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
37
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
5
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 — — 3.2% 37 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 — — 12.0% 42 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2021 — — 10.8% 50 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — 4.8% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2019 — — 10.0% 40 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2018 — — 9.8% 44 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 — — 6.8% 48 Fragile Recovery
2016 — — 6.1% 42 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2015 — — 8.2% 44 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2014 — — 8.7% 44 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2013 — — 4.6% 53 Fragile Recovery
2012 — — 7.6% 50 Fragile Stable Watch
2011 — — 6.8% 50 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lance Gardner Executive Dir. 3.2% of Rev
Matthew Purdon Board President —
Josh Rafne Board President —
Barbara Roberts Treasurer —
Wendy Feng Secretary —
Naima Dean Board Member —
Kipp Delbyck Board Member —
Doug Frazier Board Member —
Denmo Ibrahim Board Member —
Jennifer McEvoy Board Member —
Vera Meislin Board Member —
Stacy Scott Board Member —
Tara Sullivan Board Member —
Penny Wright Board Member —
Rev Floyd Thompkins Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JASSON MINADAKIS Artistic Director 6.9% of Rev
MEREDITH SUTTLES Executive Director 4.4% of Rev
BARBARA MORRISON Board President —
KATHRYN OLSON Board President —
FRED TAYLOR Treasurer —
JOHN CHESLEY Secretary —
WENDY FENG Board President —
VERA MEISLIN Board Member —
MATTHEW PURDON Board Member —
DENMO IBRAHIM Board Member —
CHRISTIAN MILLS Board Member —
BETHANY BYRD-HILL Board Member —
PENNY WRIGHT Board Member —
ROBERT REYNOLDS Treasurer —
STACY SCOTT Board Member —
NAIMA DEAN Board Member —
JOSH RAFNER Board Member —
TARA SULLIVAN Board Member —
KIPP DELBYCK Board Member —
WILL FELCH Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JASSON MINADAKIS Artistic Director 6.8% of Rev
BARBARA MORRISON Board President —
KATHRYN OLSON Board President —
FRED TAYLOR Treasurer —
JOHN CHESLEY Secretary —
WENDY FENG Board President —
VERA MEISLIN Board Member —
MATTHEW PURDON Board Member —
DENMO IBRAHIM Board Member —
CHRISTIAN MILLS Board Member —
BETHANY BYRD-HILL Board Member —
PENNY WRIGHT Board Member —
ROBERT REYNOLDS Board Member —
STACY SCOTT Board Member —
MEREDITH SUTTLES Executive Director —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JASSON MINADAKIS Artistic Director 6.4% of Rev
FRED TAYLOR Board President —
KIPP DELBYCK Board President —
BUFFINGTON MILLER Treasurer —
JOHN CHESLEY Secretary —
TERRY BERKEMEIER Board Member —
VERA MEISIN Board Member —
CHERYL BRANDON Board Member —
KATHRYN OLSON Board Member —
SUZANNE DARLEY Board Member —
ROBERT SHOFFNER Board Member —
CONNIE OCLASSEN Board Member —
BRIAN HAUGHTON Board Member —
SUSAN HOLDSTEIN Board Member —
ROBERT REYNOLDS Board Member —
STACY SCOTT Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
37 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 1,424 other orgs in CA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 48 points below the peer median (5 vs. 53).

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.