Austin News

Austin Non-Profit Relief Grant reopens with revised eligibility requirements

By Marian Johns | Oct 3, 2020

Austin-area nonprofits are able to once again apply to receive up to $20,000 in funding through the City of Austin's Non-Profit Relief Grant, after the city recently reopened and changed the funding eligibility requirements.

Former Mitte Foundation director Michael Mitte dead at 64

By Marian Johns | Sep 25, 2020

Michael Scott Mitte, the former executive director of the Roy F. and Joann Cole Mitte Foundation, and the son of the charitable institution's founders, has died at the age of 64.

Austin childcare providers can apply for up to $50,000 in COVID-19 relief aid

By Marian Johns | Jul 26, 2020

Austin childcare centers and family childcare providers could receive up to $50,000 from a $1 million grant program by the City of Austin Economic Development Department as part of COVID-19 pandemic relief.

Travel industry, Texas officials join to combat human trafficking

By Marian Johns | Nov 7, 2019

Travel industry representatives along with Texas leaders and government officials recently came together at an Austin forum as part of a nationwide effort to combat human trafficking.