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
44
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
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2024
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 Hidden Hidden 9.6% 44 Fragile Recovery
2022 — — 15.3% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 — — 15.3% 37 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — 19.1% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 — — 15.3% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 — — 17.2% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 14.4% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 — — 13.8% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2015 — — 14.6% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 — — 15.3% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 — — 14.6% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2012 — — 15.9% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2011 — — 14.2% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SIGRID ZAEHRINGER Board President —
MARGARET ELLIS Board Member —
CAROL ANN WATKINS Board Member —
JEFF CONDIT Board Member —
CHAD ERVIN Treasurer —
JANE BAHLS EMERITUS —
MARTY KURTZ Board Member —
MAURA WARNER Secretary —
DEEPALI PHANSE Board Member —
JOEDY COOK Executive Dir. —

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DANIEL GLEASON Board President —
SIGRID ZAEHRINGER Board President —
MARGARET ELLIS Board Member —
CAROL ANN WATKINS Board Member —
NAMRATA MALLIK MD Board Member —
JEFF CONDIT Board Member —
ALEXANDRA ELIAS Board Member —
CHAD ERVIN Treasurer —
JANE BAHLS EMERITUS —
MARTY KURTZ Board Member —
MAURA WARNER Secretary —
ZACK MORTON Board Member —
DEEPALI PHANSE Board Member —
JOEDY COOK Executive Dir. —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DANIEL GLEASON Board President —
SIGRID ZAEHRINGER Board President —
CONNIE HECKERT Board Member —
CAROL ANN WATKINS Board Member —
NAMRATA MALLIK MD Board Member —
TODD HIRST Board President —
CHAD ERVIN Treasurer —
JANE BAHLS Board Member —
MARTY KURTZ Board Member —
MAURA WARNER Secretary —
JOEDY COOK Executive Dir. —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DANIEL GLEASON Board Member —
SIGRID ZAEHRINGER Board President —
CAROL ANN WATKINS Board Member —
NAMRATA MALLIK MD Board Member —
TODD HIRST Board President —
CAPT ALISON MCCRARY Board President —
CHAD ERVIN Treasurer —
JANE BAHLS Secretary —
MARTY KURTZ Board Member —
MAURA WARNER Board Member —
JOEDY COOK Executive Dir. —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SIGRID ZAEHRINGER Board President —
DR RICHARD A LYNCH Board Member —
CAROL ANN WATKINS Board Member —
NAMRATA MALLIK MD Board Member —
TODD HIRST Board Member —
CAPT ALISON MCCRARY Board President —
CHAD ERVIN Treasurer —
JANE BAHLS Secretary —
MARTY KURTZ Board President —
MAURA WARNER Board Member —
JOEDY COOK Executive Dir. —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
44 / 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 32 points below the peer median (25 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.