Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
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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
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Structural Deficit ↓
Overall
32
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score
Title
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Institutions
-
Avg Revenue
-
Risk Profile
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Structural Deficit
Historical Performance
| Year | Revenue | Top Comp | Comp % Rev | Score | Phase Label | Outlook | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hidden | Hidden | 9.4% | 32 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2022 | — | — | 6.3% | 32 | Critical Intervention Needed | Recovery | |
| 2021 | — | — | 19.0% | 29 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2020 | — | — | 23.8% | 29 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2019 | — | — | 13.4% | 31 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2018 | — | — | 8.4% | 34 | Critical Intervention Needed | Recovery | |
| 2017 | — | — | 7.8% | 32 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2016 | — | — | 8.5% | 32 | Critical Intervention Needed | Decline Risk | |
| 2015 | — | — | 8.4% | 32 | Critical Intervention Needed | Decline Risk | |
| 2014 | — | — | 8.5% | 32 | Critical Intervention Needed | Decline Risk | |
| 2013 | — | — | 6.7% | 34 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2012 | — | — | 4.4% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Stable Watch | |
| 2011 | — | — | 6.0% | 34 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch |
Officer compensation history
Tax year 2023
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Gillespie | Executive Director | 5.9% of Rev | ||
| Katarina Weir | Executive Director | 5.5% of Rev | ||
| John Mason | Board Member | — | ||
| Rolf Meijer-Werner | Board Member | — | ||
| Margarita Mitrov | Board Member | — | ||
| Jorge Montoya | Board Member | — | ||
| Pilar O'Leary | Board Member | — | ||
| Ricardo Obert Martinez | Board Member | — | ||
| Michael Olding | Board Member | — | ||
| Gaston Ormazabal | Board Member | — | ||
| Maria Benilde Ortiz | Board Member | — | ||
| Nelson Ortiz | Board Member | — | ||
| Thomas Pheasant | Board Member | — | ||
| Juan Emilio Posada | Board Member | — | ||
| Andrew C Quale | Board Member | — | ||
| Drina Rendic | Board Member | — | ||
| Juan Carlos Rincones | Board Member | — | ||
| Nuria Malla Robles | Board Member | — | ||
| Javier Sancho | Board Member | — | ||
| Guillermo Schultz | Board Member | — | ||
| David M Schwarz | Board Member | — | ||
| Pepita Serrano | Board Member | — | ||
| Nathan Shabot | Board Member | — | ||
| Suzanne Siskel | Board Member | — | ||
| Jody Steiger | Board Member | — | ||
| Barron M Tenny | Board Member | — | ||
| Enrique Valdez | Board Member | — | ||
| John Waterston | Board Member | — | ||
| Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg | Chairman | — | ||
| Mark Churchill | Vice Chairman | — | ||
| Carol Grefenstette-Bates | Treasurer | — | ||
| Cecilia Schultz | Secretary | — | ||
| Carlos Arellano | Board Member | — | ||
| David J Bates | Board Member | — | ||
| Pauline Beck | Board Member | — | ||
| Arturo Brillembourg | Board Member | — | ||
| Elisabeth Brillembourg | Board Member | — | ||
| Teresa Bulgheroni | Board Member | — | ||
| Cristina Burelli | Board Member | — | ||
| Pedro Burelli | Board Member | — | ||
| Mario Cader-Frech | Board Member | — | ||
| Jane Lipton Cafritz | Board Member | — | ||
| Nigel Clarke | Board Member | — | ||
| Terry Coles | Board Member | — | ||
| Lizette Corro | Board Member | — | ||
| Gemma Crews de Arellano | Board Member | — | ||
| Felipe Antonio Custer | Board Member | — | ||
| Jorge De La Guardia | Board Member | — | ||
| Isabel Ernst | Board Member | — | ||
| Ricardo Ernst | Board Member | — | ||
| Gabriela Febres-Cordero | Board Member | — | ||
| Alejandro Figueroa Jaramillo | Board Member | — | ||
| Leonor Filardo | Board Member | — | ||
| Leonor Gonzalez-Luft | Board Member | — | ||
| Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla | Board Member | — | ||
| Luciana Gonzalez-Revilla | Board Member | — | ||
| Ron Goodman | Board Member | — | ||
| William Haseltine | Board Member | — | ||
| Barbara Herrera de Garza | Board Member | — | ||
| Carlos Lacayo | Board Member | — | ||
| Maria Lacayo | Board Member | — | ||
| Donna Lauderdale | Board Member | — | ||
| Daniel Levinas | Board Member | — | ||
| JoAnn Mason | Board Member | — |
Tax year 2022
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Gillespie | Executive Director | 5.5% of Rev | ||
| Katarina Weir | Executive Director | 5.3% of Rev | ||
| Katarina Weir | Executive Director | 4.8% of Rev | ||
| Mark Gillespie | Executive Director | 4.8% of Rev | ||
| Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg | Chairman | — | ||
| Mark Churchill | Vice Chairman | — | ||
| Carol Grefenstette Bates | Treasurer | — | ||
| Cecilia Schultz | Secretary | — | ||
| David J Bates | Board Member | — | ||
| Pauline Beck | Board Member | — | ||
| Arturo Brillembourg | Board Member | — | ||
| Elisabeth Brillembourg | Board Member | — | ||
| Teresa Bulgheroni | Board Member | — | ||
| Cristina Burelli | Board Member | — | ||
| Pedro Burelli | Board Member | — | ||
| Mario Cader-Frech | Board Member | — | ||
| Jane Lipton Cafritz | Board Member | — | ||
| Nigel Clarke | Board Member | — | ||
| Margarita Copello de Rodriguez | Board Member | — | ||
| Lizette Corro | Board Member | — | ||
| Felipe Antonio Custer | Board Member | — | ||
| Isabel Ernst | Board Member | — | ||
| Ricardo Ernst | Board Member | — | ||
| Gabriela Febres-Cordero | Board Member | — | ||
| Alejandro Figueroa Jaramillo | Board Member | — | ||
| Leonor Filardo | Board Member | — | ||
| Leonor Gonzalez-Luft | Board Member | — | ||
| Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla | Board Member | — | ||
| Luciana Gonzalez-Revilla | Board Member | — | ||
| Ron Goodman | Board Member | — | ||
| William Haseltine | Board Member | — | ||
| Barbara Herrera de Garza | Board Member | — | ||
| Carlos Lacayo | Board Member | — | ||
| Maria Benilde Lacayo | Board Member | — | ||
| Donna Lauderdale | Board Member | — | ||
| Daniel Levinas | Board Member | — | ||
| Mirella Levinas | Board Member | — | ||
| John Mason | Board Member | — | ||
| JoAnn Mason | Board Member | — | ||
| Rolf Meijer-Werner | Board Member | — | ||
| Jorge Montoya | Board Member | — | ||
| Pilar O'Leary | Board Member | — | ||
| Ricardo Obert Martinez | Board Member | — | ||
| Michael Olding | Board Member | — | ||
| Gaston Ormazabal | Board Member | — | ||
| Maria Benilde Ortiz | Board Member | — | ||
| Nelson Ortiz | Board Member | — | ||
| Efrain Paesky | Board Member | — | ||
| Thomas Pheasant | Board Member | — | ||
| Juan Emilio Posada | Board Member | — | ||
| Andrew C Quale | Board Member | — | ||
| Drina Rendic | Board Member | — | ||
| Juan Carlos Rincones | Board Member | — | ||
| Nuria Malla Robles | Board Member | — | ||
| Javier Sancho | Board Member | — | ||
| Guillermo Schultz | Board Member | — | ||
| David M Schwarz | Board Member | — | ||
| Pepita Serrano | Board Member | — | ||
| Nathan Shabot | Board Member | — | ||
| Suzanne Siskel | Board Member | — | ||
| Jody Steiger | Board Member | — | ||
| Barron M Tenny | Board Member | — | ||
| Enrique Valdez | Board Member | — | ||
| John Waterston | Board Member | — | ||
| Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg | Chairman | — | ||
| Mark Churchill | Vice Chairman | — | ||
| Carol Grefenstette Bates | Treasurer | — | ||
| Cecilia Schultz | Secretary | — | ||
| David J Bates | Board Member | — | ||
| Pauline Beck | Board Member | — | ||
| Arturo Brillembourg | Board Member | — | ||
| Elisabeth Brillembourg | Board Member | — | ||
| Teresa Bulgheroni | Board Member | — | ||
| Cristina Burelli | Board Member | — | ||
| Pedro Burelli | Board Member | — | ||
| Mario Cader-Frech | Board Member | — | ||
| Jane Lipton Cafritz | Board Member | — | ||
| Nigel Clarke | Board Member | — | ||
| Terry Coles | Board Member | — | ||
| Lizette Corro | Board Member | — | ||
| Felipe Antonio Custer | Board Member | — | ||
| Isabel Ernst | Board Member | — | ||
| Ricardo Ernst | Board Member | — | ||
| Gabriela Febres-Cordero | Board Member | — | ||
| Alejandro Figueroa Jaramillo | Board Member | — | ||
| Leonor Filardo | Board Member | — | ||
| Leonor Gonzalez-Luft | Board Member | — | ||
| Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla | Board Member | — | ||
| Luciana Gonzalez-Revilla | Board Member | — | ||
| Ron Goodman | Board Member | — | ||
| William Haseltine | Board Member | — | ||
| Barbara Herrera de Garza | Board Member | — | ||
| Carlos Lacayo | Board Member | — | ||
| Maria Lacayo | Board Member | — | ||
| Donna Lauderdale | Board Member | — | ||
| Daniel Levinas | Board Member | — | ||
| Mirella Levinas | Board Member | — | ||
| John Mason | Board Member | — | ||
| JoAnn Mason | Board Member | — | ||
| Rolf Meijer-Werner | Board Member | — | ||
| Jorge Montoya | Board Member | — | ||
| Pilar O'Leary | Board Member | — | ||
| Ricardo Obert Martinez | Board Member | — | ||
| Michael Olding | Board Member | — | ||
| Gaston Ormazabal | Board Member | — | ||
| Maria Benilde Ortiz | Board Member | — | ||
| Nelson Ortiz | Board Member | — | ||
| Jorge De La Guardia | Board Member | — | ||
| Thomas Pheasant | Board Member | — | ||
| Juan Emilio Posada | Board Member | — | ||
| Andrew C Quale | Board Member | — | ||
| Drina Rendic | Board Member | — | ||
| Juan Carlos Rincones | Board Member | — | ||
| Nuria Malla Robles | Board Member | — | ||
| Javier Sancho | Board Member | — | ||
| Guillermo Schultz | Board Member | — | ||
| David M Schwarz | Board Member | — | ||
| Pepita Serrano | Board Member | — | ||
| Nathan Shabot | Board Member | — | ||
| Suzanne Siskel | Board Member | — | ||
| Jody Steiger | Board Member | — | ||
| Barron M Tenny | Board Member | — | ||
| Enrique Valdez | Board Member | — | ||
| John Waterston | Board Member | — | ||
| Margarita Mitrov | 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
32 / 100
Priority Review
The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →
Peer comparison
Compared to 106 other orgs in DC with NTEE prefix A6.
Most-divergent component: financial score sits 52 points below the peer median (0 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.
Overall score has gone from 31 → 32 over 5 years (improving by 1 points).
What's driving this score
- Comp-to-revenue ratio of 9.4% sits within the sector's healthy band (18–22%).
- Financial resilience score in the bottom quartile — reserves and liabilities ratios warrant review.
What would change this score
The two changes that would most improve this score:
- 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.