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
31
Score
Governance
42
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Resource Divergence

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2022 29.4% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2021 64.3% 49 Governance-Stressed Gov Risk
2020 17.4% 55 Fragile Stable Watch
2019 14.1% 57 Fragile Decline Risk
2018 61 Stable Decline Risk
2017 65 Stable Stable Watch
2016 61 Stable Stable Watch
2015 57 Fragile Stable Watch
2014 57 Fragile Decline Risk
2013 61 Stable Stable Watch
2012 53 Fragile Stable Watch
2011 53 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Joseph Thrift Board Member 13.3% of Rev
Dan Butner Executive Director 10.8% of Rev
Sydney Sieviec Board Member 5.2% of Rev
Marianne Luther Board President
Mike Cheek Board President
Jay Morphis Treasurer
Beth Summer Wall Board Member
Jacey Gorman Board Member
Susan Pasch Board Member
Tonya Leach Board Member
Jill Bellia Board Member
Joseph Thrift Board Member
Sydney Sieviec Board Member
Marianne Luther Board President
Mike Cheek Board President
Mary Keller Treasurer
Debra Garing Board Member
Jennifer White Board Member
Beth Summer Wall Board Member
Joe fisch Board Member
Leslie Fesperman Board Member
Beanie Taylor Board Member
Jacey Gorman Board Member
Susan Pasch Board Member
Dan Butner Executive Director
Marianne Luther Board President
Mike Cheek Board President
Mary Keller Treasurer
Debra Garing Board Member
Jennifer White Board Member
Beth Summer Wall Board Member
Joe fisch Board Member
Leslie Fesperman Board Member
Beanie Taylor Board Member
Jacey Gorman Board Member
Susan Pasch Board Member
Joseph Thrift Board Member
Sydney Sieviec Board Member
Dan Butner Executive Director

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Joseph Thrift Board Member 13.2% of Rev
Dan Butner Executive Director 10.7% of Rev
Sydney Sieviec Board Member 5.1% of Rev
Marianne Luther Board President
Mike Cheek Board President
Mary Keller Treasurer
Debra Garing Board Member
Jill Bellia Board Member
Jennifer White Board Member
Beth Sumner Wall Board Member
Joe Fisch Board Member
Leslie Fesperman Board Member
Beanie Taylor Board Member
Jacey Gorman Board Member
Susan Pasch Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Dan Butner Executive Director 6.4% of Rev
Sydney Sieviec Board President
Beanie Taylor Board President
Debra Garing Secretary
Mary Keller Treasurer
Jill Bellia Board Member
Jennifer White Board Member
Marianne Luther Board Member
Susan Pasch Board Member
Leslie Fesperman Board Member
Mike Cheek Board Member
Judy Deck Board Member
Joe Fisch Board Member
Jacey Gorman Board Member
Kimberly Seipel-Parks Board Member
Laura Garing Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Dan Butner Executive Director 6.2% of Rev
Sydney Sieviec Board President
Beanie Taylor Board President
Debra Garing Secretary
Mary Keller Treasurer
Jill Bellia Board Member
Jennifer White Board Member
Marianne Luther Board Member
Susan Pasch Board Member
Leslie Fesperman Board Member
Mike Cheek Board Member
Judy Deck Board Member
Susie Ridenour Board Member
Jacey Gorman Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
42 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
31 / 100
Priority Review

The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →

Peer comparison

Compared to 146 other orgs in NC with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 14 points above the peer median (45 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. Reduce top-officer compensation from 29.4% to under 22% of revenue — would move governance score by ~15 points.
  2. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).

Improving governance is a board decision. These are the levers.