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
42
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Financial Era
Governance Era
Trajectory Era
Structural Deficit

Historical Performance

Year Revenue Top Comp Comp % Rev Score Phase Label Outlook Details
2025 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2024 Hidden Hidden 42 Fragile Recovery
2023 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 40 Fragile Recovery
2020 30 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 35 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 41 Fragile Stable Watch
2012 41 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Sandra Butler Board President
Kimberly Ismail Board President
EmmaJean Woodyard Board Member
Linda Freitag Secretary
Brenda Nation-Lemecha Treasurer
John Matthews Board President
Mary Bugeia Board Member
Yasmin Eloian Board President
Al Holmes Board Member
Jan Huang Board Member
Mary Kosch Board Member
Donald Mack Board Member
Patti Mack Board Member
Brigitte Anouti Board Member
Michael Nealon Board Member
Cynthia Pepper Board Member
Alice Putrus Board Member
Francene Sanak Board Member
Margaret Schaefer Board Member
Jennie Somers Board Member
Mustapha Hawily Board Member
Charles Miller Board Member
Wendy Baggett Board Member
Jane Mykytenko Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Sandra Butler Board President
Kimberly Ismail Board President
EmmaJean Woodyard Board President
Linda Freitag Secretary
Brenda Nation-Lemecha Treasurer
Brigitte Anouti Board Member
Ben Bachrach Board Member
Anne Bakalyar Board Member
Mary Bugeia Board Member
Yasmin Eloian Board Member
Al Holmes Board Member
Jan Huang Board Member
Mary Kosch Board Member
Donald Mack Board Member
Patti Mack Board Member
John Matthews Board Member
Michael Nealon Board Member
Dennis Hoy Board Member
Cynthia Pepper Board Member
Alice Putrus Board Member
Francene Sanak Board Member
Margaret Schaefer Board Member
Jennie Somers Board Member
Mustapha Hawily Board Member
Rev Mark Phillips Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Sandra Butler Board President
Kimberly Ismail Board President
EmmaJean Woodyard Board President
Linda Freitag Secretary
Brenda Nation-Lemecha Treasurer
Brigitte Anouti Board Member
Ben Bachrach Board Member
Anne Bakalyar Board Member
Mary Bugeia Board Member
Yasmin Eloian Board Member
Al Holmes Board Member
Jan Huang Board Member
Mary Kosch Board Member
Donald Mack Board Member
Patti Mack Board Member
John Matthews Board Member
Michael Nealon Board Member
Dennis Hoy Board Member
Cynthia Pepper Board Member
Alice Putrus Board Member
Francene Sanak Board Member
Margaret Schaefer Board Member
Jennie Somers Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Sandra Butler Board President
John Matthews Board President
Wendy Baggett Board President
Linda Freitag Secretary
Brenda Nation-Lemecha Treasurer
Brigitte Anouti Board Member
Ben Bachrach Board Member
Anne Bakalyar Board Member
Mary Bugeia Board Member
Yasmin Eloian Board Member
Al Holmes Board Member
Jan Huang Board Member
Kimberly Ismail Board Member
Mary Kosch Board Member
Donald Mack Board Member
Patti Mack Board Member
Michael Nealon Board Member
Dennis Hoy Board Member
Cynthia Pepper Board Member
Alice Putrus Board Member
Francene Sanak Board Member
Margaret Schaefer Board Member
Jennie Somers Board Member
EmmaJean Woodyard Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
42 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 185 other orgs in MI with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 17 points below the peer median (25 vs. 42).

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.