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 130 other orgs in CT with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 39 points below the peer median (0 vs. 39).

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.