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
27
Score
Governance
45
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
2013
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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 — — 24.3% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2022 — — 13.4% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 — — 22.7% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2020 — — 15.7% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 — — 15.2% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 — — 15.0% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 — — 14.1% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2016 — — 16.2% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 — — 19.8% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 — — 20.9% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 — — — 43 Financially Distressed Stable Watch
2012 — — — 43 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Tiffany Palotto Board Member 23.4% of Rev
Caroline Baudinet Stumpf Board Member —
Karee Justice - Bondy Board Member —
Neyla Pekarek Board Member —
Becca Smith Board Member —
Del'Shawn Tayler Board Member —
Heidi Wilbur Board President —
Sean Smith Board Member —
Janet Yenter Board Member —
Dawn Kramer Musician Rep —
Kome Muller Treasurer —
Kristi Franko Secretary —

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Tiffany Palotto Board Member 24.3% of Rev
Josh Neugebauer Treasurer —
Cindy Chang Secretary —
Will Braunstein Board Member —
Becca Smith Board Member —
Del'Shawn Tyler Board Member —
Heidi Wilbur Executive Director —
Sean Smith Board Member —
Janet Yenter Board Member —
Jason Green Board Member —
Kome Muller Board Member —
Kristi Franko Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Shelby Mattingly Executive Dir. 19.2% of Rev
Heidi Wilbur Board Member —
Josh Neugebauer Board Member —
Cindy Chang Secretary —
Sean Smith Treasurer —
Rob Rehburg Board Member —
Jason Green Board Member —
Jason P Scott Board Member —
Carlton Willey Board Member —
Becca Smith Board Member —
Jean Plotkin Board Member —
Maria Corral Board President —
Will Braunstein Chairman —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Jason Green Board Member —
Jason Scott Board Member —
CJ Willey Board Member —
Jean Plotkin Secretary —
Heidi Wilbur Board Member —
Sean Smith Treasurer —
Rob Rehburg Board President —
Cindy Chang Board Member —
Josh Neugebauer Board Member —
Maria Corral Board President —
Will Braunstein Board President —
Shelby Mattingly Executive Dir. —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Shelby Mattingly Executive Dir. 14.6% of Rev
Jason Green Board Member —
Jason Scott Board Member —
CJ Willey Board Member —
Jean Plotkin Secretary —
Heidi Wilbur Board Member —
Sean Smith Treasurer —
Rob Rehburg Board President —
Kellyn Smith Board President —
Josh Neugebauer Board Member —
Maria Corral Board President —
Will Braunstein Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
45 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
27 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 270 other orgs in CO with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 50 points below the peer median (0 vs. 50).

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. Separate signing authority from fundraising authority when both are held by one person — removes the concentration penalty (~12 points).
  2. 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.