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
55
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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2022
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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
2024 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 Hidden Hidden 5.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2022 — — 3.1% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2021 — — 4.5% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2020 — — 3.4% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2019 — — 3.6% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2018 — — 3.8% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 — — 2.0% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2016 — — 3.7% 35 Financially Distressed Recovery
2015 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 — — 1.3% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2013 — — 2.2% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2012 — — 2.4% 35 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Ethan Stiefel Board Member 2.4% of Rev
Julie D Hench Executive Dir. 1.9% of Rev
Dawn M Dell'Omo COO 1.5% of Rev
Susan Croll Chairman —
Peter Gerry Board Member —
Ngoc Nguyen Secretary —
Melissa Marschner Board Member —
Ken Fredeen Board Member —
Ronald Blake Treasurer —
Nancy MacMillan Board Member —
Akira Bell Board Member —
Sue Howard Board Member —
Daphne Jones Board President —
Charles Metcalf Board Member —
Magrielle Eisen Board Member —
Penelope Lattimer Board Member —
Margaret Ruttenberg Board Member —
Jane Silverman Board Member —
Joel Studebaker Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Julie D Hench Executive Dir. 1.9% of Rev
Dawn M Dell'Omo COO 1.3% of Rev
Susan Croll Board President —
Peter Gerry Board Member —
Akira Bell Board Member —
Melissa Marschner Board Member —
Jo-Ann Munoz Board Member —
Ronald Blake Board Member —
Nancy MacMillan Board Member —
Magrielle Eisen Board Member —
DonnaJean Fredeen Board President —
Daphne Jones Secretary —
Charles Metcalf Treasurer —
Leslie Maxie Board Member —
Pamela Mingle Board Member —
Ngoc Nguyen Board Member —
Jeri Schaefer Board Member —
Jane Silverman Board Member —
Dan Strika Board Member —
Stacey Lallier Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Julie D Hench Executive Dir. 1.7% of Rev
Dawn M Dell'Omo COO 1.3% of Rev
Susan Croll Board President —
Akira Bell Board Member —
Magrielle Eisen Board Member —
Peter Gerry Board Member —
Stacey Lallier Board Member —
Melissa Marschner Board Member —
Jo-Ann Munoz Board Member —
Leslie Maxie Board Member —
Nancy MacMillan Board Member —
Ngoc Nguyen Board Member —
DonnaJean Fredeen Chairman —
Daphne Jones Secretary —
Charles Metcalf Treasurer —
Jeri Schaefer Board Member —
Jane Silverman Board Member —
Dan Strika Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Dawn M Dell'Omo COO 1.8% of Rev
Julie D Hench Executive Dir. 1.6% of Rev
Ngoc Nguyen Board Member —
Jeri Schaefer Board Member —
Jane Silverman Board Member —
Melissa Marschner Board Member —
Jo-Ann Munoz Board Member —
Susan Croll Board President —
Nancy MacMillan Treasurer —
Akira Bell Board Member —
DonnaJean Fredeen Board President —
Daphne Jones Secretary —
Charles Metcalf Board Member —
Dan Strika Board Member —
Magrielle Elsen Board Member —
Peter Gerry Board Member —
Leslie Maxie Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 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 249 other orgs in NJ with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 48 points below the peer median (0 vs. 48).

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.