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September 21, 2015 - Save the Date
Membership Recruiting season is in full swing at Impact Austin - (remember that deadline of November 31, 2015) - and our Membership Committee has been working hard to bring you a variety of Membership Recruitment Events at venues all over town!
Mark your calendar today, call a few friends and RSVP so we have plenty of food and drink for everyone.
Members:...
September 14, 2015 - Community Partner Spotlight
Impact Austin forms multi-year partnerships with their grant recipients.
In 2014, we granted $100,000 to CASA of Travis County for their program, Trauma-Informed Care in the Foster Care System.
Check out this video highlighting their program!
CASA of Travis County promotes and protects the best interests of abused and neglected children by training...
September 07, 2015 - Organizational Update
All great organizations have great leadership, and Impact Austin is no exception. A very special group of Impact Austin members toil behind the scenes for the benefit of all of us and over the next two months, a series of blog posts will allow you to get to know them a little better. We start here with the Officers of our Board of Directors, but keep checking...
September 01, 2015 - Member Spotlight
Anne Isham is a fierce competitor. It is hard to catch up with her between cycling, hiking, traveling with her husband Paul, and training for competitions!
You see, Anne is a pole-vaulter…and not just any pole-vaulter, but one who is good enough to fly in the National Senior Games! --But more about that later.
We asked Anne how she heard about Impact Austin.
...August 24, 2015 - Event Recap, Save the Date
Thursday, August 20, 2015 and Impact Austin is on the marquee of the Paramount Theatre downtown.
Our members and their invited guests gathered at 6:00pm in the lounge of this historic theatre to sip cocktails, chat, and to learn a little more about Impact Austin.
Executive Director, Donna Benson-Chan introduced our community partner, Jim Ritts, CEO/Executive...
August 17, 2015 - Community Partner Spotlight
In 2014, we granted $100,000 to Austin Youth River Watch for their program, River Watchers Restoring Austin Streams.
Check out this video highlighting their program!
Click to to see it on YouTube.
Austin Youth River Watch combines environmental education with drop-out prevention, providing a safe place for teenagers to grow and gain confidence, while...
August 10, 2015 - Girls Giving Grants, Membership
Girls Giving Grants (g3) has had a very busy summer and great things are happening for them. The Girls' School of Austin has generously offered in-kind meeting space, and so g3 will be gathering at the GSA campus this year. Thank you, Girls’ School of Austin!
But that isn’t the end of the good news! G3 is recruiting for its upcoming grant year, and now is the...
August 03, 2015 - Member Spotlight
Melissa is a founding member of Impact Austin and she had great memories to share.
We asked how she even heard about Impact Austin back in the beginning.
“I was at the very first coffee at Nancy Word’s house in the summer of 2003. Glenda Holmstrom, who was helping to build the grant making organization with the amazing “kitchen table six,” invited me to hear...
July 28, 2015 - Save the Date
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Many Impact Austin members are familiar with the women’s collective giving movement. But do you know how big of an impact we are making in our country?
As of July 2015, over 9,000 women in the United States are members of giving circles, grantmaking foundations, and other organizations that make up “collective giving”. Impact Austin is one of 44 organizations...
July 27, 2015 - Organizational Update
At the end of each fiscal year, it is tradition to look back and see what was accomplished.
Some do it with an Annual Report (FY2015 is to come!), some with a newsletter, and some just announce it at a board meeting.
Impact Austin women like to celebrate, in addition to all of those activities!
Here is a short list of what YOU, as Impact Austin members,...
