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

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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 — — 4.5% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 — — 8.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 — — 8.8% 36 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2020 — — 8.2% 42 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2019 — — 9.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 — — 10.4% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 10.3% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 — — 10.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 — — 9.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 — — 4.8% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2013 — — 4.7% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 — — 6.5% 36 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2011 — — 9.4% 36 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Shelley Best Executive Director 3.4% of Rev
Amanda Roy Executive Director 2.5% of Rev
Stanley Harasimowitz Board Member —
Michael A Pignatella Board Member —
Chip McCabe Board Member —
T'Challa Williams Board Member —
Stephen Jackson Board Member —
Brian Refici Board Member —
Ashanti Osborne Martin Board Member —
Rev Miguelina Howell Board Member —
June Archer Board Member —
Rose Curiel Board Member —
Maria Perez Brown Board Member —
Patrick McGloin Board Member —
Richard Hill CPA Audit Cmte Chai —
Mary Kay Curtiss CPA Treasurer —
Haneef Nelson Board President —
Robert Braswell Board President —
Eric Goldstein Secretary —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SHELLEY BEST Executive Director 3.3% of Rev
KATE MCOMBER Executive Director 2.4% of Rev
ROBERT BRASWELL Board Member —
RICHARD HILL Board Member —
MARY KAY CURTISS Board Member —
CHRISTOPHER J DELELLO Board Member —
JASON GUTCHEON Board Member —
STANLEY HARASIMOWITZ Board Member —
MELANIE TUCKER Board Member —
MICHAEL A PIGNATELLA Board Member —
ERIC GOLDSTEIN Board Member —
CHIP MCCABE Board Member —
T'CHALLA WILLIAMS Board Member —
STEPHEN JACKSON BOD TREASURE —
JANET LINK BOD SECRETAR —
HANEEF NELSON BOD VICE PRE —
BRIAN REFICI BOD PRESIDEN —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CATHERINE MALLOY Executive Director 3.3% of Rev
KATE MCOMBER Executive Director 3.2% of Rev
BRETT THOMPSON COO 0.3% of Rev
CAROL GARLICK Board Member —
CHRIS MCGOLDRICK Board Member —
RICHARD CAPORASO Board Member —
CAROL TERRY Board Member —
WILLIAM FISH JR Board Member —
MARY KAY CURTISS Board Member —
CHRISTOPHER J DELELLO Board Member —
JASON GUTCHEON Board Member —
DONALD SEIFEL JR Board Member —
PAT SHIRLEY Board Member —
MICHAEL A PIGNATELLA Board Member —
ERIC GOLDSTEIN Board Member —
JANEE WOODS WEBER Board Member —
BRIAN REFICI Board Member —
T'CHALLA WILLIAMS Board Member —
STEPHEN JACKSON BOD TREASURE —
JANET LINK BOD SECRETAR —
EMMA LADD BOD 2ND VICE —
KEVIN SMITH BOD VICE PRE —
PAUL E GUZZARDI BOD PRESIDEN —
KAREN EISENBACH Board President —
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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 184 other orgs in CT with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 50 points below the peer median (0 vs. 50).

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.