The move comes as SA2020 is positioning itself as a watchdog over how the city presents data and addresses inequities.
City officials have shifted an annual investment in SA2020 toward a new data position within their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Office, an effort to improve in-house data analysis.The City of San Antonio has funded SA2020, a community goal-setting and data-tracking nonprofit, since 2014 — but residents won’t find a line item for the organization in the proposed $3.7 billion 2024 budget.
After word spread that the city’s proposed budget does not include funding for the nonprofit, SA2020 released a scathing assessment of the budget, without mentioning its own lack of inclusion. The assessment makes five recommendations, labeled a “call to action,” to improve how the city tracks its performance, including improving performance metrics for every department, consistent data tracking, and data sharing across departments.
Bains, who took over as executive director of the nonprofit in 2021, said the abrupt cutoff of city funding is likely politically motivated.
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