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June 23, 2015 - Event Recap, Grants
Impact Austin, one of the largest women’s philanthropy organizations in the United States, announced the recipient of its first-ever $50,000 catalyst grant and its five, traditional $80,000 high-impact program grants at their Annual Meeting on June 8, 2015. The six 2015 Community Partner grants total more than $450,000, bringing the organization’s total...
May 01, 2015 - Grants
The bulk of the work is done for the Focus Area Committees at Impact Austin, but the final touches are still ahead as we announce our finalists for 2015.
On June 8th, at the Annual Meeting of Impact Austin, 450 women will have hard choices to make. They will hear one last time from the finalists in the five focus areas and this year's pilot Catalyst Grant and...
March 27, 2015 - Grants
Each year, there is a special rite of spring at Impact Austin. After a winter’s work by the women of the Focus Area Committees (FACs), 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 proposal.
Our site visits include interviews with the...
March 09, 2015 - Grants
Connie Lawyer is a Founding Member of Impact Austin and over the years, has worn a variety of hats in service to her favorite nonprofit.
“I have been a member on multiple Focus Area Committees (FACs), Co-chair of an FAC for two years, an FAC Coordinator for three years, and am serving in my second year as Chair of the Grants Committee,” Connie says with her...
February 04, 2015 - Grants
108 Impact Austin Focus Area Committee (FAC) members have been busy the past three weeks reading, researching and analyzing the 107 Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) received this year. After much discussion and careful consideration, we have invited 30 organizations to submit full grant applications (see list by committee below). Grant applications are due on February...
January 22, 2015 - Grants, Membership
“5 Million Dollars in Grants and 57 Austin Area Nonprofits Funded Since 2003” or “450 Women – Making a Critical Difference”
Pick whichever statement you like best, because they are both true!
Impact Austin will reach an exciting milestone this year: $5 million and 57 grants awarded since our inception in 2003.
In 2015 we have made the cutting edge decision to...
January 12, 2015 - Event Recap, Grants
In November, Impact Austin hosted a group of A-List celebrities of the information kind.
When you get people like Libby Doggett, Rich Froeschel, Robert Faires and others in a room, you just know you are going to hear and see something special.
In past years, only the attendees got to hear the presentations, which delve into each of Impact Austin’s focus areas,...
December 22, 2014 - Grants
The Central Texas nonprofit community has responded enthusiastically to the news of Impact Austin’s upcoming Catalyst Grant pilot in 2015.
The Catalyst Grant was developed in response to feedback from numerous nonprofits as well as other progressive grant makers. Rather than supporting programs which serve clients directly, the Catalyst Grant funds are designed...
November 03, 2014 - Grants, Impact Through Involvement
This is the time of year when our members sign up for Focus Area Committees (FACs) to help us select the worthy organizations that will be our finalists for our 2015 funding.
Here’s the way our grant process works:
Every year nonprofits submit Letters of Inquiry (LOIs). These are carefully screened and those selected by the FACs are invited to submit full...
October 02, 2014 - Grants
We have set a very high standard for grant making, and it is our intent to continue. Over the past few years, many of our members and grant recipients (Community Partners) have brought to our attention the need to re-examine the way we award our grants to ensure we are providing the right kind of funding to strengthen and sustain our Community Partners.
As part...
