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
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Structural Deficit ↑
Overall
41
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
60
Score
Title
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Institutions
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Avg Revenue
-
Risk Profile
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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 | — | — | 3.3% | 41 | Fragile | Recovery | |
| 2022 | — | — | 3.2% | 39 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2021 | — | — | 9.6% | 40 | Fragile | Recovery | |
| 2020 | — | — | 6.1% | 34 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2019 | — | — | 5.2% | 34 | Critical Intervention Needed | Stable Watch | |
| 2018 | — | — | 3.8% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Stable Watch | |
| 2017 | — | — | 3.7% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2016 | — | — | 3.3% | 37 | Financially Distressed | Recovery | |
| 2015 | — | — | 3.4% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2014 | — | — | 4.0% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2013 | — | — | 4.9% | 35 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2012 | — | — | 5.4% | 36 | Financially Distressed | Decline Risk | |
| 2011 | — | — | 5.6% | 38 | Financially Distressed | Stable Watch |
Officer compensation history
Tax year 2023
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADEN ABRAHAM | Artistic Director | 1.1% of Rev | ||
| JEFFREY HERRMANN | Board Member | 1.0% of Rev | ||
| JAMIE HERLICH | Board Member | 0.9% of Rev | ||
| VINITA GUPTA | Treasurer | 0.8% of Rev | ||
| DONYETA MARIE VILLAVASO MADDEN | Board Member | 0.8% of Rev | ||
| MICHELLE HAINES | Board Member | 0.8% of Rev | ||
| ELISABETH FARWELL-MORELAND | Board Member | 0.7% of Rev | ||
| NANCY WARD | Board President | — | ||
| SANDY MCDADE | Board President | — | ||
| ONEIKA CASSANOVA | Treasurer | — | ||
| TRACY DAW | Secretary | — | ||
| AMY BAUTISTA | Board President | — | ||
| JULI FARRIS | Board President | — | ||
| MANDY LEIFHEIT | Board President | — | ||
| KAREN FLETCHER | Board President | — | ||
| ALYSSA HOCHMAN | Board Member | — | ||
| ANGELIQUE OKEKE | Board Member | — | ||
| ANITA RAMASASTRY | Board Member | — | ||
| CARLA MILLAGE | Board Member | — | ||
| CHARLIE BROWN | Board Member | — | ||
| CHARLOTTE LIN | Board Member | — | ||
| DEBRA RICCI | Board Member | — | ||
| DONNA M COCHENER | Board Member | — | ||
| DONTE FELDER | Board Member | — | ||
| EARLE J HEREFORD | Board Member | — | ||
| ELAINE IKOMA KO | Board Member | — | ||
| ERIKA LINDSAY | Board Member | — | ||
| GWEN KROON | Board Member | — | ||
| JANICE TSAI | Board Member | — | ||
| JARVIS BOWERS | Board Member | — | ||
| JIM COPACINO | Board Member | — | ||
| JOHN KEEGAN | Board Member | — | ||
| JOHN STILIN | Board Member | — | ||
| KEVIN MILLISON | Board Member | — | ||
| LESLIE LACKEY | Board Member | — | ||
| LISA ORATZ | Board Member | — | ||
| LYNNE BUSH | Board Member | — | ||
| LYNNE KJOLSO | Board Member | — | ||
| MARCOS WANLESS | Board Member | — | ||
| MARCUS COX | Board Member | — | ||
| MARISA WALKER | Board Member | — | ||
| MARKO LIIAS | Board Member | — | ||
| MATTHEW BERGMAN | Board Member | — | ||
| NATE SIMPSON | Board Member | — | ||
| RAMON CASTILLO | Board Member | — | ||
| RASHELLE TANNER | Board Member | — | ||
| REBECCA POMERING | Board Member | — | ||
| RICHARD B STEAD MD | Board Member | — | ||
| SALIM PESHAWARIA | Board Member | — | ||
| SANDRA LUCAS | Board Member | — | ||
| SHARON LAMM | Board Member | — | ||
| SHEILA OH | Board Member | — | ||
| STELLMAN KEEHNEL | Board Member | — | ||
| SUSAN ASHMUN | Board Member | — | ||
| TERRI OLSON MILLER | Board Member | — | ||
| TIM RATTIGAN | Board Member | — | ||
| WINKY HUSSEY | Board Member | — | ||
| XIAO WANG | Board Member | — |
Tax year 2022
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADEN ABRAHAM | Artistic Director | 1.0% of Rev | ||
| JEFFREY HERRMANN | Board Member | 0.9% of Rev | ||
| VINITA GUPTA | Treasurer | 0.8% of Rev | ||
| DONYETA MARIE VILLAVASO MADDEN | Board Member | 0.8% of Rev | ||
| JAMIE HERLICH | Board Member | 0.7% of Rev | ||
| ELISABETH FARWELL-MORELAND | Board Member | 0.7% of Rev | ||
| AMY BAUTISTA | Board President | — | ||
| SANDY MCDADE | Board President | — | ||
| JULI FARRIS | Board President | — | ||
| SCOTTLAND GLENN | Treasurer | — | ||
| KAREN FLETCHER | Secretary | — | ||
| SUSAN ASHMUN | Board Member | — | ||
| MATTHEW BERGMAN | Board Member | — | ||
| JARVIS BOWERS | Board Member | — | ||
| CHARLIE BROWN | Board Member | — | ||
| LYNNE BUSH | Board Member | — | ||
| ONEIKA CASSANOVA | Board Member | — | ||
| DONNA M COCHENER | Board Member | — | ||
| DIANE CODY | Board Member | — | ||
| JIM COPACINO | Board Member | — | ||
| TRACY DAW | Board Member | — | ||
| GERALDINE DERUITER | Board Member | — | ||
| DONTE FELDER | Board Member | — | ||
| EARLE J HEREFORD | Board Member | — | ||
| ALYSSA HOCHMAN | Board Member | — | ||
| WINKY HUSSEY | Board Member | — | ||
| JOHN KEEGAN | Board Member | — | ||
| STELLMAN KEEHNEL | Board Member | — | ||
| LYNNE KJOLSO | Board Member | — | ||
| GWENANN KROON | Board Member | — | ||
| LESLIE LACKEY | Board Member | — | ||
| MANDY LEIFHEIT | Board Member | — | ||
| BECKY LENABURG | Board Member | — | ||
| MARKO LIIAS | Board Member | — | ||
| CHARLOTTE LIN | Board Member | — | ||
| ERIKA LINDSAY | Board Member | — | ||
| SANDRA LUCAS | Board Member | — | ||
| CARLA MILLAGE | Board Member | — | ||
| TERRI OLSON MILLER | Board Member | — | ||
| KEVIN MILLISON | Board Member | — | ||
| SHEILA OH | Board Member | — | ||
| LISA ORATZ | Board Member | — | ||
| SALIM PESHAWARIA | Board Member | — | ||
| REBECCA POMERING | Board Member | — | ||
| ANITA RAMASASTRY | Board Member | — | ||
| TIM RATTIGAN | Board Member | — | ||
| ANNE SIMPSON | Board Member | — | ||
| NATE SIMPSON | Board Member | — | ||
| RICHARD B STEAD MD | Board Member | — | ||
| CARLYN STEINER | Board Member | — | ||
| JOHN STILIN | Board Member | — | ||
| RASHELLE TANNER | Board Member | — | ||
| JANICE TSAI | Board Member | — | ||
| MARISA WALKER | Board Member | — | ||
| NANCY WARD | Board Member | — | ||
| TOM WRIGHT | Board Member | — |
Tax year 2021
| Name | Title | Phone | Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADEN ABRAHAM | Artistic Director | 1.1% of Rev | ||
| JEFFREY HERRMANN | Board Member | 0.9% of Rev | ||
| ANDREW HAINES | Board Member | 0.7% of Rev | ||
| ELISABETH FARWELL-MORELAND | Board Member | 0.7% of Rev | ||
| JAMIE HERLICH | Board Member | 0.7% of Rev | ||
| RACHEL M ROBERT | Treasurer | 0.4% of Rev | ||
| VINITA GUPTA | Treasurer | 0.0% of Rev | ||
| DONYETA MARIE VILLAVASO | Board Member | 0.0% of Rev | ||
| JIM COPACINO | Board Member | — | ||
| JOHN STILIN | Board Member | — | ||
| LISA ORATZ | Board Member | — | ||
| LYNNE BUSH | Board Member | — | ||
| MANDY LEIFHEIT | Board Member | — | ||
| MARCELLA MCCAFFRAY | Board Member | — | ||
| MARISA WALKER | Board Member | — | ||
| MARKO LIIAS | Board Member | — | ||
| MATTHEW BERGMAN | Board Member | — | ||
| NANCY WARD | Board Member | — | ||
| ONEIKA CASSANOVA | Board Member | — | ||
| REBECCA POMERING | Board Member | — | ||
| RICHARD B STEAD MD | Board Member | — | ||
| RICK MCMICHAEL | Board Member | — | ||
| SANDRA LUCAS | Board Member | — | ||
| SCOTTLAND GLENN | Board Member | — | ||
| SUSAN ASHMUN | Board Member | — | ||
| TERRI OLSON MILLER | Board Member | — | ||
| TIM RATTIGAN | Board Member | — | ||
| TOM WRIGHT | Board Member | — | ||
| TRACY DAW | Board Member | — | ||
| WINKY HUSSEY | Board Member | — | ||
| AMY BAUTISTA | Board President | — | ||
| STELLMAN KEEHNEL | Board President | — | ||
| KEVIN MILLISON | Treasurer | — | ||
| JULI FARRIS | Secretary | — | ||
| BECKY LENABURG | Board President | — | ||
| KAREN FLETCHER | Board President | — | ||
| JOHN KEEGAN | Board President | — | ||
| SANDY MCDADE | Board President | — | ||
| ALYSSA HOCHMAN | Board Member | — | ||
| ANITA RAMASASTRY | Board Member | — | ||
| ANNE SIMPSON | Board Member | — | ||
| BRUCE EH JOHNSON | Board Member | — | ||
| CARLA MILLAGE | Board Member | — | ||
| CARLYN STEINER | Board Member | — | ||
| CHARLOTTE LIN | Board Member | — | ||
| CLODAGH ASH | Board Member | — | ||
| DIANE CODY | Board Member | — | ||
| DEBORAH T KILLINGER | Board Member | — | ||
| DEBRA A CANALES | Board Member | — | ||
| DONNA M COCHENER | Board Member | — | ||
| DONTE FELDER | Board Member | — | ||
| EARLE J HEREFORD | Board Member | — | ||
| ELIZABETH CHOY MD | Board Member | — | ||
| GWENANN KROON | Board Member | — | ||
| JANICE TSAI | Board Member | — | ||
| JARVIS BOWERS | Board Member | — |
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Score breakdown
Score breakdown
Financial resilience
15 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
41 / 100
Priority Review
The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →
Peer comparison
Compared to 235 other orgs in WA with NTEE prefix A6.
Most-divergent component: program score sits 28 points above the peer median (60 vs. 32).
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 34 → 41 over 5 years (improving by 7 points).
What's driving this score
- Comp-to-revenue ratio of 3.3% 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.