Acute Resource Divergence
Acute Resource Divergence
Acute Resource Divergence Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
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Acute Resource Divergence

What does this mean?

Revenue is contracting significantly, but executive compensation percentage is rising. The organization is refusing to adjust its administrative overhead to match its new economic reality.

The Path Forward

The Realignment

Forces immediate balancing of administrative bloat against actual programmatic output. It demands that every dollar extracted for overhead be justified by community impact.

The Realignment
The Realignment
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Acute Resource Divergence
Overall
30
Score
Governance
42
Score
Financial
5
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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2011
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2013
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2015
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Resource Divergence

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 25.2% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2022 36.1% 28 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2021 19.7% 42 Fragile Recovery
2020 33.6% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 25.4% 22 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 24.1% 24 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 29 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 25.2% 26 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 16.6% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2013 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2011 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Rachel Manheimer Production Manager 4.3% of Rev
Michelle Hanzelova Graphic Artist 4.3% of Rev
Scott Sheldon Adminstrator 3.9% of Rev
Judith Borne Publicist 2.1% of Rev
Justin Okin Executive Director 1.8% of Rev
John Perrin Flynn Executive Director 1.8% of Rev
Guillermo Cienfuegos Artistic Director 1.6% of Rev
Stephanie Kerley Schwartz Secretary 0.2% of Rev
Elina De Santos Artistic Director 0.2% of Rev
Perla Karney Board Member
Paula Holt Board Member
John Pollono Board Member
Ginna Carter Board Member
Jonathan Meyers Board Member
Lex Conboy Board Member
Yiyi Huang Board Member
Neely Swanson Board President

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Rachel Manheimer Production Manager 4.2% of Rev
Scott Sheldon Aminstrator 3.9% of Rev
Amanda Bierbauer Graphic Artist 3.8% of Rev
David Mauer Board Member 3.3% of Rev
John Perrin Flynn Executive Director 2.7% of Rev
Judith Borne Publicist 1.7% of Rev
Dane Bowman Board Member 0.5% of Rev
Joe McClean Board Member 0.5% of Rev
Elina De Santos Artistic Director 0.3% of Rev
Guillermo Cienfuegos Artistic Director 0.3% of Rev
Stephanie Kerley Schwartz Secretary 0.2% of Rev
Perla Karney Board Member
Asaad Kelada Board Member
Paula Holt Board Member
Neely Swanson Board President
John Pollono Board Member
Ginna Carter Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Amanda Bierbauer Production Manager 0.8% of Rev
David Mauer Board Member 0.8% of Rev
Judith Borne Publicist 0.7% of Rev
Rachel Manheimer Production Manager 0.5% of Rev
Scott Sheldon Aminstrator 0.5% of Rev
Stephanie Kerley Schwartz Board Member 0.5% of Rev
Elina De Santos Artistic Director 0.2% of Rev
Perla Karney Board Member
Asaad Kelada Board Member
Paula Holt Board Member
John Perrin Flynn Executive Director
Neely Swanson Vice President
Bob Pinzler Board President

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Amanda Bierbauer Production Manager 2.4% of Rev
Michelle Hanzelova Graphic Artist IT 2.0% of Rev
David Mauer Board Member 1.7% of Rev
Amy-Helene Carson Administration 0.8% of Rev
Judith Borne Publicist 0.3% of Rev
Stephanie Kerley Schwartz Board Member
Perla Karney Board Member
Asaad Kelada Board Member
Paula Holt Board Member
John Perrin Flynn Executive Director
Neely Swanson Vice President
Bob Pinzler Board President
Elina De Santos Artistic Director
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
42 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
30 / 100
Priority Review

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: Acute Resource Divergence

Revenue is contracting significantly, but executive compensation percentage is rising. The organization is refusing to adjust its administrative overhead to match its new economic reality.

What's driving this score

What would change this score

The two changes that would most improve this score:

  1. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
  2. 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.