StackScore

Which layer is 
capping you? 

Most organizations can see the future coming. Almost none can build for it. The StackScore assessment measures your capacity across all five layers of the Abundance Stack and identifies the constraint holding everything else back.

How It Works

Three steps to clarity.

01
ASSESS

Answer 25 questions about how your organization scans, interprets, decides, builds, and sustains.

02
DIAGNOSE

Your StackScore reveals a layer-by-layer breakdown, your overall score, and the named constraint pattern capping your system.

03
ACT

Receive a Constraint Report with specific recommendations, plus an optional 30-minute Stack Review call with our team.

25 questions. 8 minutes. A diagnostic your team can act on immediately.

The Constraint Report

What you get.

Your Constraint Report arrives by email within minutes. No strings. No sales call required.

Your StackScoreAn overall futures capacity rating from 2.0 to 10.0
Five-layer breakdownIndividual scores for Signal, Sense, Shape, Sprint, and Sustain
Your constraint patternA named diagnostic explaining what's capping you and why
What it meansPlain-language interpretation of what your stronger layers could deliver once the bottleneck is relieved
Recommended next stepsThree specific actions tied to your constraint layer
The Patterns

Six constraint patterns our data reveals.

Every organization has a bottleneck. These are the ones we see most often.

The Noise Floor

No systematic scanning practice. Every downstream layer works from incomplete information.

The Signal-Rich, Strategy-Poor Condition

You consume more information than you can interpret. The problem isn't access. It's sense-making.

The Imagination Deficit

Well-informed and analytically strong, but your organization can't articulate the future it wants.

The Interpretation Trap

You can see what's coming and explain what it means, but you can't build for it. Insight outpaces execution.

The Dependency Loop

You build well, but only with outside support. When the consultant leaves, the capacity leaves too.

The Action Deficit

Your vision is clear but your building capacity can't match it.

Who It's For

One framework. Every stakeholder.

Built for the organizations already doing the work. Same five layers, tailored questions for your context.

YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS

YMCA chapters, Boys & Girls Clubs, 4-H networks, after-school programs. Find out whether your programming reflects where the world is heading and whether your staff can build what's next without outside help.

HBCUS & HIGHER ED

Innovation offices, department chairs, provosts. Measure whether your institution can track workforce shifts, update curriculum at speed, and prepare students for careers the market hasn't named yet.

COMMUNITY & WORKFORCE ORGS

Workforce boards, CDCs, library systems, United Way affiliates. See whether your programs are aligned with where the economy is headed, or where it's been.

FUNDERS & INTERMEDIARIES

Foundations, CDFIs, government innovation offices. Find out whether the organizations you fund are building lasting capacity, or whether they'll need you again in 18 months.

For the most accurate results, have 3–5 members of your team take it independently. The variance between scores is often as revealing as the scores themselves. Youth and parent/caregiver variants are coming in 2026.

COMING SOON

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StackScore launches summer 2026. Get early access to the full 25-question assessment and your personalized Constraint Report.

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What Happens Next

Results in minutes. No strings.

Your Constraint Report is yours — no sales call required. If you want to go deeper, book a free 30-minute Stack Review where we walk through your results and explore whether an engagement makes sense.