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
45
Score
Financial
20
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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 Hidden Hidden 18.2% 37 Fragile Gov Risk
2022 20.3% 37 Fragile Recovery
2021 16.8% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2020 32.3% 22 Critical Intervention Needed Gov Risk
2019 28.4% 22 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 27 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2017 17.7% 26 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 15.5% 20 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 14.1% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Miriam De Francisco Executive Director 11.0% of Rev
MIRIAM DE FRANCISCO EXECUTIVE DI 9.8% of Rev
Sara Valera Board Member 7.9% of Rev
SARA VALERA Board Member 7.4% of Rev
CHASTITY ACOSTA Board Member 0.8% of Rev
YAQUELIN CAZORLA Board Member 0.2% of Rev
YELINA ANGULO ESQ Board Member
PILAR FERNANDEZ Board Member
MARIA LEON VICE PRESIDE
LOURDES MARRERO Board Member
EFRAIN TORO Board Member
Chastity Acosta Board Member
Yelina Angulo Board Member
Yaquelin Cazorla Board Member
Monica Cordova Board Member
Pilar Fernandez Board Member
Maria Leon Board President
Lourdes Marrero Board Member
Efrain Toro Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MIRIAM DE FRANCISCO EXECUTIVE DI 7.1% of Rev
SARA VALERA Board Member 5.6% of Rev
CHASTITY ACOSTA Board Member
YELINA ANGULO Board Member
YAQUELIN CAZORLA Board Member
MONICA CORDOVA Board Member
PILAR FERNANDEZ Board Member
MARIA LEON VICE PRESIDE
LOURDES MARRERO Board Member
EFRAIN TORO Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MIRIAM DE FRANCISCO EXECUTIVE DI 5.5% of Rev
SARA VALERA Board Member 4.9% of Rev
CHASTITY ACOSTA Board Member
YELINA ANGULO Secretary
YAQUELIN CAZORLA Treasurer
MONICA CORDOVA Board Member
PILAR FERNANDEZ Board Member
MARIA LEON VICE PRESIDE
LOURDES MARRERO Board Member
EFRAIN TORO Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MIRIAM DE FRANCISCO EXECUTIVE DI 5.6% of Rev
SARA VALERA Board Member 5.2% of Rev
CHASTITY ACOSTA Board Member
YAQUELINE CAZORLA Treasurer
YELINA ANGULO ESQ Secretary
PILAR FERNANDEZ Board Member
MARIA LEON VICE PRESIDE
LOURDES MARRERO Board Member
EFRAIN TORO Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
20 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
45 / 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 244 other orgs in FL with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 29 points above the peer median (60 vs. 31).

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. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
  2. 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.