Category: Impact Stories

From Crisis Intervention to Long-Term Healing: The SAFE Alliance

Cady Lofts Opens Doors to New Beginnings

Cady Lofts offers 100 supportive housing units for individuals exiting homelessness, made possible through Austin Community Foundation’s strategic investment.

Breakthrough Central Texas Uses High-Impact Programming to Empower Students

Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center Empowers Survivors of Domestic Violence

The Black Fund: A Catalyst for Change

Impact Investment Continues to Fuel Affordable Housing in Austin

People’s Community Clinic Saves Lives

Grant Partner Spotlight. People’s Community Clinic supports the health and wellness of the Central Texas community.

Jail to Jobs Inspires Change

Our grant partner, Jail to Jobs, transforms lives in juvenile detention facilities. Learn about them and impact of our grantmaking.

Yolanda started her small business by selling Mexican food at a bustling construction site in downtown Austin.
After initial success, she soon realized she did not have the necessary capital to run the business efficiently.

Education is key for Britney and her two daughters

Britney is a mother of a two. She got pregnant at age 18 and then again at age 19. Being a young mother of two, she knew it would be tough, maybe even impossible, to work and provide her daughters with good, affordable child care. By securing a job with Open Door Preschool, she was able to reenter the workforce and obtain subsidized high-quality education for her children.

The flip of a coin changed Gabe’s life.

Originally from El Paso, TX, Gabe Orozco decided to move to Austin 21 years ago on the flip of a coin.