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
50
Score
Financial
5
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
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 10.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2022 10.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2021 6.3% 36 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2020 8.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 11.1% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 10.8% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 10.6% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 10.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 10.2% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 10.6% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 10.0% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 9.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2011 10.4% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2010 11.0% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JERRI NEDDERMEYER Executive Dir. 9.5% of Rev
ADRIAN DAVIS Board President
ANTHONY BOLDT Board President
KAREN HOWARD Board President
ANDY DELUCA Vice President
JOHN KLEINWOLTERINK Vice President
CRAIG PETERSON Vice President
CHRISTOPHER ROCHESTER Vice President
AMY GIDDINGS Vice President
NICOLE LAMBRECHT Vice President
AARON LOHMEYER Vice President
DANIEL FELTON Vice President
RUTH LEMAY Vice President
CHRISTOPH DUNDAS REG 1-2A/AA REP
ERIC SONGER REG 1-2A/AA REP
RACHEL GORDEN MERCER REG 1-2A/AA REP
BEN BUSSEY REG 3-4A REP
ALEX FERDERER REG 3-4 AA REP
CHRIS JACOBSON REG 5-6A REP
DAVID DAVIS REG 5-6AA REP
GUNNAR AAS REG 7-8A/AA REP
ABIGAIL VAN KLOMPENBERG REG 7-8A/AA REP

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
JERRI NEDDERMEYER Executive Dir. 8.5% of Rev
TONYA BARNES Board President
BRADLEY MARISKA Board President
ADRIAN DAVIS Board President
TERI AKERVIK REGION REP
KYLIE ANDERSON REGION REP
ANTHONY BOLDT Vice President
REBEKAH CRISSINGER REGION REP
CHRISTOPH DUNDAS REGION REP
CHRIS JACOBSON REGION REP
BEN BUSSEY REGION REP
BRAD LAMBRECHT Vice President
KATHY LARSON Vice President
CHRISTOPHER ROCHESTER Vice President
NATLIA ROMERO ARBELAEZ REGION REP
MARIA WILSON REGION REP
STEFAN WOLF Vice President

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MARY SCHAEFLE Executive Dir. 4.1% of Rev
TONYA BARNES Vice President
PAM DIEM REGION REP
ERIN GAFFANEY Vice President
PETER GUENTHER REGION REP
JENNIFER GYLLAND REGION REP
SARAH HOLTEN REGION REP
JEFF IVERSON REGION REP
WILLY LEAFBLAD REGION REP
DAVID LUMLEY REGION REP
BRADLEY MARISKA Vice President
NICOLE MATTFELD REGION REP
BRIANNA MCDONOUGH Vice President
SABRINA OLSON REGION REP
SCOTT RABEHL REGION REP
NATALIA ROMERO ARBELAEZ REGION REP
LAURA SANDHAM REGION REP
AMANDA SHULTZ REGION REP
MARIA WILSON REGION REP
DAN HAMPTON Board President
BARRY ZUMWALDE Board President
SAM BERGSTROM Board President
TERI AKERVIK REGION REP
KYLIE ANDERSON REGION REP
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 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

Fewer than 3 peers found in MN for this NTEE subcategory; peer comparison would not be statistically meaningful.

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.