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
34
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
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 3.1% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2022 12.2% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 12.9% 37 Fragile Recovery
2020 13.6% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 3.2% 43 Fragile Recovery
2018 8.1% 42 Fragile Stable Watch
2017 6.6% 44 Fragile Stable Watch
2016 5.2% 44 Fragile Stable Watch
2015 3.0% 45 Fragile Stable Watch
2014 3.3% 45 Fragile Recovery
2013 2.9% 39 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 4.3% 51 Fragile Recovery
2011 3.3% 47 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIFER KATONA Executive Director 4.5% of Rev
ALLISON DOLAN CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER 2.4% of Rev
SHERI DUCKER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 2.3% of Rev
KRISTA CARSON ELHAI Board President
RICHARD FRAZIER Board President
HELEN DURANLEAU-BRENNAN Board President
NICK GINGSBERG Board Member
PATRICIA SANTANELLO Board Member
SILVIA SCAIFE Board Member
TRICIA PATRICK Board Member
CHERYL WILLIAMS Board Member
JEFF HALL Board Member
MONIQUE CHISM Board Member
JOANNARAE IBANEZ Board Member
MARY SCHUTTLER Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Allison Dolan Chief Content Officer 2.5% of Rev
Brian Monk Chief Operations Officer 2.5% of Rev
Hans Weichhart Chief Membership Officer 1.9% of Rev
Sheri Coker Chief Financial Officer 1.5% of Rev
Elizabeth Young Board Member 1.4% of Rev
Jennifer Katona-start Aug 2022 Executive Director 0.8% of Rev
Mark Drum Board Member
Erin Carr Board Member
Scott Walker Board Member
Jeff Whiting Board Member
Mary Schuttler Board Member
Joannarae Ibanez Board Member
Krista Carson Elhai Board President
Leslie Johnson Board Member
Silvia Scaife Board Member
Gai Laing Jones Board President
Helen Duranleau-Brennan Board President
Monique Chism Board Member
Patricia Santanello Board Member
Silvia Scaife Board Member
Tricia Patrick Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Julie C Theobald Executive Director 3.0% of Rev
Allison Dolan Chief Content Offficer 1.6% of Rev
Brian Monk Chief Operations Officer 1.6% of Rev
Hans Weichhart Chief Membership Officer 1.3% of Rev
Marti Fowler Board Member
David Tate Hastings Treasurer
Helen Duranleau-Brennan Board Member
Scott Wilson Board President
Jeff Whiting Board Member
Gai Laing Jones Board President
Laurie Baskin Board Member
Hunter Bell Board Member
Scott Walker Board Member
Richard Frazier Board Member
Krista Carson Elhai Board Member
Carolina Garcia Board Member
Mark Drum Board Member
Erin Carr Board Member
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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
34 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Fewer than 3 peers found in OH for this NTEE subcategory; peer comparison would not be statistically meaningful.

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.