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
40
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
20
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
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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
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2024 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 — — 13.0% 40 Fragile Recovery
2022 — — 17.3% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 — — 16.3% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 — — 22.9% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 — — 12.7% 43 Fragile Recovery
2018 — — 12.5% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2017 — — 16.2% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 — — 19.5% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2015 — — 29.1% 24 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2014 — — — 43 Financially Distressed Recovery
2013 — — — 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 — — — 37 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Erik Hanson Executive Director 15.2% of Rev
Richard Israel Board President —
Trenton Lawton Board President —
Warren Wilson Secretary —
Joe Lee Treasurer —
Davida Bourgeois Board Member —
Samuel Cameron Board Member —
Cynthia Goodwin Board Member —
Chris Helm Board Member —
Sadie Josephs Board Member —
Janet Livingstone Board Member —
Angela Moorer Board Member —
Gordon Thomson Board Member —
Ciera Marie Young Board Member —

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Erik Hanson Executive Director 13.8% of Rev
Cynthia Goodwin Board President —
Warren Wilson Secretary —
Laura DelVillar Treasurer —
Samuel Cameron Board Member —
Adriana Giordano Board Member —
Chris Helm Board Member —
Richard Israel Board Member —
Trenton Lawton Board Member —
Janet Livingstone Board Member —
Angela Moorer Board Member —
Jennifer Stanton Board Member —
Gordon Thomson Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Erik Hanson Executive Director 12.0% of Rev
Laura DelVillar Treasurer —
Bill Berry Board Member —
Samuel Cameron Board Member —
Chris Helm Board Member —
Peter Igel Board Member —
Bertina Judd Board Member —
Diane Panagiotopoulos Board Member —
Marcy Reed Board Member —
Gordon Thomson Board Member —
Julia Walton Board Member —
Cynthia Goodwin Board President —
Mike Blome Board President —
Warren Wilson Secretary —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Erik Hanson Executive Director 8.2% of Rev
Cynthia Goodwin Board President —
Mike Blome Board President —
Warren Wilson Secretary —
Laura DelVillar Treasurer —
Bill Berry Board Member —
Samuel Cameron Board Member —
Rebecca Elder Board Member —
Peter Igel Board Member —
Bertina Judd Board Member —
Diane Panagiotopoulos Board Member —
Marcy Reed Board Member —
Gordon Thomson Board Member —
Julia Walton Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Erik Hanson Executive Director 7.9% of Rev
Cynthia Goodwin Board President —
Mike Blome Board President —
Dennis Asis Treasurer —
Warren Wilson Secretary —
Mary Muncey Board Member —
Julia Walton Board Member —
Rebecca Elder Board Member —
Gordon Thomson Board Member —
Peter Igel Board Member —
Diane Panagiotopoulos Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
20 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
40 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 332 other orgs in WA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 32 points below the peer median (20 vs. 52).

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.