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 8.6% 54 Fragile Stable Watch
2022 6.7% 54 Fragile Stable Watch
2021 9.3% 54 Fragile Recovery
2020 12.6% 44 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2019 14.3% 46 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2018 12.6% 48 Fragile Recovery
2017 13.5% 47 Fragile Gov Risk
2016 9.7% 52 Fragile Gov Risk
2015 8.3% 52 Fragile Recovery
2014 17.0% 40 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2013 21.1% 40 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2012 4.2% 55 Fragile Stable Watch
2011 7.5% 54 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
AARON SHERER EXECUTIVE DI 5.4% of Rev
DORIS PEITZ BUSINESS MAN 2.3% of Rev
VICTOR ALATORRE Board Member
JACK BERMINGHAM Board Member
COLLEEN BIES Board Member
TRISHA CASTLE Board Member
SAM COLEMAN Board Member
ANNIE EIDEN VICE PRESIDE
JOE FRANZOI Secretary
LAKEISHA HAASE Board Member
JASON HIRSCHBERG AT LARGE
JOHN J HOGERTY Board Member
AMANDA IZQUIERDO Board Member
TIFFANY KALDAS Board Member
MEGHANN KASPER Treasurer
CARLA KELLY Board Member
MEGAN LANG Board Member
COURTNEY LASKY AT LARGE
WESTON RADFORD Board Member
AMY SITTER Board Member
ELIZABETH SMITH Board Member
PIERCE SMITH Board President
SUSAN STEARNS Board Member
TOM TAGGART Board Member
STEVE THOMA Board Member
PEG WACHTEL Board Member
TRINA WOLDT PAST PRESIDE

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
AARON SHERER Executive Director 5.0% of Rev
DORIS PEITZ BUSINESS MANAGER 2.1% of Rev
TRINA WOLDT Board President
PIERCE SMITH Board President
GERALD STADTMUELLER Board President
MEGHANN KASPER Treasurer
SCOTT WILLMOTT Treasurer
ANNIE EIDEN Secretary
MICHAEL CASTLE Secretary
COURTNEY LASKY Board Member
DAVID OMACHINSKI Board Member
JASON HIRSCHBERG Board Member
JOE FRANZOI Board Member
MEGAN LANG Board Member
PEG WACHTEL Board Member
STEVE THOMA Board Member
SUSAN STEARNS Board Member
THOMAS PETRI Board Member
TRISHA CASTLE Board Member
WESTON RADFORD Board Member
VICTOR ALATORRE Board Member
COLLEEN BIES Board Member
LAKEISHA HAASE Board Member
AMANDA IZQUIERDO Board Member
TOM TAGGART Board Member
CATHERINE LUTHER Board Member
WILLA FORNETTI-BELL Board Member
ANTOINETTE BRINKMAN Board Member
RANDY S SCHMIEDEL Board Member
STEPHANIE GEURTS Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
AARON SHERER Executive Director 4.7% of Rev
DORIS PEITZ BUSINESS MANAGER 2.0% of Rev
GERALD STADTMUELLER Board President
TRINA WOLDT Board President
MICHAEL CASTLE Secretary
SCOTT WILMOTT Treasurer
CATHERINE LUTHER Board President
JOE FRANZOI Board Member
COURTNEY LASKY Board Member
ANTOINETTE BRINKMAN Board Member
THOMAS R COOPER Board Member
ALLEN DAVIS Board Member
ANNIE EIDEN Board Member
DAVE ELLIOT Board Member
JENNA GOLEM Board Member
JASON HIRSCHBERG Board Member
DAVID OMACHINSKI Board Member
TOM PETRI Board Member
MEGAN LANG Board Member
RANDY S SCHMIEDEL Board Member
DEBBIE CORTINA Board Member
STEVE THOMA Board Member
MARGARET WACHTEL Board Member
DAVID WILLEFORD Board Member
WESTON RADFORD Board Member
SUSAN STEARNS Board Member
PIERCE SMITH 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 10 other orgs in WI with NTEE prefix A5.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 26 points above the peer median (50 vs. 24).

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.