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
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 221 other orgs in NC with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 47 points below the peer median (5 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.

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.