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
34
Score
Governance
55
Score
Financial
0
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
2024 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 Hidden Hidden 6.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2022 — — 6.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 — — 11.7% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 — — 8.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 — — 6.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 — — 6.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 6.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 — — 6.2% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 — — 6.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 — — 6.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2013 — — 7.3% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 — — 7.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2011 — — 5.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ADRIENNE THORNTON Board Member —
BETH BORDELON Board President —
DR GINNY ENGHOLM Board Member —
LAUREN COCO Board Member —
PETE RIZZO Treasurer —
KATIE SKUPIEN Board Member —
KRISTY COAST Board Member —
ERICA MALONE Board Member —
MELISSA NGUYEN Secretary —
NEELY MARTIN-WHITAKER Board Member —
TREY TUMMINELLO Board Member —
ELENA MCPEAK Board Member —
ANDREA TETTLETON Board Member —
DON HILL Board Member —
KENT LAPLACE Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
RUSSELL CHAPMAN BOARD MEMEBER —
KRISTY COAST Board Member —
ERICA MALONE Board Member —
STEVE CARLETON Board Member —
JENNIFER FEDUCCIA Board Member —
LYNNE COXE GRAHAM Board Member —
SHAMIRA CUMMINGS Board Member —
JENNIFER JOHNSON Board Member —
MARK FRY Treasurer —
PETE RIZZO Board Member —
AMY LAMBERT Board Member —
JULIA GEORGE MOORE Board Member —
ALBERT NOLAN Board Member —
KENT LAPLACE Board Member —
LIS PATRICK Board Member —
JENNIFER E BALLARD Artistic Director —
BRANDY JOHNSON Secretary —
CHLOE MARIE Board Member —
NICOLE MISTRETTA Board Member —
JACQUES MOLAISON Board Member —
MATHEW LABORDE Board Member —
TERRY BOWMAN Board President —
MERCEDES WILSON Board Member —
SUSANNAH FOWLER CRAIG Board Member —
MELISSA NGUYEN Board Member —
GUNJAN RAINA Board Member —
BARRYE MIYAGI Board Member —
LANCE PARKER Board President —
LANA CRUMP Board Member —
CYNDI DESHOTELS Board Member —
VICTOR SACHSE Board Member —
ANDREW VESSEL Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIFER E BALLARD Artistic Director 6.4% of Rev
RUSSELL CHAPMAN BOARD MEMEBER —
KRISTY COAST Board Member —
ERICA MALONE Board Member —
STEVE CARLETON Board Member —
JENNIFER FEDUCCIA Board Member —
LYNNE COXE GRAHAM Board Member —
SHAMIRA CUMMINGS Board Member —
JENNIFER JOHNSON Board Member —
MARK FRY Treasurer —
PETE RIZZO Board Member —
AMY LAMBERT Board Member —
JULIA GEORGE MOORE Board Member —
ALBERT NOLAN Board Member —
KENT LAPLACE Board Member —
LIS PATRICK Board Member —
BRANDY JOHNSON Secretary —
CHLOE MARIE Board Member —
NICOLE MISTRETTA Board Member —
JACQUES MOLAISON Board Member —
MATHEW LABORDE Board Member —
TERRY BOWMAN Board President —
MERCEDES WILSON Board Member —
SUSANNAH FOWLER CRAIG Board Member —
MELISSA NGUYEN Board Member —
GUNJAN RAINA Board Member —
BARRYE MIYAGI Board Member —
LANCE PARKER Board President —
LANA CRUMP Board Member —
CYNDI DESHOTELS Board Member —
VICTOR SACHSE Board Member —
ANDREW VESSEL Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JENNIFER E BALLARD Artistic Director 6.8% of Rev
RUSSELL CHAPMAN BOARD MEMEBER —
KRISTY COAST Board Member —
ERICA MALONE Board Member —
STEVE CARLETON Board Member —
JENNIFER FEDUCCIA Board Member —
LYNNE COXE GRAHAM Board Member —
SHAMIRA CUMMINGS Board Member —
JENNIFER JOHNSON Board Member —
MARK FRY Treasurer —
PETE RIZZO Board Member —
AMY LAMBERT Board Member —
JULIA GEORGE MOORE Board Member —
ALBERT NOLAN Board Member —
KENT LAPLACE Board Member —
LIS PATRICK Board Member —
BRANDY JOHNSON Secretary —
CHLOE MARIE Board Member —
NICOLE MISTRETTA Board Member —
JACQUES MOLAISON Board Member —
MATHEW LABORDE Board Member —
TERRY BOWMAN Board President —
MERCEDES WILSON Board Member —
SUSANNAH FOWLER CRAIG Board Member —
MELISSA NGUYEN Board Member —
GUNJAN RAINA Board Member —
BARRYE MIYAGI Board Member —
LANCE PARKER Board President —
LANA CRUMP Board Member —
CYNDI DESHOTELS Board Member —
VICTOR SACHSE Board Member —
ANDREW VESSEL Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
34 / 100
Priority Review

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 58 points below the peer median (0 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.

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.