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
33
Score
Governance
45
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
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 19.5% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2022 16.5% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 40 Fragile Recovery
2020 41 Fragile Recovery
2019 3.7% 37 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2018 4.8% 37 Financially Distressed Recovery
2017 4.1% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2016 3.2% 37 Financially Distressed Recovery
2015 4.7% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2014 5.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 3.9% 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2012 6.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2011 4.7% 41 Fragile Recovery
2010 4.4% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Edwin Bragg Vice-Chairman
Scott Fisher Secretary
Chenoia Bryant Board Member
Erin Hattier Board Member
Steve Dumez Board Member
Rosa Dunlap Treasurer
Arthur Hunter Board Member
Avione Pichon Board Member
Nurhan Gokturk Board Member
Catherine Gorman Kuuskra Board Member
Neely Griffith Board Member
jessie Haynes Board Member
Shay Zeller Board Member
Ariel Wilson-Harris Board Member
Karen Mackie Board Member
Rachel Mahler Czishcke Board Member
Josh Mayer Board Member
Emel Mize Board Member
Gina Monette Board Member
Erika Olinger Board Member
Elizabeth Owen Board Member
Rebecca Rau Board Member
Andrew Rodgers Board Member
Matt Schwartz Board Member
Nyka Scott Chairman
Beth Shapiro-Lavin Board Member
Kristi Taglauer Board Member
Chuck Taylor Board Member
Amanda Winstead Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Nyka Scott Chairman
Susan G Brennan Secretary
Beth Colon Board Member
Edwin Braggs Vice-Chairman
Rachel Czischke Treasurer
Steve Dumez Board Member
Scott Fisher Board Member
Samantha Francois Board Member
Jessie Haynes Board Member
Tarun Jolly Board Member
Rosa Dunlap Board Member
Tung Ly Board Member
Josh Mayer Board Member
Elizabeth Owen Board Member
Catherine Gorman Kuuskraa Board Member
Christopher Reade Vice-Chairman
Nurhan Gokturk Board Member
Matt Schwartz Board Member
Leopold Sher Board Member
Beth Shapiro-Lavin Board Member
Kristi Taglauer Board Member
Amanda Winstead Vice-Chairman & Ex-Officio, Past Chairman
Harry Jones Board Member
Nomita Joshi-Gupta Board Member
Emel Mize Board Member
Kara Olidge Board Member
Andrew Rodgers Board Member
Chuck Taylor Board Member
Brian Turner Board Member
Ariel Wilson-Harris Board Member
William Hines Board Member
Thomas Lemann Board Member
Pam Ryan Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
E Tiffany Adler Vice-Chairman
Susan G Brennan Board Member
Beth Colon Treasurer
Paola Corrada Secretary
Rachel Czischke Board Member
Steve Dumez Board Member
Scott Fisher Board Member
Samantha Francois Board Member
Jessie Haynes Board Member
Tarun Jolly Board Member
Beth Lavin Board Member
Tung Ly Board Member
Josh Mayer Board Member
Elizabeth Owen Board Member
Mark Quinn Board Member
Christopher Reade Vice-Chairman
Nyka Scott Board Member
Matt Schwartz Board Member
Leopold Sher Board Member
Tod Smith Board Member
Kristi Taglauer Board Member
Amanda Winstead Chairman
William Hines Board Member
Thomas Lemann Board Member
Pam Ryan Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
10 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
45 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
33 / 100
Priority Review

The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →

Peer comparison

Compared to 14 other orgs in LA with NTEE prefix A2.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 31 points above the peer median (60 vs. 29).

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. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
  2. 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.