COVID-19 Impacts on Border Community Organizations

The COVID-19 pandemic massively affected the nonprofit sector. This article explores how crisis has impacted organizations at a U.S.–Mexico border community with large population of minorities and migrants. Guided by resource dependency theory capacity building framework, surveys reveal that nonprofits less financial support from government sector, low leadership, weak operational capacities receive critical impacts pandemic. findings also show local are bonded closely to during pandemic, which reflects collectivistic culture in Hispanic/Latino communities. study provides important insights on limited resources an increase demand vulnerable populations struggled