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
50
Score
Financial
5
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Structural Deficit

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2024 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 Hidden Hidden 11.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2022 — — 15.7% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 — — 11.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 — — 9.6% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 — — 10.5% 39 Fragile Recovery
2018 — — 16.0% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 — — 9.0% 42 Fragile Recovery
2016 — — 10.8% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 — — 16.8% 26 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 — — 9.2% 37 Financially Distressed Recovery
2013 — — 11.1% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 — — 6.3% 36 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2011 — — 4.6% 41 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Sean Fenton Board Member 11.9% of Rev
Sean Fenton Board Member 11.4% of Rev
Kevin Kosik Board President —
Sunshine Deffner Board President —
Shafer Mazow Treasurer —
Anne Younan Secretary —
Varun Bhagwan Board Member —
Vivian Gomes Board Member —
Karina Gutierrez Board Member —
Margo Hall Board Member —
Calvin Kai Ku Board Member —
Venus Ke Board Member —
Rachel Mann Board Member —
E Craig Moody Board Member —
Smita Rajmohan Board Member —
Dawn Monique Williams Board Member —
Peter Kuo Board Member —
Kevin Kosik Board President —
Sunshine Deffner Board President —
Shafer Mazow Treasurer —
Varun Bhagwan Board Member —
Ari Lipsky Board Member —
Vivian Gomes Board Member —
Karina Gutierrez Secretary —
Rachel Mann Board Member —
E Craig Moody Board Member —
James Kennedy Board Member —
Smita Rajan Board Member —
Dawn Monique Williams Board Member —
Sara Dean Board Member —
Shireen Husain Wetmore Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Brad Erickson Former E.D. 7.0% of Rev
Nichole Gantshar Treasurer 4.9% of Rev
Ann Marie Lonsdale Interim E.D. 0.9% of Rev
Anne W Smith Board President —
Janice E Sager Board President —
Shafer Mazow Treasurer —
Anne Younan Secretary —
Gina Baleria Board Member —
Sunshine Deffner Board Member —
Andy Chan Donald Board Member —
Margo Hall Board Member —
Jeanette Harrison Board Member —
Kevin Kosik Board Member —
John Maul Board Member —
Dawn Monique Williams Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Brad Erickson Board Member 10.4% of Rev
Debbie Chinn Board President —
Andy Chan Donald Board President —
Shafer Mazow Treasurer —
Richard Merrill Secretary —
Dale Albright Board Member —
Gina Baleria Board Member —
Margo Hall Board Member —
Kevin Kosik Board Member —
John Maull Board Member —
Joseph Perla Board Member —
Janice E Sager Board Member —
Anne W Smith Board Member —
Julia Peppard Board Member —
Anne W Smith Board Member —
Nichole Gantshar Treasurer —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Brad Erickson Board Member 9.0% of Rev
Dale Albright Board Member 7.2% of Rev
Julia Peppard Board Member —
Anne W Smith Board Member —
Todd Stein Board Member —
Debbie Chinn Board President —
Andy Chan Donald Secretary —
Janice E Sager Treasurer —
Michelle Honchariw Board President —
Gina Baleria Board Member —
Michael Borque Board Member —
Margo Hall Board Member —
Jennifer King Board Member —
Kevin Kosik Board Member —
Lisa Mallette Board Member —
John Maull Board Member —
Shafer Mazow Board Member —
Richard Merrill Board Member —
Joseph Perla Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 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 53 other orgs in CA with NTEE prefix A0.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 63 points below the peer median (5 vs. 68).

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.