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
32
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Structural Deficit

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 — — 10.1% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2022 — — 12.2% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2021 — — 13.1% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 — — 6.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 — — 11.2% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 — — 10.6% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2017 — — 10.8% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 — — 13.8% 26 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 — — 9.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 — — 8.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 — — 9.1% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 — — 8.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MARGARET VERY Board President —
BRUCE LAWRENCE Board President —
KEITH KRANER Secretary —
SUSAN ABBOT Board Member —
TOBY DOYLE Board Member —
TODD ELLISON Board Member —
CARTER GOWRIE Board Member —
JEFFREY MEHLER Treasurer —
AMANDA BAKER Board Member —
JACKLYN BELMONTE Board Member —
MICHAEL SANDERS Board Member —
RICHARD WYMAN Executive Director —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
RICHARD WYMAN Executive Director 9.1% of Rev
TIMOTHY KEYWORTH Board President —
MARGARET VERY Board President —
PATRICK W MORRIS Board Member —
JEFFREY MEHLER Board Member —
RITA CHRISTOPHER Board Member —
LINDA GROSSMAN Board Member —
TONY CARRANO Board Member —
BRUCE LAWRENCE Board Member —
TOBY DOYLE JR Board Member —
SUSAN ABBOT Board Member —
HEATHER SURBER Board Member —
STEPHANIE ROBINSON Board Member —
KEITH KRANER Secretary —
TODD ELLISON Board Member —
FRANCINE CORNAGLIA Treasurer —
SIMON HOLT Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
RICHARD WYMAN Executive Director 5.4% of Rev
TIMOTHY KEYWORTH Board President —
MARGARET VERY Board President —
PATRICK W MORRIS Treasurer —
LEAH MELIUS Secretary —
RITA CHRISTOPHER Board Member —
LINDA GROSSMAN Board Member —
TONY CARRANO Board Member —
BRUCE LAWRENCE Board Member —
TOBY DOYLE JR Board Member —
LISA LEMONTE Board Member —
HEATHER SURBER Board Member —
STEPHANIE ROBINSON Board Member —
KEITH KRANER Secretary —
NICOLE NALEPA Board Member —
FRANCINE CORNAGLIA Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ABIGAIL NICKELL Executive Director 9.5% of Rev
TIMOTHY KEYWORTH Board President —
MARGARET VERY Board President —
PATRICK W MORRIS Treasurer —
LEAH MELIUS Secretary —
JENNIFER BAUMAN Board Member —
LINDA GROSSMAN Board Member —
TONY CARRANO Board Member —
BRUCE LAWRENCE Board Member —
TOBY DOYLE JR Board Member —
LISA LEMONTE Board Member —
HEATHER SURBER Board Member —
STEPHANIE ROBINSON Board Member —
KEITH KRANER Board Member —
NICOLE NALEPA Board Member —
FRANCINE CORNAGLIA Board Member —
RICHARD WYMAN Executive Director —
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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
32 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 183 other orgs in CT with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 51 points below the peer median (0 vs. 51).

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.