Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
Market
Archetype
Mechanical
Natural
Tier
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Trajectory Thumbprint
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
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Structural Deficit ↑
Overall
45
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
60
Score
Title
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Institutions
-
Avg Revenue
-
Risk Profile
Representative Institutions
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | — | 3.7% | 45 | Fragile | Stable Watch | |
| 2022 | — | — | 5.0% | 44 | Fragile | Stable Watch | |
| 2021 | — | — | 6.9% | 44 | Fragile | Recovery | |
| 2020 | — | — | 6.9% | 34 | Critical Intervention Needed | Decline Risk | |
| 2019 | — | — | 3.9% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2018 | — | — | 3.1% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2017 | — | — | 3.1% | 45 | Fragile | Recovery | |
| 2016 | — | — | 4.4% | 43 | Fragile | Stable Watch | |
| 2015 | — | — | 4.2% | 43 | Fragile | Stable Watch | |
| 2014 | — | — | 5.4% | 42 | Fragile | Recovery | |
| 2013 | — | — | 3.5% | 39 | Financially Distressed | Recovery | |
| 2012 | — | — | 4.0% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Stable Watch | |
| 2011 | — | — | 3.8% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Stable Watch |
Officer compensation history
Tax year 2023
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARE BUVORAC | Board Member | 3.6% of Rev | ||
| PENNY BAUMER | Board President | — | ||
| DR NICOLAS BAZAN | Board Member | — | ||
| ADELAIDE WISDOM BENJAMIN | Board Member | — | ||
| RON AUSTIN | Board Member | — | ||
| PETER BRIGANDI | Board Member | — | ||
| BETTY BROOKS | Board Member | — | ||
| JOSEPH BRUNO | Board Member | — | ||
| LURETTA BYBEE | Board Member | — | ||
| VANCE CEASER | Board Member | — | ||
| A J CAPRITTO | Board Member | — | ||
| EDGAR L DOOKY CHASE III | Board Member | — | ||
| SERAFINA CHARBONNET | Board Member | — | ||
| ARTHUR A CRAIS JR | Board Member | — | ||
| DR PATRICK J DOWLING | Board Member | — | ||
| DIANE DUPIN | Board Member | — | ||
| EMMET GEARY JR | Treasurer | — | ||
| JAMES C GULOTTA JR | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESEIDENT | — | ||
| EDWARD F MARTIN | Board Member | — | ||
| ADREA HEEBE | Board Member | — | ||
| RANIA KHODR | Board Member | — | ||
| CHRISTINE LEBLANC | Board Member | — | ||
| DWAYNE LITTAUER | Board President | — | ||
| PAULINE HARDIN | Secretary | — | ||
| JONATHAN MCCALL | Board Member | — | ||
| DR R RANNEY MIZE | Board Member | — | ||
| SONYA MOORE | Board President | — | ||
| ANN OWENS | Board Member | — | ||
| CYNTHIA SAMUEL | Board Member | — | ||
| LEOPOLD SHER | Board Member | — | ||
| TIM FIELDS | Board Member | — | ||
| ALFRED E STACEY IV | Board Member | — | ||
| HARRY CLAIRE STAHEL | Board Member | — | ||
| PHILIP STRAUB | Board Member | — | ||
| CATHERINE BURNS TREMAINE | Board Member | — | ||
| DR RAND VOORHIES | Board Member | — | ||
| BRUCE A GORDON | Board Member | — | ||
| DEBRA WOOD | Board Member | — | ||
| JOSEPH YOUNG | Board Member | — | ||
| ELIZABETH MAHORNER LANDIS | Board Member | — |
Tax year 2022
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT LYALL | Artistic Director | 2.5% of Rev | ||
| CLARE BUVORAC | Board Member | 1.2% of Rev | ||
| PENNY BAUMER | DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | — | ||
| DR NICOLAS BAZAN | Board Member | — | ||
| ADELAIDE WISDOM BENJAMIN | Board Member | — | ||
| DORIAN BENNETT | Board Member | — | ||
| PETER BRIGANDI | Board Member | — | ||
| BETTY BROOKS | Board Member | — | ||
| JOSEPH BRUNO | Board Member | — | ||
| LURETTA BYBEE | Board Member | — | ||
| VANCE CEASER | Board Member | — | ||
| A J CAPRITTO | Board Member | — | ||
| MARY CHAPMAN ALBERT | Board Member | — | ||
| SERAFINA CHARBONNET | Board Member | — | ||
| ARTHUR A CRAIS JR | Board Member | — | ||
| DR PATRICK J DOWLING | Board Member | — | ||
| DIANE DUPIN | Board Member | — | ||
| EMMET GEARY JR | Treasurer | — | ||
| JAMES C GULOTTA JR | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESEIDENT | — | ||
| PAULINE HARDIN | Board Member | — | ||
| ADREA HEEBE | Board Member | — | ||
| RANIA KHODR | Board Member | — | ||
| CHRISTINE LEBLANC | Board Member | — | ||
| DWAYNE LITTAUER | Board President | — | ||
| EDWARD F MARTIN | Secretary | — | ||
| JONATHAN MCCALL | Board Member | — | ||
| DR R RANNEY MIZE | Board Member | — | ||
| SONYA MOORE | Board President | — | ||
| ANN OWENS | Board Member | — | ||
| CYNTHIA SAMUEL | Board Member | — | ||
| LEOPOLD SHER | Board Member | — | ||
| I WILLIAM SIZELER | Board Member | — | ||
| TED STACEY | Board Member | — | ||
| HARRY CLAIRE STAHEL | Board Member | — | ||
| PHILIP STRAUB | Board Member | — | ||
| CATHERINE BURNS TREMAINE | Board Member | — | ||
| DR RAND VOORHIES | Board Member | — | ||
| JAMES F WILLEFORD | Board Member | — | ||
| DEBRA WOOD | Board Member | — | ||
| JOSEPH YOUNG | Board Member | — |
Tax year 2021
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT LYALL | Artistic Director | 2.8% of Rev | ||
| PENNY BAUMER | DEVELOPMENT OFFICER | — | ||
| DR NICOLAS BAZAN | Board Member | — | ||
| ADELAIDE WISDOM BENJAMIN | Board Member | — | ||
| DORIAN BENNETT | Board Member | — | ||
| PETER BRIGANDI | Board Member | — | ||
| BETTY BROOKS | Board Member | — | ||
| JOSEPH BRUNO | Board Member | — | ||
| LURETTA BYBEE | Board Member | — | ||
| VANCE CEASER | Board Member | — | ||
| A J CAPRITTO | Board Member | — | ||
| MARY CHAPMAN ALBERT | Board Member | — | ||
| SERAFINA CHARBONNET | Board Member | — | ||
| ARTHUR A CRAIS JR | Board Member | — | ||
| DR PATRICK J DOWLING | Board Member | — | ||
| DIANE DUPIN | Board Member | — | ||
| EMMET GEARY JR | Treasurer | — | ||
| JAMES C GULOTTA JR | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESEIDENT | — | ||
| PAULINE HARDIN | Board Member | — | ||
| ADREA HEEBE | Board Member | — | ||
| RANIA KHODR | Board Member | — | ||
| CHRISTINE LEBLANC | Board Member | — | ||
| DWAYNE LITTAUER | Board President | — | ||
| EDWARD F MARTIN | Secretary | — | ||
| JONATHAN MCCALL | Board Member | — | ||
| DR R RANNEY MIZE | Board Member | — | ||
| SONYA MOORE | Board President | — | ||
| ANN OWENS | Board Member | — | ||
| JAMES ROBERT POPE | Board Member | — | ||
| CYNTHIA SAMUEL | Board Member | — | ||
| LEOPOLD SHER | Board Member | — | ||
| I WILLIAM SIZELER | Board Member | — | ||
| ALFRED E STACEY IV | Board Member | — | ||
| HARRY CLAIRE STAHEL | Board Member | — | ||
| PHILIP STRAUB | Board Member | — | ||
| CATHERINE BURNS TREMAINE | Board Member | — | ||
| DR RAND VOORHIES | Board Member | — | ||
| JAMES F WILLEFORD | Board Member | — | ||
| DEBRA WOOD | Board Member | — | ||
| JOSEPH YOUNG JR | Board Member | — |
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Score breakdown
Score breakdown
Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
45 / 100
Developing
The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →
Peer comparison
Compared to 98 other orgs in LA with NTEE prefix A6.
Most-divergent component: financial score sits 33 points below the peer median (25 vs. 58).
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 35 → 45 over 5 years (improving by 10 points). A multi-year directional move of this magnitude is a signal worth investigating.
What's driving this score
- Comp-to-revenue ratio of 3.7% sits within the sector's healthy band (18–22%).
- Financial resilience score in the bottom quartile — reserves and liabilities ratios warrant review.
What would change this score
The two changes that would most improve this score:
- 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.