NBC San Antonio Investigates Non-Profit that Got Its $18M Contract Ended by DOGE, Finds Empty Facility and Revenue of $1.1 Billion in 2022

NOELL: “Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has targeted a non-profit based here in San Antonio, saying its contract for $215 million a year is canceled. News 4 San Antonio I-Team ‘Waste Watch’ Reporter Jaie Avila has this story live from the Content Center.”
AVILA: “Mandy, in a post on X, DOGE said the Department of Health and Human Services had terminated a contract paying Family Endeavors $18 million a month to operate an empty facility in West Texas.”
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AVILA (voice-over): “The organization is also known as Endeavors, and you may have seen its administrative headquarters and Wellness Center on De Zavala Rd, where it has a cluster of buildings and storefronts. DOGE focused on an overflow housing facility for migrant families. Endeavors operates in Pecos, Texas, which DOGE says has been sitting empty while Endeavors has been receiving the $18 million per month. Homeland Security reposted DOGE’s X post, tagging U.S. Attorney Ed Martin with the words, ‘please investigate,’ to which Martin responded, ‘Duly noted. We are on it.’ I went to Endeavors San Antonio headquarters today to get a comment from the organization. They responded late this afternoon by email. ‘Endeavors was responsible for maintaining operational readiness at the Pecos shelter, ensuring the ability to scale from cold status, [operationally ready but not actively serving children], to full use of 3,000 beds as needed. Decisions regarding facility use and migrant sheltering locations were made by the federal government, not Endeavors. Any claims of corruption or mismanagement are baseless.’ DOGE also claims Endeavors received its HHS contract in 2021 after a former ICE employee and Biden transition team member joined the non-profit.”
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AVILA (on camera): “Endeavors government disclosure forms show its revenues shot up in 2021 from 50 million to 658 million, reaching a peak of 1.1 billion in 2022. For the News 4 I-team Waste Watch, I’m Jaie Avila.”