Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit
Structural Deficit Market Archetype Mechanical Natural
Tier
Developing
Trajectory Thumbprint

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
45
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
25
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
2023 2.4% 45 Fragile Recovery
2022 2.8% 39 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2021 5.0% 49 Fragile Recovery
2020 3.9% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2019 3.1% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2018 5.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 1.0% 39 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2016 0.6% 43 Fragile Recovery
2015 1.8% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2014 2.5% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2013 2.5% 39 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2012 2.2% 47 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2011 3.4% 47 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KEVIN MALGESINI Board Member 1.4% of Rev
LESLEY FOX Treasurer 0.7% of Rev
AMY CHASANOV Board Member
ANDREW PARCEL Board Member
APRIL BERG Board Member
BARBARA LARIMER Board Member
BOB EVANS Board Member
BRYAN KELLEY Board Member
CINDY JED Board Member
CONSTANCE THOMPSON Board Member
DR ROBERTO DONDISCH Board Member
ELEANOR NOLAN Board Member
EVE ALVORD Board Member
HEATHER BLAHOUS Board Member
HEATHER WILDE Board Member
JARED VAN KIRK Board Member
KATINA THORNOCK Board Member
KIRSTEN NESHOLM Board Member
LAURA SMITH Board Member
LEE-NORAH SANZO Board Member
LOUISE PIETRAFESA Board Member
MEGHAN BROWNE Board Member
MIMI GAN Board Member
SALLY RAMPERSAD Board Member
SHARI BITCON Board Member
STACIE FOSTER Board Member
WANDA WONG Board Member
WINFIELD WIN MARTIN Board Member
WINSTON YEUNG Board Member
TONY FROEHLICH Treasurer
ANH NGUYEN Board President
LAURA BUCKLAND Board President
KARIN JONES Secretary
SHELLY HEIER Treasurer
AMANDA HICKS Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KEVIN MALGESINI Board Member 1.4% of Rev
LESLEY FOX Treasurer 0.7% of Rev
LAURA SMITH Board President
ANH NGUYEN Board President
MIMI GAN Board President
LOUISE PIETRAFESA Secretary
ANDREW PARCEL Treasurer
LEE-NORAH SANZO Board Member
EVE ALVORD Board Member
APRIL BERG Board Member
SHARI BITCON Board Member
HEATHER BLAHOUS Board Member
MEGHAN BROWNE Board Member
LAURA BUCKLAND Board Member
AMY CHASANOV Board Member
ROBERTO DONDISCH Board Member
BOB EVANS Board Member
MATT EYLER Board Member
ALICE FORSYTHE Board Member
STACIE FOSTER Board Member
KARIN JONES Board Member
DAVID LANDAU Board Member
BARBARA LARIMER Board Member
JESSICA LOCHE-EGGERT Board Member
ELEANOR NOLAN Board Member
SALLY RAMPERSAND Board Member
NATASHA RIVERS Board Member
SCOTT RUTHFIELD Board Member
CONSTANCE THOMPSON Board Member
JARED VAN KIRK Board Member
HEATHER WILDE Board Member
WANDA WONG Board Member
SHELLY HEIER Board Member

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KEVIN MALGESINI Board Member 1.3% of Rev
LESLEY FOX Treasurer 0.7% of Rev
LAURA SMITH Board President
RYAN BOONE Board President
MIMI GAN Board President
LOUISE PIETRAFESA Secretary
ANDREW PARCEL Treasurer
LEE-NORAH SANZO Board Member
EVE ALVORD Board Member
APRIL BERG Board Member
SHARI BITCON Board Member
HEATHER BLAHOUS Board Member
MEGHAN BROWNE Board Member
LAURA BUCKLAND Board Member
AMY CHASANOV Board Member
ROBERTO DONDISCH Board Member
BOB EVANS Board Member
MATT EYLER Board Member
ALICE FORSYTHE Board Member
STACIE FOSTER Board Member
KARIN JONES Board Member
DAVID LANDAU Board Member
BARBARA LARIMER Board Member
JESSICA LOCHE-EGGERT Board Member
ANH NGUYEN Board Member
ELEANOR NOLAN Board Member
SALLY RAMPERSAD Board Member
NATASHA RIVERS Board Member
SCOTT RUTHFIELD Board Member
CONSTANCE THOMPSON Board Member
STEPHANIE TRUE Board Member
JARED VAN KIRK Board Member
HEATHER WILDE Board Member
WANDA WONG Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
25 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
45 / 100
Developing

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

Peer comparison

Fewer than 3 peers found in WA 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.

Overall score has gone from 35 → 45 over 5 years (improving by 10 points). A multi-year directional move of this magnitude is a signal worth investigating.

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.