As we approach the holiday season, Giving Tuesday is a powerful reminder of the impact of giving back to our community. This global day of philanthropy inspires us each year to strengthen our mission to make Central Texas a better place to work, live, and thrive.
For this year’s Giving Tuesday on December 3, we are proud to support these local organizations dedicated to strengthening our community by meeting essential needs and offering education, literacy, and leadership programs for youth in the Austin area.
Read on to learn more about these incredible organizations, and consider joining us in supporting them through Amplify Austin, a platform that connects you with hundreds of Central Texas nonprofits all year long. Simply search for the organization you’d like to support and click “donate” or “fundraise” to start your own campaign.
Thank you for helping us make a difference!
Austin Diaper Bank
Austin Diaper Bank is dedicated to providing diapers to Central Texas families who need a clean, reliable supply of diapers for a healthy and comfortable quality of life.
Austin Empty Bowl Project
The Austin Empty Bowl Project is an annual event hosted by Austin area potters to fight hunger. Proceeds benefit other local non-profits, and attendees get to take a bowl home with them as a reminder that not everyone has easy access to food.
Central Texas Food Bank
The Central Texas Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief charity in Central Texas.They share free food and knowledge on low-cost, healthy eating with families in need and assist families who qualify for federal assistance programs.
Meals on Wheels Central Texas
Meals on Wheels Central Texas nourishes and enriches the lives of the homebound, older adults, and other people in need through programs that promote dignity and independent living.
Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ food trucks serve our unhoused communities 7 nights a week, 365 days a year, delivering food, clothing, hygiene products and other essentials.
Austin Voices for Education and Youth
Austin Voices for Education and Youth creates community collaboration to strengthen families, support kids and improve schools to increase equity and achieve positive change.
Thinkery
Thinkery is a children’s museum where Austin families come to enjoy play-based, inquiry-rich, and hands-on learning experiences.
Wonder & Worries
Wonders & Worries provides free, professional support for children and teens going through a parent's illness and gives kids the tools they need to build a strong well-being and coping skills.
Urban Roots
Urban Roots cultivates leadership skills through food and farming to transform the lives of young people and inspire, engage, and nourish the community.
Any Baby Can
Any Baby Can partners with families and creates a community to empower parents, prioritize healthy families, and invest in child development.
Carrying Hope
Carrying Hope supplies children in foster care with backpacks filled with care items during their first 24-48 hours in a new home and has distributed 20,000 Hope Packs to CPS and foster care agencies across the state since their inception in 2016.
Explore Austin
Explore Austin uses mentoring, leadership, and outdoor adventure to empower youth to reach their full potential through a leadership based outdoor adventure curriculum coupled with social-emotional learning components and long-term mentoring.
CASA of Central Texas
CASA of Central Texas trains and empowers dedicated volunteers to ensure children’s needs are met and their voices are heard throughout the courts, school, and child welfare systems.
Helping Hand Hope for Children
Helping Hand Hope provides a nurturing and therapeutic home for abused and neglected children to restore each child to a healthy family setting.