Before 2025, Jesse Herrera’s nonprofit CoAct was picking up momentum.
The five-year-old startup, a social design studio focused on developing strategic responses to societal challenges in Fort Worth, had secured several large grants to support its modest budget of about $400,000.
This was enough to pay for day-to-day operations, one full-time staffer and two part-time salaries, one of which Herrera receives, although he devotes about 40-50 hours a week to CoAct…