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
39
Score
Governance
50
Score
Financial
25
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

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2021
2022
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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 39 Financially Distressed Recovery
2022 13.8% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2021 39 Financially Distressed Recovery
2020 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 39 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 39 Fragile Stable Watch
2016 39 Fragile Stable Watch
2015 39 Fragile Recovery
2014 31 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 39 Fragile Stable Watch
2011 39 Fragile Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
CINDY COLLINS Board Member
DANA MEREDITH Board Member
DIANA PEINTER Treasurer
MICHAEL POWELL Board President
SALLI SHIREY Secretary
ANN SOBY VICE PRESIDE
KENNETH UPHAUS Board Member
MARY ANN ZOHNER Board Member
SUSAN YOUNG EXECUTIVE DI

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
SUSAN YOUNG EXECUTIVE DI 10.8% of Rev
SHIREY SALLI Board Member 0.1% of Rev
CINDY COLLINS Board Member
MARTI CROW Board Member
ANNETTE DYE Secretary
HERSCHEL LINCOLN Board President
MICHAEL POWELL VICE PRESIDE
TERRY ROGERS Board Member
ANN SOBY Board Member
DENISE SOUZA Board Member
KENNETH UPHAUS Board Member
MARY ANN ZOHNER Board Member
SCOTTY BREZGIEL EXECUTIVE DI

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
MARY ANN ZOHNER Board President
CLARK H CUMMINS VICE PRESIDE
SCOTTY BREZGIEL EXECUTIVE DI
KIM BAKER Treasurer
ANNETTE DYE Secretary
HERSCHEL LINCOLN Board Member
TERRY ROGERS Board Member
LISA WEAKLEY Board Member
DENISE SOUZA Board Member
MARTI CROW Board Member
MICHAEL POWELL 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
39 / 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 KS 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.