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
36
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
5
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
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
2025 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 Hidden Hidden 9.1% 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 42 Fragile Recovery
2021 18.1% 35 Fragile Recovery
2020 10.1% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2019 12.0% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 11.4% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 11.4% 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 13.1% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 5.6% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 12.2% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2013 15.8% 37 Fragile Stable Watch
2012 25.1% 36 Fragile Gov Risk

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNY BURDEN EXECUTIVE DI 9.7% of Rev
AUSTIN SACHS Treasurer
RUBY HOSTETLER VICE PRESIDE
PAUL RINER PAST PRESIDE
BETH HARTER Secretary
VALERIE SMITH Board Member
INGRID DE SANCTIS BOARD DIRECT
CAROL FLEMING BOARD DIRECT
SUZANNE MCCAHILL PERRINE BOARD DIRECT
MARY ROUSE BOARD DIRECT
KATHERINE SCHWARTZ BOARD DIRECT
ARNITA TALIAFERRO BOARD DIRECT
DERIK TRISSEL BOARD DIRECT
PUCK WADE BOARD DIRECT

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNY BURDEN EXECUTIVE DI 9.1% of Rev
PAUL RINER Board President
RUBY HOSTETLER VICE PRESIDE
BETH HARTER Secretary
WESLEY RUSS Treasurer
JENNIFER WHITMORE BOARD DIRECT
BEN LAMBERT BOARD DIRECT
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOARD DIRECT
MAUREEN PEARSON BOARD DIRECT
MARY ROUSE BOARD DIRECT
AUSTIN SACHS BOARD DIRECT
KATHERINE SCHWARTZ BOARD DIRECT
ARNITA TALIAFERRO BOARD DIRECT
DERIK TRISSEL BOARD DIRECT

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNY BURDEN EXECUTIVE DI 7.6% of Rev
LOUISE HOSTETTER Board President
PAUL RINER VICE PRESIDE
WESLEY RUSS Treasurer
KAY ARTHUR Secretary
TOM ARTHUR BOARD DIRECT
JP GULLA BOARD DIRECT
MARY ROUSE BOARD DIRECT
KATHERINE SCHWARTZ BOARD DIRECT
RUBY HOSTETLER BOARD DIRECT
DERIK TRISSEL BOARD DIRECT
DON TAYLOR BOARD DIRECT
SUSAN COMFORT BOARD DIRECT
ANN LEATHERWOOD BOARD DIRECT
LETITIA BATES BOARD DIRECT
JENNIFER WHITMORE BOARD DIRECT
ANDREA CHAUVIN BOARD DIRECT
BEN LAMBERT BOARD DIRECT
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BOARD DIRECT
PRENA SCHOLFIELD BOARD DIRECT
WILLIAM SNYDER III BOARD DIRECT
ELIZABETH WISLAR BOARD DIRECT

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LOUISE HOSTETTER Board President
PAUL RINER VICE PRESIDE
WESLEY RUSS Treasurer
STEPHAN HESS Secretary
KAY ARTHUR BOARD DIRECT
TOM ARTHUR BOARD DIRECT
JOANNE GABBIN BOARD DIRECT
ANGIE BARKER BOARD DIRECT
JP GULLA BOARD DIRECT
BETH HARTER BOARD DIRECT
JOHN ROSE BOARD DIRECT
MARY ROUSE BOARD DIRECT
KATHERINE SCHWARTZ BOARD DIRECT
JOSHUA STREETER BOARD DIRECT
RUBY HOSTETLER BOARD DIRECT
DERIK TRISSEL BOARD DIRECT
DON TAYLOR BOARD DIRECT
SUSAN COMFORT BOARD DIRECT
JENNY BURDEN EXECUTIVE DI

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNY BURDEN EXECUTIVE DI 7.3% of Rev
LOUISE HOSTETTER Board President
PAUL RINER VICE PRESIDE
JENNIFER WHITMORE PAST PRESIDE
WESLEY RUSS Treasurer
STEPHAN HESS Secretary
KAY ARTHUR BOARD DIRECT
TOM ARTHUR BOARD DIRECT
JOANNE GABBIN BOARD DIRECT
ANGIE BARKER BOARD DIRECT
JP GULLA BOARD DIRECT
BETH HARTER BOARD DIRECT
JOHN ROSE BOARD DIRECT
MARY ROUSE BOARD DIRECT
WESLEY RUSS BOARD DIRECT
KATHERINE SCHWARTZ BOARD DIRECT
JOSHUA STREETER BOARD DIRECT
RUBY HOSTETLER BOARD DIRECT
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
36 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 146 other orgs in VA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 31 points below the peer median (5 vs. 36).

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.