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
33
Score
Governance
45
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

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2018
2019
2020
2021
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 23.2% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2022 19.0% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 8.7% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2020 24.0% 25 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 28.5% 24 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 25.4% 24 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 20.3% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 24.1% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 22.2% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 22.7% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 20.7% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 47 Fragile Decline Risk
2011 55 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JODY ANN PONGRATZ Executive Director 29.4% of Rev
FRED WOFFORD Board President
MICHAEL EMERY Board Member
MARCY MERRILL Treasurer
JOHN MONAHAN Board President
MICHAEL BUTLER Board Member
SAM GILMAN Board President
HEATHER KIRBY Board Member
JESSICA REECE Board Member
BRENDEN SMITH Secretary
TOMMY CHIU Board Member
DEEPAK KAPOOR Board Member
SALLY LEE Board Member
CHRIS STEWARD Board Member
DIANE WILCOX Board Member
LISA SEIBERT Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JODY ANN PONGRATZ Executive Director 18.1% of Rev
JODY ANN PONGRATZ Executive Director 7.0% of Rev
CAROLINE ANGEL BURKE Board President
MICHAEL EMERY Board President
FRED WOFFORD Treasurer
JOHN MONAHAN Secretary
KEVIN COREY Board Member
JONATHAN PAPE Board Member
MICHAEL BUTLER Board Member
DAVID BEVANS Board Member
LAURA M KELLEY Board Member
SAM GILMAN Board Member
LISA SIEBERT Board Member
ADAM MERRILL Board Member
KATIE JILLSON Board Member
CAROLINE ANGEL BURKE Board President
MICHAEL EMERY Board President
FRED WOFFORD Treasurer
JOHN MONAHAN Secretary
KEVIN COREY Board Member
JONATHAN PAPE Board Member
MICHAEL BUTLER Treasurer
DAVID BEVANS Board Member
LAURA M KELLEY Board Member
SAM GILMAN Board Member
LISA SIEBERT Board Member
ADAM MERRILL Board Member
KATIE JILLSON Board Member
JESSICA REECE Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LINNEA BARADARSON Executive Director 12.2% of Rev
AMY FICHERA Executive Director 8.9% of Rev
JODY ANN PONGRATZ Executive Director 1.5% of Rev
CAROLINE ANGEL BURKE Board President
MICHAEL EMERY Board President
FRED WOFFORD Treasurer
MICHELLE APUZZIO Board Member
JOHN MONAHAN Secretary
KEVIN COREY Board Member
DAWN SIEVERS Board Member
JONATHAN PAPE Board Member
CAROLINE ANGEL BURKE Board Member
MICHAEL BUTLER Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
AMY FIQUERA Executive Director 24.8% of Rev
LINNEA BARDARSON Executive Director 5.7% of Rev
FRANK MULLEN Board President
MICHAEL EMERY Board President
FRED WOFFORD Treasurer
MICHELLE APUZZIO Board Member
ERIK PRIVERT Board Member
MICHAEL BUTLER Board Member
HENRI GOUGH Board Member
BRIAN DWYER Secretary
MEG DUNCAN Board Member
JOHN MONAHAN Board Member
JONATHAN PAPE Board Member
CAROLINE ANGEL BURKE Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
15 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
45 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
33 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 245 other orgs in MA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 27 points below the peer median (15 vs. 42).

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. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
  2. 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.