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Search the database of community services online or call 2-1-1 to speak to a representative. Habla espanol. Click here to get started.David Hughen thinks about work differently than most of us do. He’s in HR. Specifically, he’s a strategic HR consultant and business coach at Austin WorkNet, which means he talks to a lot of people looking for employees and employers. So there’s something to be said for his perspective. David contributed this to our...
We’re looking forward to lots of new opportunities in the coming year, for GivingCity Austin and for our publishing company October Custom Publishing. GivingCity Austin may be on hold, but it’s far from over. After I get through writing this post, I’ll continue working on this mixed-revenue model I’ve been sketching for months. It...
Please consider the following questions: Can you write? Did you go to college? Do you like helping others? If you answered “yes” to the above questions then you can make a tremendous difference in an Austin student’s life – and their family and their community – by helping Austin seniors write college scholarship essays. Thanks to College Forward,...
CLICK HERE to download (takes about 10 seconds) Inside this issue: John Thornton launches the new Texas Tribune website, the $4 million nonprofit. Learn how you can help reduce the number of high school dropouts in Austin. Sara Hickman offers the merits of volunteering with your children. Thousands of state employees in Central Texas...
In 1999, Alissa Magrum and Tammy Stanley met while training for a Texas AIDS ride. Both had HIV-positive family and friends and both were avid “ride for the cure” participants. “The riders are incredible, and their stories are just so moving,” says Magrum. “We all just bond.” Wanting to tell their story, Magrum and Stanley reached out to Brian...
The good news is in 2008 30.7 percent of people in Austin volunteered. That rate puts the city at #11 among large cities in the United States. This is indeed a totally decent ranking. The bad news is in 2007 35.3 percent of people in Austin volunteered, which put us at #5. Did I...
You could almost stop worrying about the future of Austin philanthropy thanks to Linda Brucker and the team that created A Legacy of Giving. Since 2007, the program has exposed almost 6,000 students in the Austin, Eanes, and Round Rock school districts, plus a couple of private schools, to the concept of philanthropy. The...
I am learning every day. I used to think Austin had too many nonprofits. Now I think we need to encourage, support, and even nurture more. A nonprofit is an opportunity for people to donate, volunteer, engage, and we need more of these opportunities, not fewer. Each nonprofit has something different to offer, just...
This is genius. We’re obviously fans of GiveRealty‘s business model; the real estate broker donates 25 percent of its commission to the charity of the seller/buyer’s choice, in their name. But using the new website RecognizeGood- also born and raised in Austin – GiveRealty was able to double that donation. A recent home sale...
This article first appeared in GivingCity Austin #3 magazine. To download the entire magazine, click here. The data referred to in this article can be accessed via Greenlights here. The data is in – the Austin community has more nonprofits per capita than any other city in Texas. Now what should we do about...
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