An effort by a Dallas-based Habitat for Humanity chapter to scale up goes awry, leading to reorganization. This story of bold nonprofit ambition is a real rollercoaster ride.
Depending on how the transition occurs, following a strong nonprofit founder can be a pretty bumpy ride.
Immigrant rights, workers’ rights, and other advocacy groups teamed up to make Austin the first “Freedom City” in Texas after the state legislature banned sanctuary cities.
The volunteer-staffed National Families Together Hotline will work to find the parents of detained children, almost as a private investigator would, and then staff will help connect parents to free legal services.
Waco is the first school district to partner with a community nonprofit, as opposed to a charter operator, in a turnaround partnership.
As for-profit dailies shed staff, nonprofit media entities are growing.
The El Paso Children’s Museum project moves forward thanks to a partnership between the city and the community foundation. Can an entity that accepts taxpayer and donor dollars but isn’t legally beholden to either be a faithful steward of these funds?
Approximately 60 students from Nepal have been told their full scholarships to the University of Texas at Tyler have been withdrawn. UT-Tyler blames the recall on a $1.7-million accounting error. The cost for the students is more profound.
In community economic development, credit unions are a bit of a sleeping giant. But, as is shown in this article about San Antonio, credit unions can be important contributors to economic development in low-income neighborhoods.
A coalition of police oversight reformers in Austin propose a nonprofit to address resident complaint process.
