Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
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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
44
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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2022
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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
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 — — 8.8% 44 Fragile Recovery
2022 — — 10.8% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 — — 18.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 — — 12.2% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 — — 15.6% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 — — 16.6% 41 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 — — 5.8% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2016 — — 9.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 — — 8.1% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 — — 6.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 — — 8.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 — — 4.8% 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2011 — — 15.7% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIFER ZEYL Artistic Director 4.6% of Rev
FRUGE WESLEY Board Member 4.2% of Rev
SHAH KEVIN Board President —
STERLING AK Secretary —
HOVDE COLIN Treasurer —
SIDDIQUI AHMED FARHEEN Board Member —
COGGINS KATHY Board Member —
DERRICK ANTHONY Board Member —
HOLLAND DANIELLE MARIE Board Member —
DE VERA KINCE Board Member —
KINARD DAVID Board Member —
LEWIS ERIN Board Member —
MCELROY VHONDA Board Member —
SUYAMA NICOLE Board Member —
THORNTON ALEXIS Board Member —
THORNTON DANIEL Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIFER ZEYL Artistic Director 3.7% of Rev
AMY ZIMERMAN Board Member 3.6% of Rev
MAHMOUD JASMINE Board President —
VICTORIA FRANKLIN PIERCE HANNAH Treasurer —
BELLODY REGINA Secretary —
FRUGE WESLEY Board Member —
MORSE LB Treasurer —
WILLIAMS BERNHARDT CAM Board Member —
SHAH KEVIN Board Member —
STERLING AK Board Member —
SIDDIQUI AHMED FARHEEN Board Member —
AYERS KRISTA Board Member —
LEAHEY KRISTIN Board Member —
YAMADA MASAO Board Member —
COPLAN ELIZABETH Board Member —
MICHAEL AMY Board Member —
CHIN LISA Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIFER ZEYL Artistic Director 2.2% of Rev
AMY ZIMERMAN Board Member 2.1% of Rev
YAMADA MASAO Board Member 0.1% of Rev
VICTORIA FRANKLIN PIERCE HANNAH Treasurer —
WILLIAMS BERNHARDT CAM Board Member —
SIDDIQUI AHMED FARHEEN Board Member —
COPLAN ELIZABETH Board Member —
LEAHEY KRISTIN Board Member —
MORSE LB Board Member —
AYERS KRISTA Board Member —
MICHAEL AMY Board Member —
CHIN LISA Board Member —
MAHMOUD JASMINE Board President —
BELLODY REGINA Secretary —
LORDE ESSEX Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIFER ZEYL Artistic Director 3.9% of Rev
AMY ZIMERMAN Board Member 0.1% of Rev
YAMADA MASAO Board Member 0.0% of Rev
NYE DANIEL Board President —
KELLERMAN KERI Board President —
MAHMOUD JASMINE Board President —
YEOMANS WACARA Secretary —
BELLODY REGINA Secretary —
ARSHAD SAMEER Treasurer —
VICTORIA FRANKLIN PIERCE HANNAH Treasurer —
SIDDIQUI AHMED FARHEEN Board Member —
WILLIAMS BERNHARDT CAM Board Member —
COPLAN ELIZABETH Board Member —
LEAHEY KRISTIN Board Member —
LORDE ESSEX Board Member —
MORSE LB Board Member —
LOBERSTEIN KATIE Board Member —
DUDLEY LAUREN Board Member —
HARRISON GREEN MARCUS Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
44 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 332 other orgs in WA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 28 points above the peer median (60 vs. 32).

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.