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
38
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
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 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2023 47 Fragile Recovery
2022 23 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2021 21 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 26 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 21 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 45 Fragile Recovery
2017 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2016 51 Fragile Recovery
2015 31 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Philip Johnston Board Member
Andres Martin Board Member
James Stellar Board Member
Brad Lemack Board Member
Steve Aveson Board Member
Christopher Sarson Board Member
Joseph Shrand MD Founder CMO
Carol Shrand Treasurer
Lisa Volpe Secretary

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANDRES MARTIN Board Member
JAMES STELLAR Board Member
BRAD LEMACK Board Member
STEVE AVESON Board Member
CHRISTOPHER SARSON Board Member
JOSEPH A SHRAND MD Board President
CAROL M SHRAND Executive Director
LISA VOLPE Secretary
PHILIP W JOHNSTON Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
15 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
38 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Fewer than 3 peers found in MA for this NTEE subcategory; peer comparison would not be statistically meaningful.

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).

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