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Local coalition survey warns federal grant shifts have put nonprofits’ services and staff at risk

Austin-Travis County Public Health Commission · February 4, 2026
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A cross-sector coalition presented preliminary survey results indicating federal grant changes have created immediate funding losses for Central Texas nonprofits, reporting nearly $18 million in documented losses in the cleaned sample and widespread service, staffing, and capacity impacts; presenters emphasized the data are exploratory and likely underreported.

A coalition of Central Texas nonprofits and funders told the Austin-Travis County Public Health Commission that preliminary survey results point to major instability for health and human service providers after recent federal funding changes.

Lynn Skinner, executive director of Social Venture Partners in Austin, described the report as “very preliminary” and said the coalition fielded a membership survey that, after deduplication and cleaning, yielded about 82 usable responses. The cleaned dataset presented roughly $18 million in immediate federal funding losses among respondents and another $23 million reported as frozen or uncertain as of Oct. 1, a sum the presenters…

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