The Meadows Foundation
The Meadows Foundation board of directors announced Peter M. Miller will succeed Linda Perryman Evans as president and chief executive officer effective January 1, 2020. Mr. Miller is the great nephew of founders Algur H. and Virginia Meadows. As president and CEO, Mr. Miller will have responsibility for all of the Foundation’s operations.
Stop 3009 Vulcan Quarry
The hearing on the merits against Vulcan Construction Materials ended early Tuesday afternoon. Approximately 80 people attended the two‐day hearing, including Comal County residents currently living near the proposed quarry site, many of whom would share a fence line with the proposed 1500‐acre open‐pit mine. State Office of Administrative Hearing (SOAH) Administrative Law Judge Rebecca Smith presided over the hearing and will determine whether… Read more »
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Geography/Habitat: In Texas, Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) is common summer resident along the Coastal Prairies and the eastern portion of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Inland, they are rare to locally common in the eastern third of the state. In the western portion of the state, it is a very rare and local summer resident due to lack of habitat. During the winter,… Read more »
Harvey Mackay
A teacher asked her students if any of them had extra pencils they’d be willing to share with their classmates. One student reluctantly raised his hand. The teacher approached his desk and before the student handed her his pencil case, he told her that he didn’t mind sharing his pencils but he wanted them back when they were not being used. The… Read more »
AFP
For the second consecutive year, almost every metric monitored by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) has decreased in the first quarter (January through March) of 2019, leading to concerns about the growth of charitable giving for the rest of the year. The FEP’s 2019 First Quarter Report, which reviews giving data from January through March 2019 and compares it to the same time period… Read more »
Texas Women’s Foundation
Here in the Northeast, we don’t tend to envision Texas as having a culture of diversity and women’s empowerment. But Texas is actually one of the most diverse states in the union. Currently, 68% of women ages 15 to 24 are women of color. The reality for the biggest state in the union is that the minority is the majority among young people. Texas… Read more »
San Antonio Area Foundation
Nonprofits attended one of five information sessions held in late June to learn about the San Antonio Area Foundation’s 2019 funding cycle. The information sessions included an overview of how the Area Foundation is preparing to align to new areas of interest while advancing equity. While funding cycles are typically of great interest to the nonprofit community, this cycle was especially well-received due to… Read more »
Children at Risk
Quarterly News & Updates June 2019 Upcoming Events See what’s happening this month Hurricane Harvey Summit Join us at our Hurricane Harvey Summit as we release our publication of Texas Continues to Recover: Two Years After Harvey Report. When: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Time: 9:00 AM Where: United Way of Greater Houston REGISTER HERE Human Trafficking Awareness Tour… Read more »
Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center
2019 Field School The adventure is over, but the lessons and memories will go on and on. The 2019 Texas State Field School Group. Top row left to right: Jerod Roberts, Vicky Roberts, Dr. David Kilby, Cameron Michael, Megan Blackburn, Carter Wiseman, Logan Baird, James Ramsey, and Jim Sellers. Second row left to right: Ashley Eyeington, Lori Decker, Kenny Williams, Steven Frazier, Laura… Read more »
Tom Ahern
Do you know of other organizations that have gotten a chance to make a 2nd impression effectively and shift the public’s/donors’ impression of them? Not that our first impression wasn’t good, it was very good, but we have added to our repertoire of saving nature.
Permian Basin Area Foundation
Permian Basin Area Foundation announced $1,957,850 in grants to nonprofit organizations serving the West Texas region during a news conference held today at Bynum School. Of this amount, $1,357,850 was awarded during the semi-annual competitive grant cycle. Aaron Bedell, chief operating officer, welcomed guests and spoke about the impact of the Foundation in the Permian Basin region. The Foundation has grown to include more… Read more »
Giving Pledge
Giving Pledge announced that 19 philanthropists have joined the Giving Pledge since the previous year, bringing the total number of Giving Pledge signatories to 204 from 23 countries. Now in its ninth year, the Giving Pledge continues to expand internationally with the addition of philanthropists from China, Norway, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, as well as the United States. Founded by… Read more »
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), Candid and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP), Candid and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy announced the release of the first comprehensive study on household donations to disasters, the U.S. Household Disaster Giving in 2017 and 2018 Report. This study reveals new data on U.S. households’ disaster giving and answers many of the questions most often asked about patterns, preferences and practices of individual… Read more »
Jackson Walker L.L.P. and KGBTexas Communications
To celebrate its 25thanniversary, KGBTexas Communications, along with co-sponsor Jackson Walker L.L.P., announced the launch of the ‘KGB Community Impact Award’ for nonprofit organizations to receive $25,000 in advertising and public relations services. The Award will recognize two nonprofits – one in Houston and one in San Antonio – that have created significant consequence through their steadfast dedication to our communities. Each winning nonprofit… Read more »
Texas State University
Researchers at Texas State University have identified an increasingly severe invasive parasite problem in the San Marcos and Comal Rivers that could impact native fish—including endangered species unique to Texas springs. One parasite has been under study since 1996, but in 2013, a student in the lab of David Huffman, a parasitologist in the Department of Biology at Texas State, discovered a new… Read more »
Pre Research Center by Andrew Perrin
This is one in a series of posts about how different demographic groups in the U.S. have fared in the digital age. Rural Americans have made large gains in adopting digital technology over the past decade, but they generally remain less likely than urban or suburban adults to have home broadband or own a smartphone. Roughly two-thirds of rural Americans (63%) say they have… Read more »
David A. Drewa
Next week, the crucial contested case hearing will take place to determine whether TCEQ should grant, deny, or add additional restrictions to the air quality permit application by Alabama‐based Vulcan Construction Materials. Vulcan proposes construction of a 1500‐acre limestone mine, quarry, and rock‐crushing plant between Bulverde and New Braunfels. This hearing (technically called a hearing on the merits) begins June 10 and is scheduled… Read more »
McKinsey & Co - By Jake Silberg and James Manyika
Biases in how humans make decisions are well documented. Some researchers have highlighted how judges’ decisions can be unconsciously influenced by their own personal characteristics, while employers have been shown to grant interviews at different rates to candidates with identical resumes but with names considered to reflect different racial groups. Humans are also prone to misapplying information.
Google News Initiative
When journalist Megan Lucero started as director at U.K. based Bureau Local, she had an ambitious mission: to use technology to discover powerful public interest stories in local news. The startup, which is part of the nonprofit organization The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, received financial support from Google’s Digital News Innovation Fund to create a platform where data journalists could come together and work… Read more »
University of Texas at Austin
UT Austin is one of only 12 partner universities and institutions developing the telescope, which is under construction at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. With a resolution 10 times as great as that of the Hubble Space Telescope, the GMT will become one of the defining instruments of 21st century science.
This video was created in partnership with Houston Arts Alliance, specifically to aid nonprofits in the arts with their grant-seeking. In this video, Linda addresses these questions:
