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
42
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
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
2024 10.1% 42 Fragile Stable Watch
2023 Hidden Hidden 12.6% 39 Fragile Stable Watch
2022 10.0% 40 Fragile Recovery
2021 22.3% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 17.2% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2019 15.4% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 18.1% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 20.6% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 22.9% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 22.3% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 18.6% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2013 22.1% 28 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2012 21.0% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2011 17.3% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Meghann Zenteno Executive Director 10.1% of Rev
Allen Lyon Board Member
Monica Leaming Board Member
Scott Michlin Board Member
Tom Taylor Board Member
Steve Kiely Treasurer
Karren Morrison Board Member
Cynthia Rapp Sandhu Board Member
Alicia Romero Board Member
Brian Wagner Board Member
Nancy Stoffer Board President
Wendy Grant Secretary
Sara Michaels Board President

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Chandra Stubbs Executive Director 7.0% of Rev
Allen Lyon Board Member
Nancy Stoffer Board President
Wendy Grant Secretary
Monica Leaming Board Member
Scott Michlin Board Member
Carol Schmudde Board Member
Janice Sheftel Treasurer
Tom Taylor Board Member
Shelly Walchak Board Member
Steve Kiley Board Member
Karren Morrison Board Member
Cynthia Rapp Sandhu Board Member
Alicia Romero Board Member
Brian Wagner Board Member
Sara Michaels Board President

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Kathy Myrick Executive Direc 8.7% of Rev
Kathy Myrick Executive Direc 8.7% of Rev
David Bregar Board Member
Polly Morgenstern Board Member
Steve BowersWendy Grant Board President
Janice Sheftel Treasurer
Scott Michlin Board Member
Allison Aichele Board Member
Andrea Mull Board Member
Allen Lyon Board Member
Charissa Chiaravalloti Board Member
Nancy Stoffer Board Member
Jeff Susor Board Member
Joseph Pope Board President
David Bregar Board Member
Tom Taylor Board Member
Polly Morgenstern Board Member
Dr Sara Michaels Board Member
Steve BowersWendy Grant Board President
Mark Walters Board Member
Janice Sheftel Treasurer
Rochelle Mann Board Member
Scott Michlin Board Member
Allison Aichele Board Member
Andrea Mull Board Member
Allen Lyon Board Member
Charissa Chiaravalloti Board Member
Nancy Stoffer Board Member
Jeff Susor Board Member
Joseph Pope Board President
Tom Taylor Board Member
Dr Sara Michaels Board Member
Rochelle Mann Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
42 / 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 CO 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.