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
50
Score
Financial
5
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
2025 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 13.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 14.7% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 24.8% 43 Fragile Recovery
2020 18.2% 37 Fragile Recovery
2019 8.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 31.3% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2017 31.9% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2016 18.5% 45 Fragile Recovery
2015 22.1% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2014 19.8% 37 Fragile Stable Watch
2013 16.0% 37 Fragile Decline Risk
2012 47 Fragile Decline Risk
2011 57 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Alyssa Bell Jackson Executive Director 11.7% of Rev
Brian Johnston Board President
Lee Brumitt Board President
Mike Fischer Treasurer
Gus Jianas Secretary
Gary Hailes Board Member
Rory Kirk Board Member
Kim Gile Board Member
Edwin Lowndes Board Member
Zahid Nana Board Member
Sophie Rojas Board Member
Andrew Toews Board Member
Jessica Thatch Board Member

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lea Petrie Executive Director 13.6% of Rev
Brian Johnston Board President
Lee Brumitt Board President
Mike Fischer Treasurer
Gus Jianas Secretary
Kim Gile Board Member
Gary Hailes Board Member
Rory Kirk Board Member
Edwin Lowndes Board Member
Zahid Nana Board Member
Andrew Toews Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lea Petrie Executive Director 12.8% of Rev
Jennifer Trusty Board President
Brian Johnston Board President
Richard Fagerberg Treasurer
Jon Goodman Secretary
Alyssa Bell Board Member
Lee Brummitt Board Member
Rebecca Dowell Board Member
Michael Fischer Board Member
Gary Hailes Board Member
Benny Lee Board Member
Ronnie Metsker Board Member
Zahid Nana Board Member
Todd Newton Board Member
Rick Powell Board Member
James Prevost Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Lea Petrie Executive Director 11.4% of Rev
Sally Bibb Board President
Richard Fagerberg Board President
Rick Powell Treasurer
Eugene Hall Board President
Lee Brumitt Board Member
Michael Fischer Board Member
Jon Goodman Board Member
Karen Herman Board Member
Brian Johnston Board Member
Benny Lee Board Member
Ronnie Metsker Board Member
Zahid Nana Board Member
James Prevost Board Member
Jennifer Trusty Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Daniel Thomas Executive Director 7.5% of Rev
Sally Bibb Board President
Richard Fagerberg Board President
Rick Powell Treasurer
Eugene Hall Board President
Lee Brumitt Board Member
Michael Fischer Board Member
Jon Goodman Board Member
Karen Herman Board Member
Brian Johnston Board Member
Benny Lee Board Member
Ronnie Metsker Board Member
Zahid Nana Board Member
James Prevost Board Member
Jennifer Trusty Board Member
Lea Petrie Executive Director
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 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

Compared to 104 other orgs in MO with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 34 points below the peer median (5 vs. 39).

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.