The American Heart Association’s South Central Affiliate has eliminated 26 jobs because of a $6.7-million budget shortfall, reports the Austin American-Statesman.

Seven employees were laid off in the Austin, Tex., office, and the remaining positions were eliminated through layoffs or leaving vacant posts unfilled in the affiliate’s other offices in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

The organization told employees that the cuts were the result of an 11-percent drop in donations. All staff members at the affiliate will take a 4.6-percent pay cut.

See The Chronicle’s roundup of layoffs and staff cuts at nonprofit groups across the country.

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