November 16, 2015 - Community Partner Spotlight
In 2014, we granted $100,000 to Samaritan Center for their program, Integrated Health Care for a Healthier Community.
Check out this video highlighting their program!
Samaritan Center's Impact Austin Award-Winning Program:
Integrated Health Care for a Healthier Community
The Samaritan Center’s mission is to provide professional counseling, integrative...
November 12, 2015 - Membership
The end of our membership recruitment season is near (remember the drawing ends November 30!), and so we've added two more events to help members get to know each other better and introduce their friends to Impact Austin! With more than $5 million given to local nonprofits, Impact Austin allows members to make a meaningful impact in our community.
To build our...
November 10, 2015 - Membership
Welcome to the wonderful world of social media! You may be a founding member or you may have just joined yesterday, but you can be real force for Impact Austin in your everyday interactions online.
Let’s begin with Facebook.
First Step: If you are on Facebook and have an account, search for Impact Austin’s Facebook page and click the “Like” button. You will...
November 04, 2015 - Event Recap, Grants
Education is a cornerstone of the Impact Austin experience, but it is not limited to our members.
The Austin area nonprofit community is offered the opportunity each fall to spend a morning learning the basics of Impact Austin's grants and any changes veteran applicants need to know about.
On November 19, 2015, eighty-five participants representing sixty-nine...
November 02, 2015 - Member Spotlight
We asked Shubhada how she heard about Impact Austin and what inspired her to join.
“I heard about Impact Austin in 2012 from Sudha Thiruvengadam, whose parents-in-law had joined as senior citizen volunteers at an organization I founded called SAIVA (South Asians’ International Volunteer Association). Sudha is a neighbor of Impact Austin’s founder, Rebecca...
October 26, 2015 - Membership, Save the Date
Do you have the upcoming Membership Recruitment Event at Calypso St. Barth in the Domain on your calendar for November 5th at 6:30pm?
Here is one more reason to register and bring your friends!
The door prize for this free event will be 2 hours of fashion consulting with Miramar Dichoso!
Miramar Dichoso is a native New Yorker who got the idea as a little girl...
October 24, 2015 - Event Recap, Impact Through Involvement
Several members of Impact Austin recently attended the Women’s Collective Giving Grantmakers Network (WCGN) conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
They had a fabulous time, connected with and learned from women’s philanthropy groups throughout the nation, and made meaningful friendships.
Impact Austin Board President, Rebekah Bonde, reflected on this...
October 22, 2015 - Organizational Update
Each year, a very special group of Impact Austin members work behind the scenes for the benefit of the entire membership. In a continuing series of blog posts, we are introducing you to these talented women and hope that this will allow you to get to know them a little better. You met the Officers in our last “Introducing” article.
Now, meet the Directors of...
October 19, 2015 - Save the Date
Saturday, November 14th
8:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.
Region 13 Education Center 5701 Springdale Road Austin, TX 78723 (map) Discovery Day is one of Impact Austin's signature events! We will learn from community leaders and subject matter experts to enhance our knowledge of the critical issues impacting Central Texas. Speakers will share their insights...October 14, 2015 - Grants
Impact Austin, one of the largest women’s philanthropy organizations in the country, today announced its new grant guidelines and 2016 membership campaign with a goal to select and award approximately $500,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations in Central Texas next year.
In its 12-year history, Impact Austin has awarded more than $5 million to nearly 60...
