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
31
Score
Governance
45
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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Trajectory Era
Structural Deficit

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2024 Hidden Hidden — — Unknown —
2023 Hidden Hidden 19.4% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 — — 19.9% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2021 — — 14.7% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2020 — — 13.2% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2019 — — 8.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 — — 29.0% 26 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 12.2% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 — — 11.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 — — — 38 Fragile Recovery
2012 — — 17.2% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2011 — — — 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2010 — — 22.8% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SEAN MCELRATH Board President —
JOHN BOLDEN Board Member —
GLORIA BUTLER MILLER Board Member —
LESLIE LOVE Board Member —
BETH J CORREA Board Member —
MYGENE L CARR Board Member —
REED KROLOFF Board Member —
CAROLINE CHAMBERS Board Member —
SONYA POUNCY Board Member —
FRANK TAYLOR Board Member —
OLIVER RAGSDALE JR Board President —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
OLIVER RAGSDALE JR Board President 30.7% of Rev
SHIRLEY STANCATO Board President —
STANFORD KOLTLNOW Board President —
AUBREY LEE JR Board President —
JOHN BOLDEN Board Member —
GLORIA BUTLER MILLER Board Member —
LESLIE LOVE Board Member —
BETH J CORREA Board Member —
MYGENE L CARR Board Member —
REED KROLOFF Board Member —
CAROLINE CHAMBERS Board Member —
SONYA POUNCY Board Member —
FRANK TAYLOR Board Member —
SCOTT REILLEY Board Member —
MAURICE MCMURRAY Board Member —
SEAN MCELRATH Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
OLIVER RAGSDALE JR Board President 26.5% of Rev
SHIRLEY STANCATO Board President —
STANFORD KOLTLNOW Board President —
AUBREY LEE JR Board President —
JOHN BOLDEN Board Member —
GLORIA BUTLER MILLER Board Member —
LESLIE LOVE Board Member —
BETH J CORREA Board Member —
MYGENE L CARR Board Member —
REED KROLOFF Board Member —
CAROLINE CHAMBERS Board Member —
SONYA POUNCY Board Member —
FRANK TAYLOR Board Member —
SCOTT REILLEY Board Member —
MAURICE MCMURRAY Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
OLIVER RAGSDALE JR Board President 12.7% of Rev
LEROY RICHIE Board President —
SONYA POUNCY Board Member —
JOHN BOLDEN Board Member —
AUBREY LEE JR Board Member —
GLORIA BUTLER MILLER Board Member —
LESLIE LOVE Board Member —
BETH J CORREA Board Member —
MYGENE L CARR Board Member —
REED KROLOFF Board Member —
SHIRLEY STANCATO Board Member —
SANFORD H KOLTONOW Board Member —
FRANK TAYLOR Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
45 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
31 / 100
Priority Review

The three components combine into a single 0–100 score weighted as shown. Full methodology →

Peer comparison

Compared to 177 other orgs in MI with NTEE prefix A2.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 71 points below the peer median (0 vs. 71).

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. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
  2. 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.