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
50
Score
Financial
5
Score
Program
60
Score

Institutional Epochs

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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 11.4% 34 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2022 15.7% 31 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2021 11.9% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2020 9.6% 32 Critical Intervention Needed Recovery
2019 10.5% 39 Fragile Recovery
2018 16.0% 35 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2017 9.0% 42 Fragile Recovery
2016 10.8% 27 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2015 16.8% 26 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2014 9.2% 37 Financially Distressed Recovery
2013 11.1% 30 Critical Intervention Needed Decline Risk
2012 6.3% 36 Financially Distressed Decline Risk
2011 4.6% 41 Financially Distressed Stable Watch

Officer compensation history

Tax year 2025

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Sean Fenton Board Member 11.9% of Rev
Sean Fenton Board Member 11.4% of Rev
Kevin Kosik Board President
Sunshine Deffner Board President
Shafer Mazow Treasurer
Anne Younan Secretary
Varun Bhagwan Board Member
Vivian Gomes Board Member
Karina Gutierrez Board Member
Margo Hall Board Member
Calvin Kai Ku Board Member
Venus Ke Board Member
Rachel Mann Board Member
E Craig Moody Board Member
Smita Rajmohan Board Member
Dawn Monique Williams Board Member
Peter Kuo Board Member
Kevin Kosik Board President
Sunshine Deffner Board President
Shafer Mazow Treasurer
Varun Bhagwan Board Member
Ari Lipsky Board Member
Vivian Gomes Board Member
Karina Gutierrez Secretary
Rachel Mann Board Member
E Craig Moody Board Member
James Kennedy Board Member
Smita Rajan Board Member
Dawn Monique Williams Board Member
Sara Dean Board Member
Shireen Husain Wetmore Board Member

Tax year 2023

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Brad Erickson Former E.D. 7.0% of Rev
Nichole Gantshar Treasurer 4.9% of Rev
Ann Marie Lonsdale Interim E.D. 0.9% of Rev
Anne W Smith Board President
Janice E Sager Board President
Shafer Mazow Treasurer
Anne Younan Secretary
Gina Baleria Board Member
Sunshine Deffner Board Member
Andy Chan Donald Board Member
Margo Hall Board Member
Jeanette Harrison Board Member
Kevin Kosik Board Member
John Maul Board Member
Dawn Monique Williams Board Member

Tax year 2022

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Brad Erickson Board Member 10.4% of Rev
Debbie Chinn Board President
Andy Chan Donald Board President
Shafer Mazow Treasurer
Richard Merrill Secretary
Dale Albright Board Member
Gina Baleria Board Member
Margo Hall Board Member
Kevin Kosik Board Member
John Maull Board Member
Joseph Perla Board Member
Janice E Sager Board Member
Anne W Smith Board Member
Julia Peppard Board Member
Anne W Smith Board Member
Nichole Gantshar Treasurer

Tax year 2021

Name Title Phone Email Compensation
Brad Erickson Board Member 9.0% of Rev
Dale Albright Board Member 7.2% of Rev
Julia Peppard Board Member
Anne W Smith Board Member
Todd Stein Board Member
Debbie Chinn Board President
Andy Chan Donald Secretary
Janice E Sager Treasurer
Michelle Honchariw Board President
Gina Baleria Board Member
Michael Borque Board Member
Margo Hall Board Member
Jennifer King Board Member
Kevin Kosik Board Member
Lisa Mallette Board Member
John Maull Board Member
Shafer Mazow Board Member
Richard Merrill Board Member
Joseph Perla Board Member
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Score breakdown

Score breakdown

Financial resilience
5 / 100
weight 40%
Governance risk
50 / 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 12 other orgs in CA with NTEE prefix A0.

Most-divergent component: program score sits 35 points above the peer median (60 vs. 25).

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.