Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Developing
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
The Truth-Teller
Institutional Health Scores
5-yr trend: Structural Deficit
Overall
45
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
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2016
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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
2025 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 Hidden Hidden 3.4% 45 Fragile Stable Watch
2022 3.1% 45 Fragile Recovery
2021 4.5% 41 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2020 3.2% 43 Fragile Recovery
2019 5.8% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2018 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2017 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2015 8.1% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 9.3% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 7.2% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 10.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2011 7.2% 38 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LEONARD JACOBS Executive Director 3.4% of Rev
COURTNEY FFRENCH Artistic Director 2.9% of Rev
PETER GRISAFI Treasurer
RACHID MURAD Board President
DAVID THOMAS CHAIRMAN
MAHESH CHAUBE Secretary
LORRAINE CHAMBERS LEWIS GOVERNANCE
DAVID FARRELL Board Member
DEBORAH ROJAS DE LEON Board Member
HANNAH RUBASHKIN Board Member
JESSICA GARCIA Board Member
JULIA DEL PALACIO Board Member
LISA KIRKLAND Board Member
MICHELLE STODDART Board Member
TYQUANA HENDERSON RIVERS Board Member
REV CARLA HUNTER RAMSEY Board Member
KYLE KELLY Board Member

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
LEONARD JACOBS EXECUTIVE DIR. 3.4% of Rev
PETER GRISAFI Treasurer
RACHID MURAD Board President
DAVID THOMAS CHAIRMAN
MAHESH CHAUBE Secretary
JESSICA GARCIA Board Member
DAVID FARRELL Board Member
LORRAINE CHAMBERS LEWIS GOVERNANCE
JULIA DEL PALACIO Board Member
TYQUANA HENDERSON RIVERS Board Member
REV CARLA HUNTER RAMSEY Board Member
LISA KIRKLAND Board Member
DEBORAH ROJAS DE LEON Board Member
HANNAH RUBASHKIN Board Member
MICHELLE STODDART Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Leonard Jacobs Executive Dir. 2.3% of Rev
Peter Grisafi Treasurer
Rachid Murad Secretary
David Thomas Chairman
Dawn Cotter-Jenkins Board President
Mahesh Chaube Board Member
Jessica Garcia Board Member
Mark Haken Board Member
David Farrell Board Member
Lorraine Chambers Lewis Board Member
Michael Hannibal Board Member
Tyquanna Henderson Rivers Board Member
Iris Levitt-Heitt Board Member
Julia del Palacio Board Member
Cameo Boone Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Leonard Jacobs Executive Dir. 2.3% of Rev
Michelle Stoddart Board President
David Thomas Board President
Jonathan White Treasurer
Dawn Cotter-Jenkins Secretary
Kecia Chin Board Member
Mary Reda Board Member
Marc A Haken Board Member
David Farrell Board Member
Lorraine Chambers Lewis Board Member
Nadina Morency-Mohs Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Cathy Hung Exec Drctr (prior) 3.4% of Rev
Michelle Stoddart Chairman
D'Chivon Gooding Board President
Dawn Kelly Board President
Dawn Cotter-Jenkins Secretary
Shante Bacon Board Member
Nicole Corbin Board Member
Nailah L Flake-Brown Board Member
William M Gianakos Board Member
Marc A Haken Board Member
Earl G Simmons Ed D Board Member
Lawrence Sokol Board Member
Rodeena A Stephens Board Member
Jonathan White Treasurer
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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 146 other orgs in NY with NTEE prefix A2.

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

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.