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
38
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
10
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 — — 7.7% 38 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 — — 5.4% 44 Fragile Recovery
2021 — — 6.9% 42 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — 5.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 — — 14.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 — — 5.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 5.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 — — 5.2% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 — — 5.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 — — 13.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 — — 13.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 — — 8.2% 40 Fragile Recovery
2011 — — 13.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JULIE THOMAS EXECUTIVE DI 7.7% of Rev
GAYLE ENGLOF Secretary —
MICHAEL KIKTA Board President —
JOSEPH MCCOY Board Member —
ARNOLD ROSEN Board Member —
RUSS STONEBACK 1ST VICE PRE —
TAMI GAUDREAU 2ND VICE PRE —
MATT GIEBEL Board Member —
COLIN PETERSON IMM. PAST PR —
ETHAN ZENTZ Treasurer —
MARY MARTIN Board Member —
MARK ZARNKE Board Member —
ROBIN GAUSEBECK Board Member —
FREDRIC KULLBERG Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JULIE THOMAS EXECUTIVE DI 7.6% of Rev
GAYLE ENGLOF Board Member —
MICHAEL KIKTA Board Member —
JOSEPH MCCOY IMM. PAST PR —
ARNOLD ROSEN Board Member —
JUDY BRIDGEMAN Board Member —
RUSS STONEBACK Board Member —
DONALD BANKS Board Member —
ANDY CONWAY Board Member —
TAMI GAUDREAU Secretary —
MATT GIEBEL Board Member —
COLIN PETERSON Board President —
ETHAN ZENTZ Treasurer —
JOHN JOHNSON Board Member —
MARY MARTIN Board Member —
MARK ZARNKE Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JULIE THOMAS EXECUTIVE DI 6.6% of Rev
THOMAS SANDQUIST IMM. PAST PR —
GAYLE ENGLOF Board Member —
MICHAEL KIKTA Board Member —
KERRY KNODLE Board Member —
JOSEPH MCCOY Board President —
ARNOLD ROSEN Board Member —
JUDY BRIDGEMAN Board Member —
GRANT W MOORE Secretary —
RUSS STONEBACK Board Member —
DONALD BANKS Board Member —
ANDY CONWAY Board Member —
TAMI GAUDREAU Board Member —
MATT GIEBEL Board Member —
CHRIS PERRY Board Member —
COLIN PETERSON VICE PRESIDE —
ETHAN ZENTZ Treasurer —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
STEVEN LARSEN MUSIC DIRECT 11.5% of Rev
JULIE THOMAS EXECUTIVE DI 6.6% of Rev
THOMAS SANDQUIST IMM. PAST PR —
STEVEN NAILOR Board Member —
GAYLE ENGLOF Board Member —
MICHAEL KIKTA Board Member —
KERRY KNODLE Treasurer —
JOSEPH MCCOY Board President —
ARNOLD ROSEN Board Member —
JUDY BRIDGEMAN Board Member —
GRANT W MOORE Secretary —
THOMAS E KRESS Board Member —
STEVE SCHOU VICE PRESIDE —
RUSS STONEBACK Board Member —
DONALD BANKS Board Member —
ANDY CONWAY Board Member —
TAMI GAUDREAU Board Member —
MATT GIEBEL Board Member —
CHRIS PERRY Board Member —
COLIN PETERSON Board Member —
ETHAN ZENTZ Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
10 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
38 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 376 other orgs in IL with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 47 points below the peer median (10 vs. 57).

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.