Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Stable
Trajectory Thumbprint

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
45
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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 —
2023 Hidden Hidden — 45 Fragile Recovery
2022 — — — 41 Financially Distressed Recovery
2021 — — 19.8% 41 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — — 41 Financially Distressed Recovery
2019 — — — 38 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2018 — — 11.1% 40 Financially Distressed Recovery
2017 — — 12.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 — — 10.8% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 — — 11.9% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
STEFFANIE PEARCE Board Member 7.7% of Rev
MICHELLE WESTLEY Board Member 5.3% of Rev
Elaine Christian Treasurer —
Ryan Rupert Board Member —
Peter Bewley Board Member —
Beverly Wernette Board Member —
Steffanie Pearce Board President —
Carol Fabiano Board Member —
Stephanie Schwetz Chairman —
Michelle Westly Secretary —
CAROLE FABIANO Board Member —
BEVERLY WERNETTE Board Member —
STEPHANIE SCHWETZ CHAIRMAN —
ELAINE CHRISTIAN Treasurer —
RYAN RUPERT Board Member —
PETER BEWLEY Board Member —
KIM SHAND Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ELAINE CHRISTIAN Board Member —
RYAN RUPERT Board Member —
PETER BEWLEY Board Member —
BEVERLY WERNETTE Board Member —
STEFFANIE PEARCE Board President —
CAROLE FABIANO Board Member —
STEPHANIE SCHWETZ Board President —
MICHELLE WESTLEY Secretary —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Beverly Wernette Board Member —
Linda Coyle Board Member —
Larry Waller Board President —
Steffanie Pearce Board President —
Stephanie Schwetz Board President —
Michelle Westley Secretary —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
45 / 100
Stable

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 292 other orgs in FL with NTEE prefix A2.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 47 points below the peer median (25 vs. 72).

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.