{"id":444402,"date":"2026-09-22T20:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444402\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T20:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T20:48:08","slug":"eastside-boys-girls-club-stays-open-after-new-donor-funding-reverses-closure-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444402\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastside Boys & Girls Club stays open after new donor funding reverses closure plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO – The Eastside Boys & Girls Club will remain open after the nonprofit secured new community support, reversing plans to pause programs at the clubhouse later this month.<\/p>\n

Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio announced Sunday that funding from Harvey E. Najim, Valero, the Mal\u00fa and Carlos Alvarez Family, H-E-B and other donors will allow the Eastside Clubhouse to continue operating in a scaled-back model.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit also said the Mays Clubhouse and its in-school programming in San Antonio ISD will remain fully open.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community showed up for the kids of San Antonio, and because of that, we get to keep showing up for them too,\u201d BGCSA CEO Debbie Powell said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The announcement reverses an earlier plan to pause Eastside programming beginning September 30 because of financial challenges.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio to close Rayburn Club, pause Eastside programs<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, City Council approved up to $350,000 in funding aimed at helping stabilize the nonprofit\u2019s finances. District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez said $175,000 would initially be available to keep the Eastside club open for three months, with the remaining money tied to certain conditions.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Eastside Boys & Girls Club gets funding to stay open at least 3 more months<\/a><\/p>\n

Those conditions included pursuing grants, reworking the organization\u2019s budget, and meeting with East Side residents and community partners to create a long-term vision for the clubhouse.<\/p>\n

The Eastside clubhouse will relaunch with a scaled-back operating model and a new Community Voice Collaborative, which the organization said will help shape its future programming and direction.<\/p>\n

BGCSA said some positions were eliminated as part of the operational changes. The nonprofit is partnering with Tri-Starr Talent to help affected employees find new jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – The Eastside Boys & Girls Club will remain open after the nonprofit secured new community…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-444402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}