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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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 175 other orgs in NJ with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 34 points below the peer median (0 vs. 34).

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.