Mission Drift
Mission Drift
Mission Drift Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
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Mission Drift

What does this mean?

Highly volatile revenue swings year over year paired with fluctuating Program Scores. The organization is constantly pivoting to chase restricted grant funding rather than building a sustainable core.

The Path Forward

The Lodestar

A radical recommitment to the core mission. It requires the organization to gain the strength to say 'no' to restricted funding that pulls them away from their true purpose.

The Lodestar
The Lodestar
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Mission Drift
Overall
37
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
40
Score
Program
15
Score

Institutional Epochs

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Mission Drift

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2023 Hidden Hidden 37 Fragile Recovery
2022 6.9% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 57 Fragile Recovery
2020 44 Fragile Recovery
2019 37 Fragile Stable Watch
2018 39 Fragile Decline Risk
2017 41 Fragile Decline Risk
2016 45 Fragile Stable Watch
2015 41 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Aniston Breslin Executive Dir. 7.1% of Rev
John Brown Treasurer
Sue Farmer Board President
Adarsh Gupta Board Member
Olga Larner Board Member
Michelene Insalaco Board Member
Elana Olosky Board Member
Susan Mautner Board Member
Bill Carmel Board Member
Neela Paykel Legal Counsel
Holly Hartz Board Member
Maggie Boscoe Board Member
Lois Reynolds Mead Secretary

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Sue Farmer Board Member
June Lim Board Member
Michelene Insalaco Chairman
Elana Olosky Board Member
Susan Mautner Board President
Lawrence Kohl Board Member
Neela Paykel Legal Counsel
Sydney Chaney-Thomas Treasurer
Aniston Breslin Board Member
Maggie Boscoe Board Member
Denise Nomura Board President
Jenny Rosen Board Member
Lois Reynolds Mead Secretary
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
40 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
15 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
37 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 830 other orgs in CA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 16 points below the peer median (15 vs. 31).

5-year trend: Mission Drift

Highly volatile revenue swings year over year paired with fluctuating Program Scores. The organization is constantly pivoting to chase restricted grant funding rather than building a sustainable core.

Overall score has gone from 37 → 37 over 5 years (stable by 0 points).

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.