April 13, 2015 - Organizational Update
You have given her flowers. You have given her candy. You have given her many heartfelt cards over the years…
What‘s your plan to honor the Impact Austin Mom in your life this year?
We have an idea that will fit the bill perfectly!
The Impact Austin Vintage Daisy Insignia
The Impact Austin Modern Daisy Insignia
The Impact Austin Modern or...
April 01, 2015 - Member Spotlight
Meeta is a truly International woman, with a global perspective in all of the work she does. We caught up with Meeta recently and asked how she heard about, and came to join the women philanthropists of Impact Austin.
“In 2005, Melissa Gray sent me an invitation to a membership coffee in the neighborhood. It couldn’t have come at a better time. I had recently...
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 23, 2015 - Organizational Update
Dear Members and Friends:
Our fiscal year 2014 was full of important changes at Impact Austin as we started our second decade of grant making in Central Texas. With 500 members, we awarded five $100,000 grants in June. Of our members, 134 of you worked on a Focus Area Committee and fulfilled our commitment to empower women to be philanthropists in their...
March 16, 2015 - IMPACT-edu
Impact Austin is a women’s collective giving group (CGG). Heck, everyone knows that, right?
But do you know what collective giving is, was, and most importantly, what it is becoming?
Collective giving has many levels and many faces, and the exact number of women’s collective giving groups is difficult to parse. CGGs range from a few women gathering together...
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...
March 02, 2015 - Member Spotlight
Barbara Ellis is a woman who revels in the connections she makes between people and it shows!
We caught up with Barbara recently and asked her who introduced her to Impact Austin, and what caused her to join.
“I met Glenda Holmstrom around 2005. We spoke briefly and then she had to run off to an Impact Austin (IA) meeting. I asked what IA was. She paused to...
February 23, 2015 - Founder Message
Every so often, we check in with our founder, Rebecca Powers. Rebecca has expanded her vision and activities to a national level, but continues to be an amazing resource for Impact Austin. Here are her thoughts as we dive into our FY2015 grants process and chart a new course in women's collective giving.
Leadership matters…whether at a four-way stop, at the...
February 16, 2015 - Impact Through Involvement
Amplify Austin is 24 hours of giving, from 6pm Thursday, March 5th, to 6pm Friday, March 6th, 2015. In the past two years it has raised $8.5 million for the 500 non-profits that participated in the effort.
It is a great way for Impact Austin to raise much-needed funds to assure the continuation of our remarkable work of granting $5 million in the past twelve...
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...
