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Mayor’s $158M Funding Ask | Texas News
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is racing against time to close a $158 million budget gap by asking big corporations and wealthy donors to fund key city nonprofits — from the Botanical Garden to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission — without raising taxes or cutting services. But with no major companies like Valero or USAA responding yet and a deadline looming August 21st, experts say it’s a long shot. San Antonio’s corporate landscape has shrunk over the past two decades, philanthropic budgets are locked early, and many businesses feel blindsided by the sudden ask — especially after past…
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