After budgetary setbacks, leaders at Fort Worth’s long-standing Black history museum are restructuring to ensure its future.

Board members of the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society laid off the only full-time staff member Megan Coca and reduced hours at its Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum in July . The cuts came after losing more than $100,000 in federal grants and corporate donations at the start of the year, executive director Brenda Sanders-Wise said.

The society’s financial strain is shared by others across the country , with area nonprofits losing an estimated $127 million in support during the first half of 2025, according to a survey conducted by the North Texas Community Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas and The Dallas Foundation.

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