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
46
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
30
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
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2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Institutional Maturation

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2023 Hidden Hidden 9.4% 46 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 — — 6.0% 54 Fragile Recovery
2021 — — 15.1% 48 Fragile Gov Risk
2020 — — 13.2% 52 Fragile Recovery
2019 — — 6.8% 50 Fragile Recovery
2018 — — 4.4% 43 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 — — 4.5% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2016 — — 6.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 — — 3.5% 41 Financially Distressed Recovery
2014 — — 8.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 — — 3.8% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 — — 5.7% 46 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2011 — — 6.6% 46 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DAVID BENNETT Executive Director 3.8% of Rev
JEANNIE POSNER Treasurer 2.7% of Rev
RISE WALTER CMO 2.0% of Rev
BRUCE STASYNA MUSIC CONDUCTOR 1.5% of Rev
PETER SHAVITZ CDO 1.5% of Rev
JOAN FOSTER STAFF 1.2% of Rev
CLIFF THRASHER Staff 1.2% of Rev
ROBERT H KAPLAN PHD Board Member —
SARAH B MARSH-REBELO Board President —
JANET WHITE Board President —
STACY KELLNER-ROSENBERG Treasurer —
VERONICA LEFF Board Member —
BARRY WELLINS Vice President —
CANDACE CARROLL Secretary —
JOANN CLARK Board Member —
EUGENE MITCH MITCHELL Board Member —
JOAN HENKELMANN Board Member —
KARL HOSTETLER Board Member —
CAROL LAZIER Board Member —
RONALD G LEONARDI Board Member —
JOSEPH MARTINEZ Board Member —
JAMES A MERRITT Board Member —
ROGER MILLS Board Member —
CLAIRE REISS Board Member —
MICHAEL NOVAK Board Member —
DAVID DUTHU Board Member —
HOPE CARLSON Board Member —
GLORIA M SHURMAN Board Member —
LINDA P SPUCK Board Member —
MARY LINDENSTEIN WALSHOK Board Member —
SARA ZAKNOEN Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DAVID BENNETT Executive Director 3.9% of Rev
JEANNIE POSNER Treasurer 2.9% of Rev
RISE WALTER CMO 2.1% of Rev
BRUCE STASYNA MUSIC CONDUCTOR 1.6% of Rev
PETER SHAVITZ CDO 1.5% of Rev
CLIFF THRASHER Staff 1.4% of Rev
JOAN FOSTER STAFF 1.3% of Rev
ROBERT H KAPLAN PHD Board Member —
SARAH B MARSH-REBELO Board President —
JANET WHITE Board Member —
STACY KELLNER-ROSENBERG Treasurer —
VERONICA LEFF Secretary —
BARRY WELLINS Board Member —
CANDACE CARROLL ESQ Board Member —
JOANN CLARK Board Member —
DAVID DUTHU Board Member —
JOAN HENKELMANN Board Member —
KARL HOSTETLER MD Board Member —
CAROL LAZIER Board Member —
RONALD G LEONARDI PHD Board Member —
JOSEPH P MARTINEZ Board Member —
JAMES A MERRITT Board Member —
ROGER G MILLS MD Board Member —
EUGENE MITCH MITCHELL Board Member —
MIKE NOVAK Board Member —
THOMAS SHIFTAN MD Board Member —
GLORIA M SHURMAN PHD Board Member —
LINDA P SPUCK Board Member —
MARY LINDENSTEIN WALSHOK PHD Board Member —
SARA ZAKNOEN MD Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DAVID BENNETT Board Member 3.3% of Rev
RISE WALTER CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER 2.2% of Rev
JEANNIE POSNER Treasurer 1.9% of Rev
BRUCE STASYNA MUSIC CONDUCTOR 1.3% of Rev
CLIFFORD THRASHER DIR AUD RELATION 1.2% of Rev
CAROL LAZIER Board Member —
KEVIN AHERN Board Member —
JAMES A MERRITT MD Board Member —
RONALD LEONARDI PHD Board Member —
ROGER G MILLS MD Board Member —
STACY KELLNER-ROSENBERG Treasurer —
CANDACE CARROLL Board Member —
DAVID BRENNER MD Board Member —
DAVID DUTHU Board Member —
EUGENE MITCHELL Board Member —
THOMAS SHIFTAN MD Board Member —
SARAH B MARSH-REBELO GG Chairman —
TERESA FISCHLOWITZ Board Member —
MICHAEL NOVAK Board Member —
JAMES FORBES PHD Board Member —
RICHARD J ULEVITCH PHD Board Member —
GLORIA SHURMAN Board Member —
JOANN CLARK Board Member —
DAME ZANDRA RHODES Board Member —
LINDA SPUCK Secretary —
JOAN HENKELMANN Board Member —
MARY LINDENSTEIN WALSHOK Board Member —
BARRY WELLINS Board Member —
ROBERT H KAPLAN PHD Board President —
KARL HOSTETLER MD Board Member —
VERONICA LEFF Board Member —
JANET WHITE Board Member —
SARA ZAKNOEN Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
30 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
46 / 100
Developing

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 1,424 other orgs in CA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 29 points above the peer median (60 vs. 31).

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.

Overall score has gone from 50 → 46 over 5 years (declining by 4 points).

What's driving this score

What would change this score

The two changes that would most improve this score:

  1. Build cash reserves to at least 3 months of operating expenses — moves financial resilience score meaningfully (~10 points).

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