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
37
Score
Governance
45
Score
Financial
15
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

2011
2012
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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 19.0% 37 Fragile Recovery
2022 — — — 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 — — 22.1% 39 Fragile Recovery
2020 — — 23.7% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2019 — — — 36 Financially Distressed Recovery
2018 — — — 29 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2017 — — 24.6% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2016 — — 23.9% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 — — 17.5% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2014 — — 24.7% 24 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 — — 24.3% 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 — — 21.5% 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
BRIAN MILLER Executive Director 10.8% of Rev
ROBERT SIMPSON Artistic Director 10.4% of Rev
BETSY COOK WEBER Artistic Director 7.9% of Rev
WARREN A ELLSWORTH IV MD Board President —
RICK KELLOGG Board President —
ALLI BITTNER Treasurer —
SID DAVIS Board Member —
JACK BYROM Secretary —
VIDISHA PRASAD Board Member —
ANGELA BONGAT Board Member —
JACOB MALINOFF Board Member —
JOHANNA WOLFE Board Member —

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
BRIAN MILLER Executive Director 10.5% of Rev
ROBERT SIMPSON Artistic Director 8.2% of Rev
JACK BYROM Secretary 0.3% of Rev
WARREN A ELLSWORTH IV MD Board President —
RICK KELLOGG Board President —
ALLI BITTNER Treasurer —
CALVIN DOTSEY Board Member —
VIDISHA PRASAD Board Member —
ANGELA BONGAT Board Member —
JACOB MALINOFF Board Member —
JOHANNA WOLFE Board Member —

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ROBERT SIMPSON Artistic Director 6.6% of Rev
APRIL HARRIS Board Member 5.8% of Rev
BRIAN MILLER Executive Director 1.1% of Rev
WARREN A ELLSWORTH IV MD Board President —
RICK KELLOGG Board President —
SALLY ANDERSON CLARK Board Member —
JACOB MALINOFF Treasurer —
JACK BYROM Board Member —
SERGIO MAIWORM Board Member —
VIDISHA PRASAD Board Member —

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ROBERT SIMPSON Artistic Director 6.3% of Rev
MARIAM KHALILI Board Member 5.5% of Rev
APRIL HARRIS GENERAL MANAGER 4.9% of Rev
WARREN A ELLSWORTH IV MD Board President —
RICK KELLOGG Board President —
SALLY ANDERSON CLARK Board Member —
JACOB MALINOFF Treasurer —
XIAOLU ZHANG Board Member —
SERGIO MAIWORM Board Member —
VIDISHA PRASAD Board Member —

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
KHALILI MARIAM Board Member 7.9% of Rev
SIMPSON ROBERT Artistic Director 6.3% of Rev
WILLIAM MCKENZIE Board President —
WARREN A ELLSWORTH IV MD Board President —
RICK KELLOGG Board President —
CANDACE AXEL Secretary —
JACOB MALINOFF Treasurer —
SALLY ANDERSON CLARK Board Member —
SERGIO MAIWORM Board Member —
VIDISHA PRASAD Board Member —
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
15 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
45 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
60 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
37 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 483 other orgs in TX with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 52 points below the peer median (15 vs. 67).

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.