STAAR test scores for students in San Antonio are trending down and falling below the state average, according to nonprofit City Education Partners.

United Way of San Antonio is collecting and giving fans to people in need in our community.

Nonprofits, like San Antonio Threads, said the need for supplies and clothes is widespread even with school in session for so many students.

Christmas is over, but giving season for nonprofits is just starting to peak.

Rising temperatures are making outside conditions dangerous in San Antonio, and people experiencing homelessness are at a high risk of suffering from heat exhaustion. Despite the heat, nonprofits say they are not seeing an uptick in people seeking help.

Earn-a-Bike was awarded more than $55,000 thanks to Philanthropitch, a fast-pitch competition for innovative nonprofits.

Impact San Antonio is a local women’s nonprofit that aims to help various organizations across the Alamo City.

Beyond the opportunity to add some money to their accounts, Giving Tuesday has other benefits for nonprofit organizations that last well beyond that particular day.

Dress for Success San Antonio and THRU Project are partnering together for a clothing drive campaign. The goal is to get jobseekers the right attire so they can find the right job.

SAN ANTONIO – Relief groups, many of them faith-based organizations, are appealing for help of their own to meet the needs that are growing along the border. “We’re seeing increased traffic, and we’re expecting that to continue,” said Dan Klein, chair of the Interfaith Welcome Coalition. Klein said those groups and the Interfaith Welcome Coalition itself still need more of the public’s help. The coalition is appealing for donations and volunteers on its Facebook page and specific items on its Amazon wishlist. So does the Val Verde Humanitarian Border Coalition, along with an appeal for donations and volunteers on its Facebook page.

SAN ANTONIO – More than 100 nonprofits are looking for a plan-B after Fiesta San Antonio 2020 was canceled after officials had postponed the event for November. Fiesta San Antonio canceled in 2020, officials announceBarton Simpson, the commander of the Texas Cavaliers, said his organization was prepared but disappointed by the cancellation. Simpson said organization members are committed to working hard for those agencies so they can make it to the next Fiesta event. Fiesta ‘encouraging’ nonprofits to honor 2020 tickets for 2021 eventsKatrina Campbell, with Brighton SA, said they have jumped into fundraising mode already. Campbell says about $100,000 in presold tickets for the 2020 Fiesta event has been donated back to the organization since the event was canceled.

The nonprofits said just when they have had to step up fast to meet needs during the coronavirus crisis, their primary source of food, the San Antonio Food Bank, is changing its policy. Instead of having multiple sites, the food bank intends to provide needed food in the community through the creation of county mega sites. The San Antonio Food Bank is asking nonprofit partner agencies to preregister their clients for the county mega sites by filling out a form on the food bank website. Additionally, the Food Bank has already announced a few lunch and neighborhood food giveaways they have on the calendar. San Antonio Food Bank launches ‘Neighbor Helping Neighbor’ response effortCOVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new virus, stands for coronavirus disease 2019.