Director, Development
With over 25 years of fundraising experience, as both a volunteer and professional, Zoe is deeply committed to community impact. Since 2024, she has channeled that dedication into Texas 2036, mobilizing support from individuals, corporations, and foundations behind data-driven solutions that expand opportunity for all Texans.
Corporate philanthropy has long carried an image problem. Too often, it is framed as a tax strategy or a marketing tactic, something adjacent to the real work of building a company rather than integral to it. That framing is not only limiting. In today’s environment, it may be genuinely costly. The most competitive, resilient and…
Nonprofit organizations’ fundraising success is all too often measured on one too-highly-weighted metric: the ratio of program expense versus administrative expense, or what is often referred to as overhead. “What that metric actually measures is how little an organization invests in itself,” wrote one fundraising expert earlier this month. “Overhead is not the opposite of…
Across Texas, nonprofits work tirelessly to meet urgent needs: food, shelter, childcare, diapers and other basic necessities. These services are essential. For many families, they are the difference between stability and crisis. Philanthropy has long played a critical role in supporting this work. Donors who fund direct services help ensure that individuals and families can…