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
37
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
5
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 4.2% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2022 3.4% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2021 3.0% 51 Fragile Recovery
2020 3.4% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2019 3.2% 37 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2018 4.5% 41 Fragile Decline Risk
2017 8.1% 42 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2016 8.0% 46 Fragile Stable Watch
2015 7.2% 46 Fragile Recovery
2014 12.6% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 10.9% 40 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 9.1% 52 Fragile Recovery
2011 10.3% 44 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Kristen Marting Artistic Director 3.9% of Rev
Barbara Busackino Board Member 0.3% of Rev
Michael Champness Treasurer
Abigail Gampel Board Member
Setareh Mirhosseini Board Member
Tim Maner Board Member
Brenna Thomas Board Member
Kevin Matthews Board Member
Helen Mills Board Member
Alan Ostroff Board Member
Paul Pinto Board Member
Kamala Sankaram Secretary
Amy Segal Board Member
Robert Walport Board President
Jennifer Suh Whitfield Board President
Tommy Young Board Member
Lanxing Fu Board Member
Teresa Woods Pena Board Member
China Young Board Member
Jesse Cameron Alick Board Member
Annalisa Dias Board Member
Lauren Miller Board Member
Brian Warren Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Kristin Marting Artistic Director 4.2% of Rev
Kevin Matthews Board President
Michael Champness Treasurer
Abigail Gampel Secretary
Helen Mills Board President
Umar Haider Board Member
Amy Segal Board Member
Tommy Young Board Member
James Scruggs Board Member
Erin Wegner Brooks thru 921 Board Member
Fred Harris Board Member
Alan Ostroff Board Member
Robert Walport Board Member
Tim Maner Board Member
Jennifer Suh Whitfield Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Kristin Marting Artistic Director 3.0% of Rev
Kevin Matthews Board President
Michael Champness Treasurer
Abigail Gampel Secretary
Helen Mills Board President
Amy Segal Board Member
Tommy Young Board Member
James Scruggs Board Member
Erin Wegner Brooks Board Member
Fred Harris Board Member
Alan Ostroff Board Member
Robert Walport Board Member
Tim Maner Board Member
Jennifer Suh Whitfield Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Kristin Marting Artistic Director 3.9% of Rev
Kevin Matthews Board President
Michael Champness Treasurer
Abigail Gampel Secretary
Helen Mills Board President
Bethany Haynes departed FY20 Board President
Anthony Barkan departed FY20 Treasurer
Amy Segal Board Member
Tommy Young Board Member
James Scruggs Board Member
Erin Wegner Brooks Board Member
Fred Harris Board Member
Alan Ostroff Board Member
Robert Walport Board Member
Tim Maner Board Member
Jennifer Suh Whitfield Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
37 / 100
Priority Review

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.