It’s time for Central Texas’ biggest day of philanthropy: Amplify Austin Day! This unique initiative gives the Greater Austin community the opportunity to give back to their favorite local organizations during a single 24-hour period from March 5-6.
This year, American Constructors is excited to continue uplifting nonprofits that are making a difference for children and families in the Austin region. Learn more about this year’s nonprofit selections below, and support their missions by searching for the organization’s name to donate directly at AmplifyAustin.org.
Thank you for helping us keep our Central Texas communities thriving!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas
Big Brothers Big Sisters creates and supports mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Children ages 6 and above are matched with caring adults who serve as mentors, advocates, resources, and guides to help them succeed in life.
Big Medium
Since 2003, Big Medium has supported Austin-based artists and their careers through equitable and inclusive platforms. They create curated art experiences that bring artists and audiences together throughout the city and state that foster creativity and encourage experimentation.
BookSpring
BookSpring builds early literacy in children and families through healthcare, education and the community. As a leading Central Texas organization for 45+ years, BookSpring is focused on building literacy skills and the motivation to read through home libraries and reading aloud.
Explore Austin
Explore Austin is a 100% free, six-year-long program serving youth from economically disadvantaged communities, empowering them to reach their full potential through mentoring, leadership and outdoor adventure.
Foster Village
Foster Village brings dignity to the children and families, understanding the root causes of why a child ends up in the foster care system, facilitating relationships between foster families and biological families and replicating communities of support around the nation.
Foundation Communities
Foundation Communities provides affordable, quality homes and on-site support services for thousands of families, seniors, veterans and individuals with disabilities. They also support financial stability and healthier lifestyles across 23 communities in Central and North Texas.
Green Corn Project
This is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to helping Central Texans in need grow their own organic vegetables. GCP installs organic food gardens for elderly, low-income and disabled community members as well as for schools, community centers and shelters.
Helping Hand Home for Children
Their mission is to provide a nurturing and therapeutic home for children to restore to a healthy family setting through enriching, educating and empowering with loving care, professional treatment and innovative services that heal.
Hope House
Hope House in Liberty Hill is a sanctuary for profoundly disabled children, providing them with a loving, supportive home in an environment where each child receives individualized care, ensuring they thrive in body, mind and spirit.
Jeremiah Program
Jeremiah Program is a national organization with a mission to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time by providing the necessary support for moms in pursuit of economic mobility.
Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin
The Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin saves babies' lives by providing prescribed, pasteurized donor human milk to preterm and medically-fragile infants in need. They’ve created a network of healthy, lactating women to donate their extra breast milk to those who need it most.
Open Door Preschools
Open Door Preschools offer free, high-quality early childhood education with a strong emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion. They seek to nurture and inspire young children of diverse abilities, circumstances and backgrounds in a child-led, play-based environment.
PelotonU
PelotonU is reshaping post-secondary education by helping post-traditional students earn college degrees in 9 to 36 months by offering flexible and affordable online courses and personalized career coaching.
The Settlement Home for Children
The Settlement Home serves individuals who have experienced trauma, abuse and neglect by providing 24-hour support and helping children in foster care access the resources they need to restore and preserve a permanent sense of well-being.