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 82 other orgs in WI with NTEE prefix A5.

Most-divergent component: governance score sits 26 points below the peer median (55 vs. 81).

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.