN PHD Board Member
SARAH B MARSH-REBELO Board President
JANET WHITE Board President
STACY KELLNER-ROSENBERG Treasurer
VERONICA LEFF Board Member
BARRY WELLINS Vice President
CANDACE CARROLL Secretary
JOANN CLARK Board Member
EUGENE MITCH MITCHELL Board Member
JOAN HENKELMANN Board Member
KARL HOSTETLER Board Member
CAROL LAZIER Board Member
RONALD G LEONARDI Board Member
JOSEPH MARTINEZ Board Member
JAMES A MERRITT Board Member
ROGER MILLS Board Member
CLAIRE REISS Board Member
MICHAEL NOVAK Board Member
DAVID DUTHU Board Member
HOPE CARLSON Board Member
GLORIA M SHURMAN Board Member
LINDA P SPUCK Board Member
MARY LINDENSTEIN WALSHOK Board Member
SARA ZAKNOEN Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DAVID BENNETT Executive Director 3.9% of Rev
JEANNIE POSNER Treasurer 2.9% of Rev
RISE WALTER CMO 2.1% of Rev
BRUCE STASYNA MUSIC CONDUCTOR 1.6% of Rev
PETER SHAVITZ CDO 1.5% of Rev
CLIFF THRASHER Staff 1.4% of Rev
JOAN FOSTER STAFF 1.3% of Rev
ROBERT H KAPLAN PHD Board Member
SARAH B MARSH-REBELO Board President
JANET WHITE Board Member
STACY KELLNER-ROSENBERG Treasurer
VERONICA LEFF Secretary
BARRY WELLINS Board Member
CANDACE CARROLL ESQ Board Member
JOANN CLARK Board Member
DAVID DUTHU Board Member
JOAN HENKELMANN Board Member
KARL HOSTETLER MD Board Member
CAROL LAZIER Board Member
RONALD G LEONARDI PHD Board Member
JOSEPH P MARTINEZ Board Member
JAMES A MERRITT Board Member
ROGER G MILLS MD Board Member
EUGENE MITCH MITCHELL Board Member
MIKE NOVAK Board Member
THOMAS SHIFTAN MD Board Member
GLORIA M SHURMAN PHD Board Member
LINDA P SPUCK Board Member
MARY LINDENSTEIN WALSHOK PHD Board Member
SARA ZAKNOEN MD Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DAVID BENNETT Board Member 3.3% of Rev
RISE WALTER CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER 2.2% of Rev
JEANNIE POSNER Treasurer 1.9% of Rev
BRUCE STASYNA MUSIC CONDUCTOR 1.3% of Rev
CLIFFORD THRASHER DIR AUD RELATION 1.2% of Rev
CAROL LAZIER Board Member
KEVIN AHERN Board Member
JAMES A MERRITT MD Board Member
RONALD LEONARDI PHD Board Member
ROGER G MILLS MD Board Member
STACY KELLNER-ROSENBERG Treasurer
CANDACE CARROLL Board Member
DAVID BRENNER MD Board Member
DAVID DUTHU Board Member
EUGENE MITCHELL Board Member
THOMAS SHIFTAN MD Board Member
SARAH B MARSH-REBELO GG Chairman
TERESA FISCHLOWITZ Board Member
MICHAEL NOVAK Board Member
JAMES FORBES PHD Board Member
RICHARD J ULEVITCH PHD Board Member
GLORIA SHURMAN Board Member
JOANN CLARK Board Member
DAME ZANDRA RHODES Board Member
LINDA SPUCK Secretary
JOAN HENKELMANN Board Member
MARY LINDENSTEIN WALSHOK Board Member
BARRY WELLINS Board Member
ROBERT H KAPLAN PHD Board President
KARL HOSTETLER MD Board Member
VERONICA LEFF Board Member
JANET WHITE Board Member
SARA ZAKNOEN Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
30 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
46 / 100
Developing

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 29 points above the peer median (60 vs. 31).

5-year trend: Institutional Maturation

The gold standard. 10-year slow, steady, concurrent growth across Financial Health, Governance, and Program. Leadership is scaling their oversight and impact in lockstep.

Overall score has gone from 50 → 46 over 5 years (declining by 4 points).

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.