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
50
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 15.2% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 14.6% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2020 16.5% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 20.2% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 24 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 48.4% 15 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2016 36.3% 28 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2015 27 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 32.5% 28 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2013 30.9% 28 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 29.5% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2011 43 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Eric Brown Board President
Rachel Brown Board President
Bernard Cobb Board Member
Tonya Cobb Board Member
James D'Allesio Board Member
Diane Davis Board Member
Troy Davis Board Member
Meredith Howell Secretary
Robin Jackson Board Member
Martha Jones Board Member
Daryl McCulley Treasurer
Toni Moore Board Member
Kristi Schrader Board Member
Randy Schrader Board Member
Cathy Wiskes Board Member
Ryan Wiskes Board Member
Bradley Wright Board Member
Tracy Wright Board Member
Eric Brown Board President
Rachel Brown Board President
Bernard Cobb Board Member
Tonya Cobb Board Member
James D'Allesio Board Member
Diane Davis Board Member
Troy Davis Board Member
Meredith Howell Secretary
Robin Jackson Board Member
Martha Jones Board Member
Daryl McCulley Treasurer
Toni Moore Board Member
Kristi Schrader Board Member
Randy Schrader Board Member
Cathy Wiskes Board Member
Ryan Wiskes Board Member
Bradley Wright Board Member
Tracy Wright Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JERRY STEVENSON Artistic Director 7.3% of Rev
JIM LITZINGER Board Member 5.5% of Rev
AVNI GUPTA-KAGAN Board Member
KATIE JONES Board Member
MARTHA JONES Board Member
TONI MOORE Treasurer
HEATHER WEISS Board Member
CATHY WISKES Board Member
NICOLE MCCREARY Secretary
MELVIN MCREARY Secretary
TONYA COBB Board President
BERNDARD COBB Board President
TODD WEISS Board Member
SHELLEY ADAMS Board Member
FRANK BRADDOCK Board Member
RACHEL BROWN Board Member
ERIC BROWN Board Member
BRYANN BURGESS Board Member
KIM FULLER Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JERRY STEVENSON Artistic Director 4.8% of Rev
JIM LITZINGER Board Member 4.8% of Rev
NICOLE MCCREARY Board President
MELVIN MCREARY Board President
TONYA COBB Board President
BERNDARD COBB Board President
TODD WEISS Treasurer
SHELLEY ADAMS Board Member
FRANK BRADDOCK Board Member
RACHEL BROWN Board Member
ERIC BROWN Board Member
BRYANN BURGESS Board Member
KIM FULLER Board Member
AVNI GUPTA-KAGAN Board Member
KATIE JONES Board Member
MARTHA JONES Board Member
TONI MOORE Board Member
HEATHER WEISS Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JERRY STEVENSON Artistic Director 6.7% of Rev
JIM LITZINGER Board Member 6.7% of Rev
FRANK BRADDOCK Board President
AVNI GUPTA-KAGAN Board President
GINNY HERRING Treasurer
KATIE JONES Board Member
CHARLIE KRAWCZYK Board Member
SHELLEY ADAMS Board Member
STIG RASMUSSEN Board Member
KEVIN SIMPSON Board Member
BRYANN BURGESS Board Member
KIM FULLER Board Member
MELVIN MCCREARY Board Member
NICOLE MCCREARY Board Member
HEATHER WEISS Board Member
TODD WEISS Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 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 97 other orgs in SC with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 33 points below the peer median (0 vs. 33).

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.