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
55
Score
Financial
0
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
2025 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2024 Hidden Hidden Unknown
2023 Hidden Hidden 8.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 8.7% 40 Fragile Recovery
2021 7.1% 38 Fragile Recovery
2020 6.1% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 8.8% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2018 8.9% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 7.8% 38 Financially Distressed Recovery
2016 9.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 7.5% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 6.7% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2013 8.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2012 10.6% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2011 32 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANDREW HARRIS Artistic Director 8.4% of Rev
TAMEKKA CORNELIUS Board Member
ANNIE DUTTON Board Member
SHARON YOWELL Board Member
JANE PRIZANT Board Member
ANGIE TOBIAS Board Member
JIMICA HOWARD Board Member
LEAH PETROKUBI Board Member
CATHY COLLIVER Board President
ANGIE BUCKLER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
JOHN SELENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
JIMI FITCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PATTI CLARE Board President
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
JOHN ESCOSA Secretary
KATHY CAMPBELL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CHRISTOPHER HILBERT Board Member
MARK GOMSAK Board Member
BRAD KEETON Board Member
MARKUS WINKLER Board Member
KYLE MERKLE Board Member
MEGAN CLEVELAND Board Member
ALINA KLIMKINA Board Member
TRICIA LISTER Board Member

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANDREW HARRIS Artistic Director 8.4% of Rev
ALINA KLIMKINA Board Member
ANGIE TOBIAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ANNIE DUTTON Board Member
CAROL LAMBERT Board Member
JEANNE CURTIS Board Member
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CLAIRE SIMMS Board Member
GLENDA THOME Board Member
JANE PRIZANT Board Member
JIMICA HOWARD Board Member
JOHN ESCOSA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
KATELYN BROWN Board Member
KYLE MERKLE Board Member
MEGAN CLEVELAND Board Member
MARKUS WINKLER Board Member
CATHY COLLIVER Board President
SAM CORBETT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SHARON YOWELL Board Member
ELLIE DOTY Board Member
CECELIA HOUSER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PEGGY KRUG Board Member
LEAH PETROKUBI Board Member
JOHN SELENT Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANDREW HARRIS Artistic Director 8.0% of Rev
PAUL ESSELMAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
JOHN ESCOSA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SAM CORBETT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
GLENDA THOME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEGAN MCDOUGAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CATHY COLLIVER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CARLA WRIGHT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CLAIRE SIMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MICHAEL MERRICK Board Member
CAROL LAMBERT Board Member
ANNIE DUTTON Board Member
JIMICA HOWARD Board Member
VALARIE ROBERTS-ALLEN Board Member
SHARON YOWELL Board Member
CHRIS GILBERT Board Member
SUZANNE WRIGHT Board Member
PEGGY KRUG CHAIRMAN

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANDREW HARRIS Artistic Director 7.7% of Rev
CARL THOMAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PEGGY KRUG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SAM CORBETT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MICHAEL MERRICK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
GLENDA THOME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEGAN MCDOUGAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CATHY COLLIVER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CARLA WRIGHT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CLAIRE SIMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
KRISTEN BYRD Board Member
CAROL LAMBERT Board Member
JENNIFER LUHRS Board Member
JAMIE PARADIS Board Member
ALLEN PLATT Board Member
LEISA SCHULZ Board Member
BRECK THOMAS-ROSS Board Member
STEPHANIE UBELHART Board Member
SUZANNE WRIGHT Board Member
JONATHAN RIEHM CHAIRMAN

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ANDREW HARRIS Artistic Director 6.1% of Rev
IDRIS GOODWIN Artistic Director 5.7% of Rev
JONATHAN RIEHM CHAIRMAN
CARL THOMAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PEGGY KRUG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
SAM CORBETT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MICHAEL MERRICK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
GLENDA THOME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEGAN MCDOUGAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CATHY COLLIVER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MARY GARRIS Board Member
KRISTEN BYRD Board Member
CAROL LAMBERT Board Member
JENNIFER LUHRS Board Member
JAMIE PARADIS Board Member
ALLEN PLATT Board Member
LEISA SCHULZ Board Member
BRECK THOMAS-ROSS Board Member
STEPHANIE UBELHART Board Member
SUZANNE WRIGHT Board Member
JEFF ROGERS Board Member
CARLA WRIGHT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CLAIRE SIMS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
55 / 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

Compared to 55 other orgs in KY with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 39 points below the peer median (0 vs. 39).

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.