Details for Amplify Austin Day, a day of giving

 

 

Over the past eight years, Amplify Austin Day has raised more than $69 million collectively for hundreds of Central Texas nonprofits, including $12.3 million in 2020 for more than 760 Central Texas nonprofit organizations. Amplify Austin Day connects the community with hundreds of nonprofits over the course of 24 hours to raise funds critical to sustaining and growing a vibrant nonprofit sector, as well as aid in the path to recovery from the recent catastrophic events.

 

 

Local musicians include David Ramirez, Mélat, Alex Maas (The Black Angels), and Loulou Ghelichkhani (Thievery Corporation and Night Glitter), with band members featuring John Michael Schoepf (Night Glitter), drum dynamo J.J. Johnson and Anthony Farrell (Greyhounds). 

This year, multiple local businesses and foundations are participating with special challenges and incentives, including the following:

 

Reissa Foundation will be sponsoring a Reissa Relay Prize that recognizes excellence in collaboration among small- and medium-sized nonprofits whose work and missions support (1) at-risk children and vulnerable families OR (2) who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) led or BIPOC serving.

• • During early giving, the Reissa Foundation will initiate a relay in which nonprofit organizations will be selected by peers in their category to receive $2,000 toward their fundraising campaigns. A total of 20 prizes (10 in each category) will be awarded, and winners will be formally announced on Amplify Austin Day. The Reissa Foundation is also making a $10,000 general gift to the ILHIGH Amplify Fund.

• The Hood Endowment Fund of the Greater Round Rock Community Foundation will provide $30,000 in matching gifts to support Williamson County nonprofits whose missions are in the service of military veterans and animal welfare. An additional $5,000 contribution will cover nonprofit registration fees for select Williamson County-based nonprofits.

• Tito’s Handmade Vodka continues to be a dedicated sponsor and significant supporter of Amplify Austin Day. Tito’s will provide $20,000 in matching funds for the Arts & Culture cause category as well as $7,500 for The New Philanthropists Challenge.

• Netspend will provide $20,650 to support Austin Pets Alive!, Center for Child Protection, Central Texas Food Bank, Girls Empowerment Network, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, Latinitas, and Manos de Cristo. 

• Rowing Dock is hosting Paddle for a Cause, which will raise funds for the Trail Foundation, Flatwater Foundation, and #bossbabesATX while also providing Austinites with the opportunity to experience Lady Bird Lake by kayak, canoe, or SUP. All sales proceeds will be donated to the ILHIGH Amplify Fund, and Rowing Dock will match all purchases with an additional donation (total donation potential is $20,000).

• Shield-Ayres Foundation is making a $10,000 grant in support of all nonprofits in the Basic Needs cause category.

• Longtime residents and active community volunteers Lee & Roger Kintzel are sponsoring the Housing, Shelter & Homelessness cause category with a $10,000 matching grant.

• Social Solutions, our first donor to the ILHIGH Amplify: Disaster Relief Fund, provided a generous $10,000 contribution to inspire others to give.

• Austin Community Foundation, Circuit of The Americas, Germania Insurance, NXP, Enverus, Google, and Moreland Propertieshave collectively invested $80,000 in the ILHIGH Amplify Fund, which supports every single participating nonprofit organization while motivating others to give at the same time. Overall, the fund has raised almost $375,000 in matching dollars and exclusive prizes that energize the 24-hour campaign. Since its inception in 2016, the ILHIGH Amplify Fund has given back more than $1.3 million to nonprofits.

See a full list of sponsors on AmplifyATX.org.