Who We Are

Our Vision

CLOSING THE DIVIDE: We envision a community where all can reach their full potential in Central Texas.

Austin is a tale of two cities. On the one hand, it is known as the prosperous, “Silicon Hills” whereby the technology industry and workers thrive, attracting top talent to the area from throughout the United States. On the other hand, not everyone shares in that prosperity. Whereas Asian and White populations are growing in median income, Blacks and Latino populations are not. The rising tide of Austin’s economy has not equally lifted all boats and is on the path of growing racial inequality alongside the growing economy.

SOURCE: The Racial Wealth Divide, Prosperity Now 2019

Our Mission

We foster a community of engaged citizens, strengthen nonprofits and social enterprises, and invest in collaborative solutions to tackle our community’s socioeconomic challenges.

To do this, we:

Drive resources - knowledge, skills, and networks - to innovative and scalable root cause solutions
Build cross sector partnerships to educate and empower engaged philanthropy
Listen to and lift up the voices of those who have had less historic and societal power and ensure equity in our community (Learn more about our DEI Commitment)

Our Values

Engaged Venture Philanthropy

We share our time, expertise, financial resources, and networks to support nonprofits/social enterprises in Central Texas.
Entrepreneurial Spirit

We are committed to using creative and innovative approaches to address the current challenges of our nonprofit/social enterprise partners and those they serve.
Philanthropic Education

We believe in furthering our journey of understanding philanthropy and its landscape through learning and education, weaving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) throughout our engagements.
Community and Collaborative Action

We believe in the power of collective, self-organized effort and are committed to growing partnerships that improve community through collaborative actions.
Mutual Respect

We respect the lived experiences of affected communities and the expertise of frontline leaders closest to the issues, seeking to establish trusted relationships.
Accountability and Results

We are mutually accountable to each other, to those organizations we advise, and to our community partners, achieving and documenting measurable results.