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
34
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
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2019
2020
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2022
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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 6.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2022 — — 3.5% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2021 — — 5.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2020 — — 5.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2019 — — 1.6% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2018 — — 5.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 5.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 — — 5.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 — — 6.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 — — 5.2% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 — — 2.7% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2012 — — 6.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KATIE HECKLINGER Executive Director 6.9% of Rev
MARILYN BALCOMBE EX OFFICIO —
STEVE BARBER Board President —
REBECCA CASTILLO Board Member —
CAROLINA CLAVIJO Treasurer —
JEANNE ELLINPORT Board Member —
WILLIAM ROBERTS ESQ Board Member —
BETSY HANLON Board Member —
HEATHER MADISON Board Member —
LARRY PASKA Board Member —
RUBEN ROSARIO Board Member —
JENNIFER RUSSEL Board President —
JERRY THERRIEN Board Member —
DALE TIBBITTS Board Member —
DRFRANK TREZZA Secretary —
WENDIE VELOZ Board Member —
ONNIE WATSON Board Member —
SANDY WRIGHT Board Member —

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KATIE HECKLINGER CHIEF EXEC. 6.8% of Rev
MARILYN BALCOMBE Board Member —
STEVE BARBER Board Member —
REBECCA CASTILLO Board Member —
CAROLINA CLAVIJO Board Member —
JOHN COLITON Board Member —
WILLIAM ROBERTS ESQ Board Member —
ROBERT A WEISHAAR JR Board President —
AJ NWOGA Treasurer —
STACEY ORMSBY Board President —
JENNIFER RUSSEL Board Member —
RACHEL SOWARDS Board Member —
JERRY THERRIEN Board Member —
DALE TIBBITTS Board Member —
DRFRANK TREZZA Secretary —
GREG WIMS Board Member —
SANDY WRIGHT Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LYNN ARNDT CHIEF EXEC.O 7.2% of Rev
JOHN G COMPTON Board President —
ROBERT A WEISHAAR JR Board President —
AJ NWOGA Treasurer —
STACEY ORMSBY Secretary —
YOLANDA GAINEY Board Member —
GRACIELA RIVERA-OVEN Board Member —
MICHAEL ROBERTS Board Member —
JENNIFER RUSSEL Board Member —
JERRY THERRIEN Board Member —
CRYSTAL CARR TOWNSEND Board Member —
DRFRANK TREZZA Board Member —
CAROL WILLIAMS Board Member —
TRACI ANDERSON Board Member —
GABRIEL ACEVERO Board Member —
CAROLINA CLAVIJO Board Member —
SHERYL FISHEL Board Member —
WILLIAM ROBERTS Board Member —
GREG WIMS Board Member —
SANDY WRIGHT Board Member —
KATIE HECKLINGER CHIEF EXEC. —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LYNN ARNDT CHIEF EXEC. 3.6% of Rev
JOHN G COMPTON Board President —
ROBERT A WEISHAAR JR Board President —
AJ NWOGA Treasurer —
STACEY TERRY ORMSBY Secretary —
TRACI ANDERSON Board Member —
FRANK G BOSSONG IV PE Board Member —
YOLANDA GAINEY Board Member —
STEPHANIE GRAVES Board Member —
MELANIE HOFFMAN Board Member —
CATHERINE MATTHEWS Board Member —
GRACIELA RIVERA-OVEN Board Member —
MICHAEL ROBERTS Board Member —
JENNIFER RUSSEL Board Member —
JERRY THERRIEN Board Member —
CRYSTAL CARR TOWNSEND Board Member —
FRANK TREZZA Board Member —
CAROL WILLIAMS Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LYNN ARNDT CHIEF EXEC.O 1.8% of Rev
MELANE KINNEY HOFFMAN Board President —
JOHN G COMPTON Board President —
ROBERT A WEISHAAR JR Secretary —
AJ NWOGA Treasurer —
FRANK G BOSSONG Board Member —
YOLANDA GAINEY Board Member —
MICHAEL ROBERTS Board Member —
JENNIFER RUSSEL Board Member —
CATHERINE MATTHEWS Board Member —
SYLKE KNUPPEL Board Member —
STACEY TERRY ORMSBY Board Member —
JERRY THERRIEN Board Member —
CRYSTAL CARR TOWNSEND Board Member —
DRFRANK TREZZA Board Member —
TRACI ANDERSON Board Member —
CAROL MCCRAY WILLIAMS Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
34 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 163 other orgs in MD with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 58 points below the peer median (0 vs. 58).

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.