Welcoming New Talent to Our Mission
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We’re excited to welcome Erica Figueroa as Nonprofit Austin’s new Executive Assistant! She’s working closely with me and Roz Gutierrez, our Associate Director/Manager.
Erica brings 20+ years of experience in administrative support, budgeting, data entry, and bookkeeping. Her background includes roles with local school districts, UT Austin, the Office of the Attorney General, and most recently, as Director of Finance for an area nonprofit.
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Erica is passionate about modernizing systems, boosting efficiency, and helping organizations grow—always with integrity, accountability, and service at the core.
Please join us in welcoming her!
You can reach Erica at: 📞512-223-7741 ✉️erica.figueroa@austincc.edu
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Barry Silverberg, Executive Director
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What Nonprofits Need to Know About the July 2025 Postal Rate Increase
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Credit: Summer Gould, NonProfitPro, June 2, 2025
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The U.S. Postal Service has announced a new round of postage increases, set to take effect on July 13, 2025. While rising rates can be cause for concern, the good news is that nonprofits still receive some of the deepest postage discounts available, and direct mail can outperform other fundraising channels when done right.
Here’s what the upcoming changes mean for your organization — and how you can keep your direct mail program both effective and affordable.
USPS 2025 Nonprofit Postage Rates
Nonprofit Marketing Mail rates remain significantly discounted. By regulation, they must average no more than 60% of the equivalent commercial rates. Here are some key nonprofit rates, effective July 13, 2025:
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- Automation letters – sorted by five-digit ZIP code with entry at destination sectional center facility – will be $0.162 per piece.
- Automation flats – sorted by five-digit, entry at destination sectional center facility – will be $0.465 per piece.
- Carrier Route flats – with entry at destination delivery unit – will be $0.366 per piece.
- Saturation flats – with entry at destination delivery unit – will be $0.132 per piece.
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If you’re mailing to a highly targeted donor list and preparing your mail to USPS specifications, these rates can help stretch your campaign dollars further.
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“Nonprofit Austin gave me the confidence to fundraise and engage people in our mission, a confidence that has stayed with me throughout my career. It provided a solid foundation and gave me the frameworks I needed to apply and grow as I advanced in nonprofit leadership.“
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Sharon V., CEO, Communities In Schools of Central Texas
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Barry Appointed to Community Advisor Council
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The Junior League of Austin is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
“Junior League Offers such a rich resource of talented, passionate, and confident women supporting our nonprofit community. It’s an honor to be on the council of Community Advisors and contribute in any way I can to their impact across our region.”
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We’re excited to launch our new YouTube channel—a space dedicated to sharing insights, stories, and learning opportunities for the nonprofit community. From leadership development to sector trends, our channel will feature content designed to inform, inspire, and support changemakers across Central Texas and beyond.
Subscribe today and stay connected to the conversations that move our mission forward.
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Nonprofit Austin Opportunities
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Session Dates 2025: September 11 | September 18 September 25
October 9 | October 16 | October 23 | October 30 | November 6
Session Time: 9:30AM – 3:30PM CST
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Certificate in Measuring Social Impact & Effective Storytelling
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The Certificate in Measuring Social Impact and Effective Storytelling helps participants reorient their focus from measurement as a compliance activity or “thumbs up, thumbs down” assessment of effectiveness to evaluation as the foundation for organizational learning and program improvement. An ongoing commitment to measurement allows nonprofits to determine what works and what doesn’t so they can improve services over time. Rather than being a task that is entirely outsourced to consultants, evaluation should be embedded into the culture and operations of a healthy nonprofit. The entire team plays a role from the Executive Director to the Communications Director and frontline staff.
This course provides a practical toolkit for conducting evaluation to drive social impact. Students will explore how to take the findings from evaluation and use them to inform program improvement cycles.
At the completion of the Certificate, participants will have an enhanced understanding of the importance of measuring and communicating their organization’s social impact. In addition, each participant will complete an evaluation project that utilizes many of the concepts presented. The evaluation project will be selected by the student and completed largely during class time with support from peers and the instructor. It will give the student the opportunity to practice evaluation-related skills including creating or updating a theory of change, developing an evaluation plan, creating data collection protocols, analyzing data, visualizing findings, and communicating positive and negative results.
Early Bird is $1250 and is available through Friday, August 1, 2025.
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If you have a question about any aspect of nonprofit governance and/ or operations, Ask a Nonprofit Expert – a new service of Nonprofit Austin.
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