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
32
Score
Governance
58
Score
Financial
0
Score
Program
45
Score

Institutional Epochs

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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 1.1% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2022 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 43.5% 36 Fragile Recovery
2020 42.0% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2018 29 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2017 35 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2016 35 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2015 35 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2014 35 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2013 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch
2012 33 Critical Intervention Needed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2026

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ALEXYN SCHELLER Board Member 1.0% of Rev
LAUREN LEINHAAS-COOK Board Member 0.2% of Rev
ANNA STARNES BLAIR Board Member 0.1% of Rev
CASSANDRA FREEMAN Board President
REN KLINOVSKIY Secretary
EMILY KNERR Treasurer
CHRISTOPHER CORTS Board Member
CINDY CREASY WOOLFOLK Board Member
BARRY GABAY Board Member
UJWALA WAREK Board Member
ROBIN WALKER Board President

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
ALEXYN SCHELLER Board Member 1.0% of Rev
ANNA STARNES BLAIR Board Member 0.1% of Rev
CASSANDRA FREEMAN Board President
LAWRENCE COOK Secretary
MICHELLE CHENERY Treasurer
CHRISTOPHER CORTS Board Member
CINDY CREASY WOOLFOLK Board Member
BARRY GABAY Board Member
EMILY KNERR Board Member
ANDREW LAMBERT Board Member
LAUREN LEINHAAS-COOK Board Member
JENNIFER MADDUX Board Member
UJWALA WAREK Board Member
ROBIN WALKER Board President

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Anna Johnson Artistic Director 14.5% of Rev
Laine Satterfield Board Member 13.0% of Rev
Dianne Carpenter Development Specialist 3.0% of Rev
Jillian Porcelli Bookkeeper 1.4% of Rev
Rusty Wilson Board Member 1.4% of Rev
Skylar Shannon Webmaster 0.5% of Rev
Sara Krivanec Board Member 0.3% of Rev
Olivia Wilson Feature Writer 0.3% of Rev
Druanne Cummins Graphic Designer 0.2% of Rev
Betsy Rawles Board President
Lawrence Cook Secretary
Robin E Walker Treasurer
Joni Albrecht Board Member
Sherri Brockwell Dymon Board Member
Michelle Chenery Board Member
Omiyemi Artisia Green Board Member
Cassandra Diane Freeman Board Member
Renee L Gaines Board Member
Jeffrey Fielo Board Member
Marisa Guida Board Member
Gretchen Hall Board Member
Michelle Sharma Board Member
Dorothy Holland Board Member
Jennifer Kaufman Board Member
Natalie Lewis Board Member
The Rev Andrew Moore Board Member
Alexyn C Scheller Board Member
Jennifer Maddux Board Member
Anna Senechal Johnson Ex-Officio

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Anna Johnson Artistic Director 14.2% of Rev
Laine Satterfield Board Member 13.1% of Rev
Dianne Carpenter Development Specialist 3.4% of Rev
Jillian Porcelli Bookkeeper 1.2% of Rev
Rusty Wilson Board Member 0.7% of Rev
Skylar Shannon Webmaster 0.5% of Rev
Sara Krivanec Board Member 0.4% of Rev
Druanne Cummins Graphic Designer 0.1% of Rev
Betsy Rawles Board President
Susan Wynne Board President
Robin E Walker Treasurer
Lawrence Cook Secretary
Joni Albrecht Board Member
Cassandra Diane Freeman Board Member
Sherri Brockwell Dymon Board Member
Ruth R Garrett CPA Board Member
Marisa Guida Board Member
Gretchen Hall Board Member
Dorothy Holland Board Member
Jennifer Kaufman Board Member
Natalle Lewis Board Member
Jennifer Maddux Board Member
Renee L Gaines Board Member
Omiyemi Artisia Green Board Member
The Rev Andrew Y Moore Board Member
Michelle Sharma Board Member
Anna Senechal Johnson Ex-Officio
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
0 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
58 / 100
weight 40%
Program scale
45 / 100
weight 20%
Overall
32 / 100
Priority Review

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

Peer comparison

Compared to 146 other orgs in VA with NTEE prefix A6.

Most-divergent component: financial score sits 36 points below the peer median (0 vs. 36).

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.