Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
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Structural Deficit

What does this mean?

Persistently low financial health over 5 years despite strong programmatic output. They are borrowing from their future (or bleeding an endowment) to pay for today's programs.

The Path Forward

The Truth-Teller

Forces necessary, painful cuts to preserve the core. It demands that the organization stop borrowing from its future and align its current programmatic output with actual sustainable revenue.

The Truth-Teller
The Truth-Teller
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Structural Deficit ↑
Overall
38
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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2011
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
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2024
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Structural Deficit

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2024 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 — — — 38 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 — — 1.8% 45 Fragile Recovery
2021 — — 6.5% 40 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — — 41 Fragile Recovery
2019 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2018 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2017 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 — — — 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 — — — 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 — — — 43 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 — — — 47 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2011 — — — 47 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANNE TEUTSCHEL Board President —
NORA MARTINEZ DEBENEDETTO Secretary —
RYAN MITCHELL Treasurer —
MARIA DEMOKA Board Member —
JEN PARIKH Board Member —
PJ JOHNNIE Board Member —
MESLISSA SHEPHERD Board Member —
ROSEY SINGH Board Member —
KOSI REMY Board Member —
JILL WHITELAW Board Member —
JEREMY WINE Board Member —
ELIZABETH DICANDILO EXECUTIVE DI —

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANNE TEUTSCHEL Board President —
ZABRINA STOFFEL Vice President —
NORA DEBENEDETTO MARTINEZ Secretary —
RYAN MITCHELL Treasurer —
MARIA DEMOKA Board Member —
JEN PARIKH Board Member —
PJ JOHNNIE Board Member —
KEVIN FREE Artistic Director —
LAJU SHAH Board Member —
MESLISSA SHEPHERD Board Member —
ROSEY SINGH Board Member —
KOSI REMY Board Member —
JILL WHITELAW Board Member —
JEREMY WINE Board Member —
MICHELLE ZANGARI Board Member —
SHARON SHAHINIAN Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KEVIN FREE Artistic Director Hidden
STEPHANIE KIP ROSTAN Board President —
TRACY GAVANT Vice President —
ANNE TEUTSCHEL Secretary —
MARK STEHLI Treasurer —
DAVID TORNABENE Board Member —
JEANNE BOSSOLINA-LUBIN Board Member —
STEPHANIE ROSTAN Board President —
TOM HORAN Board Member —
TRACY GAVANT Vice President —
ZABRINA STOFFEL Board Member —
ANNE TEUTSCHEL Secretary —
OREN KNISHINSKY Board Member —
MARK STEHLI Treasurer —
MELISSA ROMO Board Member —
THOMAS HORAN Board Member —
ZABRINA STOFFEL Board Member —
JAHAYRA HARRELL Board Member —
ERIN BUSH Board Member —
CORINNE MULLEN Board Member —
KEVIN FREE Artistic Director —
JOI DANIELLE PRICE Board Member —
MICHELLE ZANGARI Board Member —
JOI DANIELLE PRICE Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CHRIS OCONNOR Artistic Director Hidden
STEPHANIE KIP ROSTAN Board President —
TRACY GAVANT Vice President —
MARK STEHLI Treasurer —
ANNE TEUTSCHEL Secretary —
JAHAYRA HARRELL Board Member —
CORRINE MULLEN Board Member —
JOI DANIELLE PRICE Board Member —
DAVID TORNABENE Board Member —
ELIZABETH DICANDILO Board Member —
JOE EPSTEIN Board Member —
TOM HORAN Board Member —
DANIEL GANS Board Member —
OREN KNISHINSKY Board Member —
ZABRINA STOFFEL Board Member —
MELISSA ROMO Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
15 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
38 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 249 other orgs in NJ with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 34 points above the peer median (60 vs. 26).

5-year trend: Structural Deficit

Persistently low financial health over 5 years despite strong programmatic output. They are borrowing from their future (or bleeding an endowment) to pay for today's programs.

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.