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

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
54
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
50
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
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 9.6% 54 Fragile Recovery
2022 11.6% 52 Fragile Stable Watch
2021 7.4% 54 Fragile Recovery
2020 12.0% 52 Fragile Recovery
2019 12.5% 40 Fragile Stable Watch
2018 12.3% 40 Fragile Stable Watch
2017 12.8% 40 Fragile Recovery
2016 14.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 11.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 13.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2013 13.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 12.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2011 13.7% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CARYN DESAI Artistic Director 11.0% of Rev
GARY EINSTEIN Board President
JAMES PREUSCH Board President
MINNIE DOUGLAS Board President
STEPHANIE LOFTIN Board President
LYN POHLMANN Board President
DOUGLAS CHARCHENKO Treasurer
LOUIS ALTMAN Secretary
CORY ALLEN Board Member
RONALD CHATMAN Board Member
SUNSHINE DAYE Board Member
MELINDA ELMER Board Member
NANCY GAINES Board Member
LENA GONZALEZ Board Member
MARK GUILLEN Board Member
DON KNABE Board Member
BONNIE LOWENTHAL Board Member
JULIE MENDELL Board Member
JOHN MENDELL Board Member
KEVIN SCOTT Board Member
MARISA SEMENSE Board Member
RENEE SIMON Board Member
DWAINIA TULLIS-ALAYANDE Board Member
MARCUS TYSON Board Member
GAIL WASIL Board Member
PAULA-ROSE WIHONGI Board Member
ROSE WRIGHT Board Member
DAVID ZANATTA Board Member
ERIN M SIMON Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CARYN DESAI Executive Director 11.8% of Rev
LOUIS H ALTMAN ESQ Board President
DR MINNIE DOUGLAS Board President
CORY ALLEN Board President
GARY EINSTEIN ESQ Board President
A STEPHANIE LOFTIN ESQ Board President
LYN POHLMANN Board President
JAMES P PREUSCH Board President
GAIL WASIL Board President
DOUGLAS CHARCHENKO Treasurer
JULIE MENDELL Secretary
RONALD CHATMAN Board Member
NANCY ACKERMAN GAINES Board Member
HON LENA GONZALEZ Board Member
HON DON KNABE Board Member
HON BONNIE ADLER LOWENTHAL Board Member
JOHN MENDELL Board Member
DR SHARON VALEAR ROBINSON Board Member
DR ERIN M SIMON Board Member
RENEE B SIMON Board Member
MARCUS TYSON Board Member
PAULA-ROSE WIHONGI Board Member
DAVID ZANATTA Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CARYN DESAI Executive Director 10.0% of Rev
LOUIS H ALTMAN ESQ Board President
DR MINNIE DOUGLAS Board President
LYN POHLMANN Board President
JAMES P PREUSCH Board President
GAIL WASIL Board President
A STEPHANIE LOFTIN ESQ Board President
DOUGLAS CHARCHENKO Treasurer
JULIE MENDELL Secretary
CORY ALLEN Board Member
RONALD CHATMAN Board Member
STEVE DODGE Board Member
GARY EINSTEIN ESQ Board Member
NANCY ACKERMAN GAINES Board Member
HON LENA GONZALEZ Board Member
HON DON KNABE Board Member
HON BONNIE ADLER LOWENTHAL Board Member
JOHN MENDELL Board Member
DR SHARON VALEAR ROBINSON Board Member
DR ERIN M SIMON Board Member
RENEE B SIMON Board Member
MARCUS TYSON Board Member
DAVID ZANATTA Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CARYN DESAI Executive Director 10.0% of Rev
LOUIS H ALTMAN ESQ Board President
DR MINNIE DOUGLAS Board President
LYN POHLMANN Board President
JAMES P PREUSCH Board President
GAIL WASIL Board President
A STEPHANIE LOFTIN ESQ Board President
DOUGLAS CHARCHENKO Treasurer
JULIE MENDELL Secretary
RONALD CHATMAN Board Member
GARY EINSTEIN Board Member
STEVE DODGE Board Member
NANCY ACKERMAN GAINES Board Member
HON LENA GONZALEZ Board Member
HON DON KNABE Board Member
HON BONNIE LOWENTHAL Board Member
JOHN MENDELL Board Member
HON CAROL ROSE Board Member
DR SHARON VALEAR ROBINSON Board Member
KURT SCHULZMAN Board Member
RENEE B SIMON Board Member
MARCUS TYSON Board Member
CORY ALLEN Board Member
DAVID ZANATTA Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
50 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
54 / 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.

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.