Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
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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
35
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
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2014
2015
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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Structural Deficit

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 Hidden Hidden 1.9% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 3.6% 39 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2021 7.2% 42 Fragile Recovery
2020 7.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 9.4% 38 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2018 9.0% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2017 6.1% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 11.2% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 10.6% 36 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2014 9.3% 42 Fragile Stable Watch
2013 8.8% 42 Fragile Stable Watch
2012 9.7% 42 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SUSAN EVANS MCCLURE Executive Director Hidden
MARK FOLEY Board President
REBECCA MCMEEKIN Board President
GREGORY SARGENT Treasurer
SABRINA BROWN Secretary
STEPHEN PITE Board Member
SEAN CLUTE Board Member
WILL KASSO CONDRY Board Member
SHARON FANTL Board Member
BRIAN MURPHY Board Member
STEPHEN STINEHOUR Board Member
ROBIN PERLAH Board Member
GREG PAUS Board Member
TONY PIETRICOLA Board Member
GREG CUTLER Board Member
HOLLY GROSCHNER Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KAREN MITTELMAN Executive Director Hidden
ED CLARK Secretary
SABRINA BROWN Board Member
REBECCA MCMEEKIN Board President
GAIL NUNZIATA Board Member
GREG PAUS Board President
TONY PIETRICOLA Board Member
STEPHEN PITE Board Member
GREGORY SARGENT Treasurer
GREG CUTLER Board Member
NICK SHERMAN Board Member
SEAN CLUTE Board Member
EMILY BERNARD Board Member
WILL KASSO CONDRY Board Member
SHARON FANTL Board Member
MARK FOLEY Board Member
HOLLY GROSCHNER Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KAREN MITTELMAN Executive Director Hidden
ED CLARK Secretary
SABRINA BROWN Board Member
REBECCA MCMEEKIN Board President
GAIL NUNZIATA Board Member
GREG PAUS Board President
TONY PIETRICOLA Board Member
STEPHEN PITE Board Member
GREGORY SARGENT Treasurer
GREG CUTLER Board Member
NICK SHERMAN Board Member
SEAN CLUTE Board Member
EMILY BERNARD Board Member
WILL KASSO CONDRY Board Member
SHARON FANTL Board Member
MARK FOLEY Board Member
HOLLY GROSCHNER Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KAREN MITTELMAN Executive Director Hidden
ED CLARK Secretary
JO SABEL COURTNEY Board Member
SABRINA BROWN Board Member
REEVE LINDBERGH Board Member
REBECCA MCMEEKIN Board Member
NICOLE NELSON Board Member
GAIL NUNZIATA Board President
BOB STANNARD Board Member
GREG PAUS Board Member
TONY PIETRICOLA Board Member
STEPHEN PITE Board Member
GREGORY SARGENT Treasurer
GREG CUTLER Board Member
MAJOR JACKSON Board Member
NICK SHERMAN Board Member
EDMOND STRAINCHAMPS Board Member
YASMIN TAYEBY Board Member
SEAN CLUTE Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
35 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 6 other orgs in VT with NTEE prefix A2.

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

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.