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
37
Score
Governance
58
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
2023 5.0% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 4.0% 39 Financially Distressed Recovery
2021 5.9% 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2020 5.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 4.1% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2018 5.4% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2017 2.2% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2016 8.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 7.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 6.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 7.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 8.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2011 7.9% 40 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIE OH BROWN Executive Director 6.1% of Rev
BRANDON VIXON Board President
BRITTANY VIOLA Board President
BRYAN MILLER Board Member
DELANO O'BANION Board Member
HENRY E TURNER Board President
JEN AUGELLO Board Member
JENNIFER MYERBERG Board Member
JAMES JIM FRANKLIN Board Member
JOHN SANDWICK Board Member
JOHN SCHLADWEILER Board Member
JOSH BUTLER Board Member
KELLY HOWE Board President
KUANG-HAO HUANG Board Member
MARIA SMITH Board Member
NITIN BHOJRAJ Board Member
RICHARD BLESSEN Board Member
ROSS BRICKER Board President
SARA FISHER Board Member
SAURAB BHARGAVA Artistic Director
SHIV IYER Board President
SOPHIE MCCARTHY Board Member
PAM CONROY Treasurer
STACIE DENNIS Treasurer
TYLER FORBES Board President
YASUKO METCALF Board Member
ZACHARY LAZAR Board Member
SUSAN NUTSON Board Member
ANGELA O'BANION Secretary

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SUSAN LAPE EXECUTIVE DI 5.5% of Rev
ROSS BRICKER Board President
HENRY E TURNER JR GOVERNANCE
KELLY HOWE DEVELOPMENT
SAURAB BHARGAVA Artistic Director
PAM CONROY Treasurer
ANGELA O'BANION Secretary
TYLER FORBES Board Member
SOPHIE MCCARTHY Board Member
LIONEL GO Board Member
JAMES M FRANKLIN Board Member
BRYAN MILLER Board Member
JIMMY SAMARTZIS Board Member
DELANO O'BANION Board Member
STEPHEN L SCHWARTZ Board Member
SHAWN O'LEARY Board Member
BRITTANY L VIOLA Board Member
JOHN SANDWICK Board Member
YASUKO METCALF Board Member
VALERIE CALLOWAY Board Member
RICHARD BLESSEN Board Member
MADALYNE TREGELLAS INTERIM ED

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SUSAN LAPE EXECUTIVE DI 4.8% of Rev
ROSS BRICKER Board President
HENRY E TURNER JR Board President
PAM CONROY Treasurer
ANGELA O'BANION Secretary
CHRIS HENSLEY GOVERNANCE C
SAURAB BHARGAVA Artistic Director
KELLY HOWE DEVELOPMENT
LIONEL GO Board Member
JAMES M FRANKLIN Board Member
BRYAN MILLER Board Member
JIMMY SAMARTZIS Board Member
DELANO O'BANION Board Member
TYLER FORBES Board Member
STEPHEN L SCHWARTZ Board Member
SUSAN BOHMAN Board Member
BRITTANY L VIOLA Board Member
JOHN SANDWICK Board Member
YASUKO METCALF Board Member
VALERIE CALLOWAY Board Member
RICHARD BLESSEN Board Member
SHAWN O'LEARY Board Member
SOPHIE MCCARTHY Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SUSAN LAPE EXECUTIVE DI 4.8% of Rev
HENRY E TURNER JR Board President
ROB HANLON Treasurer
ANGELA O'BANION Secretary
ROSS BRICKER DEVELOPMENT
CHRIS HENSLEY GOVERNANCE C
SAURAB BHARGAVA Artistic Director
ALISON S DONNELLY Board Member
JAMES M FRANKLIN Board Member
BRYAN MILLER Board Member
JIMMY SAMARTZIS Board Member
DELANO O'BANION Board Member
PAM CONROY Board Member
STEPHEN L SCHWARTZ Board Member
DOUGLAS CARROLL Board Member
BRITTANY L VIOLA Board Member
JOHN SANDWICK Board Member
KELLY HOWE Board Member
YASUKO METCALF Board Member
VALERIE CALLOWAY Board Member
RICHARD BLESSEN Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
37 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 195 other orgs in IL with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 31 points below the peer median (5 vs. 36).

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.