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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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 Hidden Hidden 10.1% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 6.6% 40 Financially Distressed Recovery
2021 12.0% 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2020 11.7% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 9.8% 38 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2018 5.8% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2017 13.9% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 15.3% 37 Fragile Recovery
2015 11.0% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 17.7% 37 Fragile Stable Watch
2013 35.7% 36 Fragile Gov Risk
2012 39 Fragile Recovery
2011 30.1% 22 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lindsey Nova Executive Director 10.1% of Rev
Devin Cygnar Board President
Susan Marriott Board President
Melissa Stephens Williamsons Treasurer
Monica Hertzman Secretary
Bronwyn Banerdt Board Member
Karen Boston Board Member
Stephen Botos Board Member
David Gardner Board Member
Emmanual Houndo Board Member
Brian Lee Board Member
Debbie Pixton Board Member
Lee Saville-Iksic Board Member
Larry Silverman Board Member
Dr James Swindal Board Member
Christopher Wiker Board Member
Dr Michael Warren Board Member
Dr Cheldon Williams Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lindsey Nova Executive Director 8.3% of Rev
Paul Doerksen Board President
Sarah Tambucci Board President
Melissa Stephens Williamsons Treasurer
Devin Cygnar Secretary
Cheldon Williams Board Member
Ted Ruscitti Board Member
Stephen Botos Board Member
Thomas Walters Board Member
Jodi Weisfield Board Member
Michael Warren Board Member
Lizz Helmsen Board Member
James Swindal Board Member
Lee Saville-Iksic Board Member
Christopher Wiker Board Member
Bronwyn Banerdt Board Member
Susan Marriott Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lindsey Nova Executive Director 7.9% of Rev
Paul Doerksen Board President
Sarah Tambucci Board President
Christopher J Wiker Treasurer
Devin Cygnar Secretary
Kymberly Cruz Board Member
Ted Ruscitti Board Member
Stephen Botos Board Member
Thomas Walters Board Member
Jodi Weisfield Board Member
James Doyle Board Member
Lizz Helmsen Board Member
James Swindal Board Member
Lee Saville-Iksic Board Member
Melissa Stephens Williamson Board Member
Bronwyn Banerdt Board Member
Susan Marriott Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lindsey Nova Executive Director 7.9% of Rev
Paul Doerksen Board President
Sarah Tambucci Board President
Erika Deiseroth Treasurer
Ketaki Desai Secretary
Kymberly Cruz Board Member
Devin Cygnar Board Member
Stephan Kostyniak Board Member
Ted Ruscitti Board Member
Stephen Botos Board Member
Thomas Walters Board Member
Jodi Weisfield Board Member
Christopher Wiker Board Member
James Doyle Board Member
Lizz Helmsen Board Member
James Swindal Board Member
Mushir Howell Board Member
Lee Saville-Iksic Board Member
Melissa Stephens Williamson Board Member
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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 295 other orgs in PA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 38 points below the peer median (0 vs. 38).

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.