April 04, 2016 - Member Spotlight
Rebekah Bonde is a brilliant woman who brings razor sharp intellect and analytical skills to everything she does. She has served as Impact Austin’s Board President for the past two years and we caught up with her on the run, as usual!
Rebekah, how did you hear about Impact Austin and why did you decide to join?
"My husband and I moved to Austin in 2011. A...
April 01, 2016 - Grants
It is time for a special rite of spring at Impact Austin. After a winter’s work by the women of the Grant Review Committees (GRCs), the site visits are announced and groups of Impact Austin members go out for a trip to the nonprofit applicants they have identified as having the strongest program or project proposals.
Impact Austin site visits include interviews...
March 25, 2016 - Grants, Save the Date
As the Impact Austin grant year progresses and we get closer to the Annual Meeting in June where Finalists become Grant Winners, many people are getting excited and asking, “So, what happens next?”
The answer is…a great deal!
The Grant Review Committees (GRCs) have been evaluating the full grant applications from their chosen nonprofits, and are quickly coming...
March 21, 2016 - Volunteering
Collective giving is a powerful way to practice philanthropy. One of the benefits of gathering a group of philanthropic women together is that we also get to celebrate their community service accomplishments with them!
Kali´ Rourke is a long-time member and supporter of Impact Austin. She has filled many roles in the organization since joining in FY2005,...
March 14, 2016 - Community Partner Spotlight
For over 20 years, Drive a Senior has helped seniors remain in their home environments longer and stay active in their community by addressing their need for mobility and companionship. The organization is using the 2015 Impact Austin grant funds to expand their already successful pilot for the Senior's Van Program, using vans as well as individual rides to...
February 29, 2016 - Member Spotlight
Carol Lauder and her mother, Carolyn Otey, are one of several “mother-daughter” dynamic duos in Impact Austin’s membership and they are both lovely, articulate women who enjoy making a difference through collective giving.
How did you hear about Impact Austin and why did you decide to join?
CL: “In 2003, my friend Phylis Donelson (one of the kitchen table six)...
February 22, 2016 - Girls Giving Grants
Impact Austin is committed to developing the next generation of women in philanthropy, and they are called Girls Giving Grants (g3)!
Under the leadership of g3 Chair, Ami Kane, 70 young women who are in 8th-12th grade earned and pooled $100 each to form a $7,000 grant to give to a local nonprofit.
Then the grant requests came pouring in!
From a pool of 37...
February 15, 2016 - Community Partner Spotlight
We recently caught up with our 2013 Environment Grant Winner, The Colorado River Alliance (the Alliance).
Watch this video that shows what Impact Austin funding helped to create, and what it is doing now!
“It’s very high-def; it’s very realistic…we get a lot of oohs and ahhs!”
– Carly Surratt, The Alliance Program Coordinator
The Alliance supports natural...
February 08, 2016 - Impact Through Involvement, Save the Date
Impact Austin empowers women philanthropists to invest in our community...and together we make an extraordinary impact.
Impact Austin is a women's collective giving organization that is now one of the largest women's philanthropy groups in the nation. Each Impact Austin member provides an annual contribution that is combined with other members to make annual...
February 05, 2016 - Organizational Update
Impact Austin has just released its FY 2015 annual report and audited financial statements.
It was a great year for Impact Austin with the organization surpassing the $5 million mark in giving to the Austin community since its inception.
Impact Austin's youth initiative, Girls Giving Grants (g3), also passed a milestone--celebrating its 10th anniversary and...
