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
32
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Structural Deficit

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 — — 6.0% 40 Fragile Recovery
2021 — — 6.7% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2020 — — 8.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 — — 7.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 — — 4.2% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2017 — — 3.5% 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2016 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2011 — — 5.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2010 — — 5.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
GARDINER MATTHEW Board Member 1.7% of Rev
BOLAND MAGGIE Board Member 1.5% of Rev
STANLEY CHRISTINE Board Member 1.3% of Rev
BUZZELL JENNIFER Board Member 1.3% of Rev
GROSS JAMES GENERAL MANAGER 1.1% of Rev
GRANT JEFFERY Board Member 1.0% of Rev
BUNNS VALERIE Treasurer 0.9% of Rev
ANGUS BARBARA Board President —
BARGER J MAX Treasurer —
BELL JEFF Board Member —
BENNETT DOTTIE Board President —
BERNARD CATHY Board Member —
CUNNINGHAM SUE Board Member —
DYER JAMES Board Member —
FELD BONNIE Board Member —
GANDY DEBORAH Board Member —
GRIMM JR ROBERT Board Member —
GUZZETTA FRANK Board Member —
HEARN DANA Board Member —
MAZAWEY LOUIS Secretary —
MCGOWAN TERRANCE Board Member —
MCMACKIN CHRIS Board Member —
MICHEL PETER Board Member —
OCHSMAN DAVID Board President —
PAYNE PAT Board Member —
PORVAZNIK CHARLES Board Member —
ROST RYNTHIA Board Member —
SCHRIEFER RUSS Board President —
SCHWAB SUSAN Board Member —
SCHWARTZ ERIC Board Member —
SHRAGER DEBBIE Board Member —
SHUGOLL MERRILL Board Member —
SPATZ CARL Board Member —
TANOUS PETER Board Member —
VALENTE SARAH Board Member —
WARREN ARTHUR Board Member —
WEIL MAYA Board Member —
BRIGGS DAVID W Board Member —
FREEMAN KAREN Board Member —
GIBSON SUSAN Board Member —
MONTAGUE GEORGE Board Member —
RODRIGUEZ PATRICIA Board Member —
VENKATARAMAN ARUN Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
BOLAND MAGGIE Board Member 1.5% of Rev
GARDINER MATTHEW Artistic Director 1.2% of Rev
STANLEY CHRISTINE Board Member 1.2% of Rev
BUZZELL JENNIFER Board Member 1.0% of Rev
BARGER J MAX Board Member —
BELL JEFF Board Member —
BENNETT DOTTIE Board President —
BENTON JOHN Board Member —
BERNARD CATHY Board President —
CANTRELL JEAN Board Member —
CUNNINGHAM SUE Board Member —
DAVIS ASHLEY Board Member —
DESANTIS MICHAEL Board Member —
DYER JAMES Board Member —
FELD BONNIE Board Member —
FREY DDS BRADLEY S Board Member —
GANDY DEBORAH Board Member —
GILLEECE MARY ANN Board Member —
GRIMM JR ROBERT Board Member —
GUZZETTA FRANK Board Member —
HUSEMAN BRIAN Board Member —
IRWIN DON Board Member —
ISAACS MAXINE Board Member —
MAZAWEY LOUIS Board Member —
MCGOWAN TERRANCE Treasurer —
MICHEL PETER Board Member —
MILLER AMANDA CHRISTINE Board Member —
OCHSMAN DAVID Board Member —
PAYNE PAT Secretary —
PICKARD WESLEY Board Member —
PORVAZNIK CHARLES Board Member —
ROSS KATHLEEN Board Member —
ROST RYNTHIA Board Member —
SCHRIEFER RUSS Board President —
SCHWAB SUSAN Board Member —
SHRAGER DEBBIE Board Member —
SHUGOLL MERRILL Board Member —
SPATZ CARL Board Member —
TANOUS PETER Board President —
VALENTE SARAH Board Member —
WARREN ARTHUR Board Member —
WEIL MAYA Board Member —
YOUNG NICOLE Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SCHAEFFER ERIC Artistic Director 1.7% of Rev
BOLAND MAGGIE Board Member 1.5% of Rev
STANLEY CHRISTINE Board Member 1.2% of Rev
BUZZELL JENNIFER Board Member 1.0% of Rev
GARDINER MATTHEW Artistic Director 0.9% of Rev
BARGER J MAX Board Member —
BELL JEFF Board Member —
BENNETT DOTTIE Board President —
BENTON JOHN Board Member —
BERNARD CATHY Board President —
CANTRELL JEAN Board Member —
CUNNINGHAM SUE Board Member —
DAVIS ASHLEY Board Member —
DESANTIS MICHAEL Board Member —
DYER JAMES Board Member —
FELD BONNIE Board Member —
FREY DDS BRADLEY S Board Member —
GANDY DEBORAH Board Member —
GILLEECE MARY ANN Board Member —
GRIMM JR ROBERT Board Member —
GUZZETTA FRANK Board Member —
HUSEMAN BRIAN Board Member —
IRWIN DON Board Member —
ISAACS MAXINE Board Member —
MAZAWEY LOUIS Board Member —
MCGOWAN TERRANCE Treasurer —
MICHEL PETER Board Member —
MILLER AMANDA CHRISTINE Board Member —
OCHSMAN DAVID Board Member —
PAYNE PAT Secretary —
PICKARD WESLEY Board Member —
PORVAZNIK CHARLES Board Member —
ROSS KATHLEEN Board Member —
ROST RYNTHIA Board Member —
SCHRIEFER RUSS Board President —
SCHWAB SUSAN Board Member —
SHRAGER DEBBIE Board Member —
SHUGOLL MERRILL Board Member —
SPATZ CARL Board Member —
TANOUS PETER Board President —
VALENTE SARAH Board Member —
WARREN ARTHUR Board Member —
WEIL MAYA Board Member —
YOUNG NICOLE Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SCHAEFFER ERIC Artistic Director 1.6% of Rev
STANLEY CHRISTINE Board Member 1.2% of Rev
BOLAND MAGGIE Board Member 1.1% of Rev
BUZZELL JENNIFER Board Member 1.0% of Rev
AULD BARBARA Treasurer 0.9% of Rev
BARGER J MAX Board Member —
BELL JEFF Board Member —
BENNETT DOTTIE Board President —
BENTON JOHN Board Member —
BERNARD CATHY Board President —
CANTRELL JEAN Board Member —
DAVIS ASHLEY Board Member —
DESANTIS MICHAEL Board Member —
DYER JAMES Board Member —
FELD BONNIE Board President —
GANDY DEBORAH Board Member —
GILLEECE MARY ANN Board Member —
GRIMM JR ROBERT Board Member —
GUZZETTA FRANK Board Member —
HUSEMAN BRIAN Board Member —
ISAACS MAXINE Board Member —
MAZAWEY LOUIS Board Member —
MCGOWAN TERRANCE Treasurer —
MICHEL PETER Board Member —
MILLER AMANDA CHRISTINE Board Member —
OCHSMAN DAVID Board Member —
PAYNE PAT Secretary —
PICKARD WESLEY Board Member —
PORVANZNIK CHARLES Board Member —
ROSS KATHLEEN Board Member —
ROST RYNTHIA Board Member —
SCHRIEFER RUSS Board President —
SCHWAB SUSAN Board Member —
SHRAGER DEBBIE Board Member —
SHUGOLL MERRILL Board Member —
SPATZ CARL Board Member —
TANOUS PETER Board President —
VALENTE SARAH Board Member —
WARREN ARTHUR Board Member —
WEIL MAYA Board Member —
YOUNG NICOLE Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 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 242 other orgs in VA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 53 points below the peer median (0 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.