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
37
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
5
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
2013
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 4.0% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2023 Hidden Hidden 4.8% 39 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 2.9% 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2021 22.1% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2020 6.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 6.1% 36 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2018 5.7% 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2017 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 5.9% 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2015 5.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 6.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 6.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 6.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LISA CRAWFORD Executive Director 4.0% of Rev
ZIAD FLEIHAN Board Member
GIGI RENAUD Board President
GARSON RICE Artistic Director
ERIC ELEY Board Member
ELIZABETH HEARD Board President
DOUG BOIKE Board President
DK JEONG Board Member
DEREK GRACEY Board Member
DENNIS STEARNS Board President
DAVID F PARKER Board Member
DARREN COSSAART Board Member
DALE PHIPPS Board Member
COREY WILLIAMS Board Member
CLIFF THOMPSON Secretary
CHRIS PEELE Board Member
CHESLEY KENNEDY Board President
CHERYL FELTGEN Treasurer
CHARLES CALKINS Board President
CAROLINA JONES Board Member
CAROLE L MOORE Board Member
CAROL RAUCH Board Member
BRIAN GRAHAM Board Member
BOB KLEPFER JR Board President
BILL SMITH Board Member
JASON CALDWELL Board Member
BERT DAVIS JR Board Member
JESSICA KETNER Board Member
JONATHAN SMITH Board President
VALENCIA HILL Board Member
TIM GIBSON Board Member
SUZANNE JOHNSON Board Member
SUSAN SCHWARTZ Board President
SHAWN HOUCK Board President
RYAN HERRING Board Member
ROBERT GREEN Treasurer
RHONDA BENTZ Board President
PEGGY HAMILTON Board President
PEGGY FOLLIN Board Member
ORTON JONES Board Member
NICK BLACKWOOD Board Member
MYRON WHITE Board Member
MYRNA CARLOCK Board Member
MIRANDA STEPHANI Board Member
MARILYN GREEN Board Member
MANUEL DUDLEY Board Member
MAGGIE TRIPLETTE Board Member
LISA LLOYD Board Member
LEE RICHEY Board President
LAURA GREEN Board President
KATHLEEN WHITMIRE Board Member
JOHN SPECKHARD Board Member
BERNIE MANN Board Member
RYAN HOMER Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DMITRY SITKOVETSKY Board Member 4.1% of Rev
LISA CRAWFORD Executive Director 3.5% of Rev
DOUG BOIKE CHAIRMAN
CHARLES CALKINS Board President
MYRNA CARLOCK Secretary
MARY INGRAM Vice President
PEGGY FOLLIN Board Member
TIMOTHY GIBSON Board Member
BLAKE JENNINGS Board Member
LISA LLOYD Board Member
DALE PHIPPS Board Member
CAROL RAUCH Board Member
ODED SHEIN Board Member
MARK WATSON Board Member
LAURA GREEN CHAIRMAN - ELECT
PEGGY HAMILTON Board President
RYAN HOMER Treasurer
SHAWN HOUCK Board President
KATHLEEN WHITMIRE Board Member
MYRON WHITE Board Member
COREY WILLIAMS Board Member
CHES KENNEDY Board President
MATTHEW WISE Board Member
VANESSA CARROLL Board Member
ZIAD FLEIHAN Board Member
DK JEONG Board Member
SUZANNE JOHNSON Board Member
PATRICK LANIER Board Member
BILL SMITH Board Member
SCOTT BENSON Board Member
CHERYL FELTGEN Board Member
PHIL PETROS Treasurer
JOHN RILEY Board Member
ELISABETH STAMBAUGH Board Member
GARSON RICE Artistic Director
MIRANDA STEPHANI Board Member
MAGGIE TRIPLETTE Board Member
JAMES WALSH Board Member
VANESSA SKENES Board President
JONATHAN SMITH Board President
CLIFF THOMPSON Secretary
DEBBIE DAITTILLIO Board President
BROOKE FIELDS Board President
BERT DAVIS Board Member
MANUEL DUDLEY Board Member
ERIC ELEY Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
DMITRY SITKOVETSKY Board Member 4.3% of Rev
DMITRY SITKOVETSKY Board Member 4.1% of Rev
LISA CRAWFORD Executive Director 3.6% of Rev
LISA CRAWFORD Executive Director 3.5% of Rev
KATHY AMATA Board Member
DENNIS ASKEW Board Member
DOUG BOIKE CHAIRMAN ELECT
CHARLES CALKINS Board Member
MYRNA CARLOCK Secretary
VANESSA CARROLL Board Member
CHIP COMPTON CHAIRMAN
LINDA CYKERT Board Member
BERT DAVIS JR Board Member
MANUEL DUDLEY Board Member
ERIC ELEY Board Member
CHERYL FELTGEN Board Member
ZIAD FLEIHAN Board Member
PEGGY FOLLIN Board Member
TIM GIBSON Board Member
LAURA GREEN Board Member
ROBERT GREEN Board President
PEGGY HAMILTON Board President
RYAN HOMER Treasurer
SHAWN HOUCK Secretary
BLAKE JENNINGS Board Member
DK JEONG Board Member
CAROLINE JONES Board Member
CHES KENNEDY Board Member
BOB KLEPFER JR Board Member
KATIE KLOD Board President
KIM LITTRELL Board President
LISA LLOYD Board Member
BERNIE MANN Board Member
KATHY MANNING Board Member
CAROLE MOORE Board Member
WYN PALMER Board Member
DAVID F PARKER Board Member
PHIL PETROS Treasurer
DALE PHIPPS Board Member
CAROL RAUCH Board Member
GARSON RICE CHAIRMAN
JOHN RILEY Board Member
KIM RILEY Board Member
SUSAN SCHWARTZ Board Member
ODED SHEIN Board Member
VANESSA SKENES Board President
JONATHAN SMITH Board President
WILLIAM SMITH Board Member
PETER SOJKA Board Member
RONDA SZYMANSKI Board President
CLIFF THOMPSON Board Member
JAMES WALSH Board Member
MYRON WHITE Board Member
KATHLEEN WHITMIRE Board Member
COREY WILLIAMS Board Member
MARK WATSON Board Member
MATT WISE Board Member
ELISABETH STAMBAUGH Board Member
DENNIS STEARNS Board Member
KATHY AMATA Board Member
DENNIS ASKEW Board Member
DOUG BOIKE CHAIRMAN
CHARLES CALKINS Board President
MYRNA CARLOCK Secretary
VANESSA CARROLL Board Member
CHIP COMPTON Board President
LINDA CYKERT Board Member
BERT DAVIS JR Board Member
MANUEL DUDLEY Board Member
ERIC ELEY Board Member
CHERYL FELTGEN Board Member
ZIAD FLEIHAN Board Member
PEGGY FOLLIN Board Member
TIM GIBSON Board Member
LAURA GREEN CHAIRMAN - ELECT
ROBERT GREEN Board President
PEGGY HAMILTON Board President
RYAN HOMER Treasurer
SHAWN HOUCK Board President
BLAKE JENNINGS Board Member
DK JEONG Board Member
CAROLINE JONES Board Member
CHES KENNEDY Board President
BOB KLEPFER JR Board Member
SUZANNE JOHNSON Board Member
KIM KETCHUM Board Member
LISA LLOYD Board Member
BERNIE MANN Board Member
KATHY MANNING Board Member
CAROLE MOORE Board Member
PATRICK LANIER Board Member
DAVID F PARKER Board Member
PHIL PETROS Treasurer
DALE PHIPPS Board Member
CAROL RAUCH Board Member
GARSON RICE Artistic Director
JOHN RILEY Board Member
KIM RILEY Board Member
SUSAN SCHWARTZ Board Member
ODED SHEIN Board Member
VANESSA SKENES Board President
JONATHAN SMITH Board President
WILLIAM SMITH Board Member
MIRANDA STEFANI Board Member
RONDA SZYMANSKI Board Member
CLIFF THOMPSON Secretary
JAMES WALSH Board Member
MYRON WHITE Board Member
KATHLEEN WHITMIRE Board Member
COREY WILLIAMS Board Member
MARK WATSON Board Member
MATT WISE Board Member
ELISABETH STAMBAUGH Board Member
DENNIS STEARNS Board Member
DEBBIE DAITTILLIO Board President
BROOKE FIELDS Board President
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
37 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 145 other orgs in NC with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 32 points below the peer median (5 vs. 37).

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.