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
36
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
10
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
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
2023 — — 11.0% 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 — — — 22 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 — — 11.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2020 — — 8.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 — — 11.4% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 — — 10.5% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 10.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 — — 10.3% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2015 — — 11.4% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 — — 10.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 — — 10.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2012 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2011 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CRAFTON BECK Board Member 4.1% of Rev
MICHAEL BEATTIE Board President 4.0% of Rev
JACK ALLIN CHAIRMAN —
ELIZABETH BOONE VICE-CHAIRMAN —
NORA-FRANCIS MCRAE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN —
MONA PATEL GRAHAM Secretary —
SHANNON WARNOCK Secretary —
TOMMY MCMILLIN Treasurer —
CHARTLES D WATSON Treasurer —
EMILY POTE Board President —
KAREN MORRIS Board President —
STACIE SHARP Board President —
DOROTHY BRASFIELD Vice President —
DEBORAH FELT Board Member —
JEAN BUSH Board Member —
MONICA HARRIGILL Board Member —
HOLLY LANGE Board Member —
GRACE LEE Board Member —
DAVID MARON Board Member —
CAROL MCMILLIN Board Member —
RUSSELL MORRISON Board Member —
THOMAS PARRY Board Member —
RISHI ROY Board Member —
JOHN SPANN Board Member —
DELORES STAMPS Board Member —
DEIDRA BELL Board Member —
NANCY BRANTON Board Member —
FRANCES PATTERSON CROFT Board Member —
LYNN LEE Board Member —
ROBERT HAUBERG Board Member —
BEVERLY HOGAN Board Member —
LESLY GAYNOR MURRAY Board Member —
HUGH PARKER Board Member —
KEVIN SMATHERS Board Member —
SUZANNE SONES Board Member —
MARTA SZLUBOWSKA Board Member —
GAIL ANDERSON Board Member —
BRENT ALEXANDER Board Member —
DARCIE BISHOP Board Member —
DR GAIL ANDERSON Board Member —
LEE BUSH Board Member —
KATHRYN MERRELL MORRIS Board Member —
ELIZABETH BUYAN Board Member —
MICHAEL BEATTIE Board President —
JOE DONOVAN Board Member —
CRAFTON BECK Board Member —
JEAN FOLSOM Board Member —
NORA FRANCES MCRAE CHAIRMAN —
MANI HAIRSTON Board Member —
DEIDRA BELL Board Member —
BARTON LAMPTON Board Member —
ROBERT BLAINE Board Member —
ROBERT LEARD Board Member —
NANCY ANNE BRANTON Board Member —
TANDRA MARBURGH Board Member —
DOROTHY BRASFIELD V. P. EDUCATION —
JIM PERRY Board Member —
JEAN BUSH Board Member —
DAVID PHARR Board Member —
LEE R BUSH Board Member —
LEMIA JENKINS THOMPSON Board Member —
CHARLES WATSON Board Member —
H LUSBY BROWN Board Member —
DAVID PHARR Board Member —
SHELLEY BROWN FLOYD Board Member —
BETSY COPELAND Board Member —
JACK ALLIN VICE-CHAIRMAN —
JOE DONOVAN Board Member —
MONA PATEL GRAHAM Secretary —
MONICA HARRIGILL Board Member —
ROBERT HAUBERG Board Member —
BEVERLY HOGAN Board Member —
GRACE LEE Treasurer —
KEVIN SMATHERS Board Member —
SHANNON WARNOCK Secretary —
SUZANNE SONES Board Member —
TOMMY MCMILLIN Treasurer —
EMILY POTE Board President —
DELORES STAMPS Board Member —
LESLY GAYNOR MURRAY IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN —
DARCIE BISHOP Board Member —
HUGH PARKER Board Member —
HOLLY LANGE Board Member —
THOMAS PARRY Board Member —
DAVID MARON Board Member —
FRANCES PATTERSON CROFT Board Member —
MARTA SZLUBOWSKA Board Member —
MARTHA ROSS THOMAS Board Member —
ELIZABETH BOONE Board Member —
CAROL MCMILLIN Board Member —
TANDRA MARBURGH Board Member —
BARTON LAMPTON Board Member —
ROBERT LEARD Board Member —
RUSSELL MORRISON Board Member —
RISHI ROY Board Member —
JOHN SPANN Board Member —
KAREN MORRIS Board President —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CRAFTON BECK Board Member 4.1% of Rev
MICHAEL BEATTIE Board President 4.0% of Rev
GRACE LEE Treasurer —
KEVIN SMATHERS Board Member —
SHANNON WARNOCK Secretary —
SUZANNE SONES Board Member —
TOMMY MCMILLIN Treasurer —
EMILY POTE Board President —
DELORES STAMPS Board Member —
LESLY GAYNOR MURRAY IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN —
DARCIE BISHOP Board Member —
HUGH PARKER Board Member —
HOLLY LANGE Board Member —
THOMAS PARRY Board Member —
DAVID MARON Board Member —
FRANCES PATTERSON CROFT Board Member —
MARTA SZLUBOWSKA Board Member —
MARTHA ROSS THOMAS Board Member —
ELIZABETH BOONE Board Member —
CAROL MCMILLIN Board Member —
TANDRA MARBURGH Board Member —
BARTON LAMPTON Board Member —
ROBERT LEARD Board Member —
RUSSELL MORRISON Board Member —
RISHI ROY Board Member —
JOHN SPANN Board Member —
KAREN MORRIS Board President —
BRENT ALEXANDER Board Member —
DR GAIL ANDERSON Board Member —
KATHRYN MERRELL MORRIS Board Member —
NORA FRANCES MCRAE CHAIRMAN —
DEIDRA BELL Board Member —
ROBERT BLAINE Board Member —
NANCY ANNE BRANTON Board Member —
DOROTHY BRASFIELD V. P. EDUCATION —
JEAN BUSH Board Member —
LEE R BUSH Board Member —
CHARLES WATSON Board Member —
H LUSBY BROWN Board Member —
DAVID PHARR Board Member —
SHELLEY BROWN FLOYD Board Member —
BETSY COPELAND Board Member —
JACK ALLIN VICE-CHAIRMAN —
JOE DONOVAN Board Member —
MONA PATEL GRAHAM Secretary —
MONICA HARRIGILL Board Member —
ROBERT HAUBERG Board Member —
BEVERLY HOGAN Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CRAFTON BECK Board Member 4.2% of Rev
MICHAEL BEATTIE Board President 4.0% of Rev
BRENT ALEXANDER Board Member —
DR GAIL ANDERSON Board Member —
KATHRYN MERRELL MORRIS Board Member —
NORA FRANCES MCRAE CHAIRMAN —
DEIDRA BELL Board Member —
MICHAEL BENTLEY Board Member —
ROBERT BLAINE Board Member —
NANCY ANNE BRANTON Board Member —
DOROTHY BRASFIELD V. P. EDUCATION —
JEAN BUSH Board Member —
LEE R BUSH Board Member —
BOB CHEESMAN Board Member —
H LUSBY BROWN Board Member —
DAVID PHARR Board Member —
SHELLEY BROWN FLOYD Board Member —
BETSY COPELAND Board Member —
JACK ALLIN VICE-CHAIRMAN —
JOE DONOVAN Board Member —
MONA PATEL GRAHAM Board Member —
MONICA HARRIGILL Board Member —
ROBERT HAUBERG Board Member —
BEVERLY HOGAN Board Member —
GRACE LEE Treasurer —
KEVIN SMATHERS Board Member —
RICHARD JOHNSON Board Member —
SHANNON WARNOCK Board Member —
SUZANNE SONES Board Member —
TOMMY MCMILLIN Board Member —
EMILY POTE Board President —
DELORES STAMPS Board Member —
LESLY GAYNOR MURRAY IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN —
JIM PALMER Board Member —
HUGH PARKER Board Member —
HOLLY LANGE Board Member —
STEPHEN SACHS Board Member —
DAVID MARON Board Member —
JOHN L SEWELL Board Member —
MARTA SZLUBOWSKA Board Member —
MARTHA ROSS THOMAS Secretary —
ANGELA BYERS Board President —
CAROL MCMILLIN Board Member —
TANDRA MARBURGH Board Member —
BARTON LAMPTON Board Member —
ROBERT LEARD Board Member —
RUSSELL MORRISON Board Member —
RISHI ROY Board Member —
JOHN SPANN Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
10 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 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 41 other orgs in MS with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 39 points below the peer median (10 vs. 49).

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.

Overall score has gone from 32 → 36 over 5 years (improving by 4 points).

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.