2025 Grantees American Youthworks To fund the Casa Verde Builders program for high school dropouts and undereducated youth and adults provides charter school diploma or GED and marketable homebuilding skills Assistance League of Austin Support to the Sooch scholarship program Breakthrough Central Texas To support the work of the College and Career Success (CCS) program to improve advising and outreach efforts for students on non-traditional postsecondary pathways Capital IDEA To support an increase in participation in its skilled trades program Code2College To increase the number of minority and low-income high school students who enter and excel in STEM undergraduate majors and careers Communities in Schools Post-secondary persistence support at ACC E4Youth Support paid summer internships or shadow programs for low-income students interested in the arts Foster Angels of Central Texas Scholarship program for youth aging out of foster care Foundation Communities Support to Succeed, a program providing a clear pathway into and through college for students who may face barriers to completing a college degree Friends of the Children In support of its professional mentors program in Austin Level To empower people in prison to find purpose, personal development and valuable job-related skills that break the destructive cycle of incarceration LifeWorks To break cycles of instability by providing the support and services youth experiencing homelessness need to thrive Skillpoint Alliance To provide a gateway for individuals to transform their lives through rigorous skills-based training and education Texas Empowerment Academy To fund general operating expenses of the Academy’s middle school Todos Juntos Learning Center In support to the adult ESL component of family literacy model for East and South Austin community
