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 242 other orgs in VA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 48 points below the peer median (5 vs. 53).

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.