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
35
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
0
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
2023 1.4% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2022 7.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2021 9.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2020 7.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2019 8.2% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2018 7.2% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2017 9.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 9.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2015 10.6% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 11.6% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 12.2% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 11.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Cathy Hung Executive Dir. 7.8% of Rev
Melanie Weinraub Board President
Warren Kudman Board President
Erin Eisenberg Blaz Board Member
Hope Helfenstein Board Member
Richard Hua Board Member
Melissa Hurd Board Member
Asad Khan Board Member
Barbara Zinn Krieger Board Member
Anika Larsen Board Member
Kimberly Wilson Marshall Board Member
Matthew Quint Board Member
Michael Schmitt Board Member
Jennie Connery Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Andrew Frank Executive Dir. 6.4% of Rev
Warren Kudmon Board President
Barbara Zinn Krieger Board Member
M Hope Helfenstein Board Member
Marietta Ries Lavicka Board Member
NANEY PANDI Board Member
ANKUR DATTA Board Member
Michael Schmitt Board Member
Melissa Hurd Board Member
MATTHEW QUINT Board Member
ERIN EISENBERG Blaz Board Member
TIM REID Board Member
Javier Sanchez Board Member
Melanie Weinraub Executive Dir.
Marilyn Yanowitch Board President
Bridget Downes Board Member
KASHIF SWEET Board Member
Anika Larsen Board Member
Kimberly Wilson-Marshall Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Andrew Frank Executive Dir. 5.5% of Rev
Warren Kudman Board Member
Barbara Zinn Krieger Board Member
M Hope Helfenstein Board Member
Marietta Ries Lavicka Board Member
NANEY PANDI Board Member
ANKUR DATTA Board Member
Michael Schmitt Board Member
Melissa Hurd Board Member
MATTHEW QUINT Board Member
ERIN EISENBERG Board Member
TIM REID Board Member
Javier Sanchez Board Member
Melanie Weinraub Board President
Marilyn Yanowitch Board President
BRIDGET DOWNES Board Member
KASHIF SWEET Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Andrew Frank Executive Dir. 5.3% of Rev
Warren Kudmon Board Member
Barbara Zinn Krieger Artistic Director
M Hope Helfenstein Board Member
Marietta Ries Lavicka Board Member
NANEY PANDI Board Member
ANKUR DATTA Board Member
Michael Schmitt Board Member
Melissa Hurd Board Member
MATTHEW QUINT Board Member
ERIN EISENBERG Board Member
TIM REID Board Member
Javier Sanchez Board Member
Melanie Weinraub Board President
Marilyn Yanowitch Board President
KASHIF SWEET Board Member
Fred Stuart Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
35 / 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: financial score sits 31 points below the peer median (0 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.