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
32
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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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
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 146 other orgs in VA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 36 points below the peer median (0 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.