NPC Chairman Kathy Kabell said, “It was determined that the mission of the NPC could be bolstered by this move of services to MSU."
The new year will start a new chapter for the Nonprofit Center of Texoma.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, the NPC will transition to MSU Texas.
NPC Chairman of the Board Kathy Kabell said in a written release, “After much discussion and reviewing options for a community partner, it was determined that the mission of the NPC could be bolstered by this move of services to MSU Texas’ Dillard College of Business Administration.
Through the support of The Priddy Foundation, MSU Texas is set to offer a nonprofit management minor beginning in 2019.
The minor, available to all majors, builds financial and organization skills needed in the nonprofit sector.
“Our new curriculum and our strategic plan to engage with our community fully align with this transition,” said MSU Texas President Suzanne Shipley.
The Dillard College of Business Administration will host the new nonprofit minor and Nonprofit Center at MSU Texas.
The college is currently interviewing candidates for a professor to lead the nonprofit program and is beginning the process to hire an assistant director for the center.
The NPC in the Texoma area began in 1981 at the North Texas Area United Way.
The center was a collaboration between Levi Strauss (who provided initial funding), the Junior League of Wichita Falls and MSU, which provide a meeting space and professors to teach and facilitate classes on campus.
In 1999, the Meadows Foundation made grants to mid-sized towns in Texas to start nonprofit centers and Wichita Falls received funding to establish a center.
In 2001, the NPC separated from the United Way to become its own 501(c) (3) organization with Carol Wagner serving as its first executive director.
Other NPC directors include Saundra Heffington, Dee Decker and Stewart Harvey.
Many area donors have been instrumental to NPC’s operation through the years including: The Meadows Foundation, The Priddy Foundation, J.S. Bridwell Foundation, Fain Foundation, McCoy Foundation, Bryant Edwards Foundation, Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation, Howmet/Arconic Foundation and The Hogan Foundation.