Programmatic Contraction
Programmatic Contraction
Programmatic Contraction Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Stable
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Programmatic Contraction

What does this mean?

Total revenue is stable, but the percentage of expenses spent on actual mission shrinks. Indicates administrative bloat and spending on the machinery of raising money rather than the art itself.

The Path Forward

The Rainmaker

Represents the forced release of hoarded resources back into the community. It acts as a pressure valve against administrative capture, ensuring the mission takes priority over the machine.

The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Programmatic Contraction ↑
Overall
48
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
40
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Programmatic Contraction

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2024 Hidden Hidden — 48 Fragile Recovery
2023 — — — 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 — — — 45 Fragile Decline Risk
2021 — — — 52 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — — 42 Fragile Recovery
2019 — — — 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 — — — 39 Fragile Recovery
2017 — — — 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 — — — 47 Fragile Recovery
2015 — — — 43 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2014 — — — 47 Fragile Recovery
2013 — — — 49 Fragile Recovery
2012 — — — 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
BARBARA ANN PETERS Board President —
PAM CASH Board President —
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer —
JENNIFER BRYANT PEDERSEN Secretary —
GARRETT SAAKE Artistic Director —
NANCY SANQUIST Vice President —
HALLIE HOGAN Vice President —
CLIFF BRIDGES Vice President —
BEN MCINDOE Vice President —
CHANNELLE JAMES Vice President —
SHAYLA SHARPE Vice President —
TRAVIS ALEXANDER Board Member —
BILL ALLRED Board Member —
STEVE BINGHAM Board Member —
DEBORAH BOWERS Board Member —
ODELL CLEVELAND Board Member —
KEITH CUSHMAN Board Member —
LENNY SUE FRENCH Board Member —
DAVID KARPOOK Board Member —
GENE KLANN Board Member —
GERALD KNIGHT Board Member —
ROBERTA LAWS Board Member —
NICK LINDSAY Board Member —
CLYDE NOLAN Board Member —
JOHN PALMER Board Member —
JAMES RUSHE Board Member —
JACLYN SURSO Board Member —
MATTHEW TROY Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SHAYLA SHARPE BOARD —
MAGGIE TRIPLETTE BOARD —
NANCY WALKER BOARD —
PAM CASH Board President —
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer —
AFRIQUE KILIMANJARO RECORDING SE —
ELVIRA GREEN Artistic Director —
PORTER AICHELE Vice President —
ANNA CLARE ALLEN Vice President —
NORMAN SMITH Vice President —
CLIFF BRIDGES Vice President —
JOHN L PALMER Vice President —
CHARLENE MARCHANT Vice President —
KATHERINE DAVEY Vice President —
MARY MILLER Vice President —
TRAVIS ALEXANDER BOARD —
BILL ALLRED BOARD —
MICHELINE CHALHOUB-DEVILLE BOARD —
ODELL CLEVELAND BOARD —
BOB DIXON BOARD —
LENNY SUE FRENCH BOARD —
CAROLYN HALL BOARD —
PAT HAYWOOD BOARD —
HALLIE HOGAN BOARD —
CHANNELLE JAMES BOARD —
WALTER JOHNSON BOARD —
GERALD KNIGHT BOARD —
SAM MAGILL BOARD —
BEN MCINDOE BOARD —
CLYDE NOLAN BOARD —
BARBARA ANN PETERS BOARD —
GARRETT SAAKE BOARD —
BRANDON SCOTT BOARD —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
PORTER AICHELE Board President —
ANNA CLARE ALLEN BOARD —
BILL ALLRED BOARD —
CLIFF BRIDGES BOARD —
HARRIET CANTER BOARD —
ROBERT CAPEN BOARD —
MYRNA CARLOCK BOARD —
PAM CASH Board President —
MICHELINE CHALHOUB-DEVILLE BOARD —
ODELL CLEVELAND BOARD —
KEITH CUSHMAN BOARD —
KATHERINE DAVEY Vice President —
BOB DIXON BOARD —
ELVIRA GREEN Artistic Director —
LORI HADDOCK RECORDING SE —
CAROLYN HALL Vice President —
JANET HENDLEY PAST PRESIDE —
HALLIE HOGAN BOARD —
JOHN HUFF Vice President —
AFRIQUE KILIMANJARO BOARD —
GERALD KNIGHT BOARD —
JANE LEVY BOARD —
CHARLENE MARCHANT Vice President —
BEN MCINDOE BOARD —
MARY MILLER BOARD —
CLYDE NOLAN BOARD —
JOHN PALMER BOARD —
GENIE SCHWARTZ BOARD —
JERRY SCHWARTZ BOARD —
NORMAN SMITH Vice President —
MICHIKO STAVERT Vice President —
KATHRYN TROXLER Vice President —
NANCY WALKER BOARD —
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
PORTER AICHELE Board President —
MARILYN BURRIS BOARD —
HARRIET CANTER BOARD —
BARRY CANTRELL Vice President —
ROBERT CAPEN BOARD —
MYRNA CARLOCK BOARD —
PAM CASH PAST TREASUR —
MICHELINE CHALHOUB-DEVILLE BOARD —
DIANE CONRAD BOARD —
KEITH CUSHMAN BOARD —
KATHERINE DAVEY BOARD —
BOB DIXON BOARD —
ELVIRA GREEN BOARD —
LORI HADDOCK RECORDING SE —
CAROLYN HALL Vice President —
JANET HENDLEY PAST PRESIDE —
JOHN HUFF BOARD —
JUDY JOLLY BOARD —
JANE LEVY BOARD —
CHARLENE MARCHANT Vice President —
ASHLEIGH MCFARLIN BOARD —
MARY MILLER Vice President —
BARBARA MORAN BOARD —
CLYDE NOLAN BOARD —
JOHN PALMER BOARD —
JERRY RUSKIN BOARD —
GENIE SCHWARTZ Vice President —
JERRY SCHWARTZ BOARD —
NORMAN SMITH Vice President —
MICHIKO STAVERT Vice President —
RONDA SZYMANSKI BOARD —
KATHRYN TROXLER Vice President —
NANCY WALKER BOARD —
TOM WRIGHT Treasurer —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
40 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
48 / 100
Stable

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 221 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: Programmatic Contraction

Total revenue is stable, but the percentage of expenses spent on actual mission shrinks. Indicates administrative bloat and spending on the machinery of raising money rather than the art itself.

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.