Posts by courtney

Social Pressure = Bigger Giving

Hearing what OTHER people gave can make you want to donate more. That little tidbit comes to us from research both new and old, and it shows that gentle “peer pressure” can be successful at increasing giving amounts.  This study about public radio donors concluded that telling donors the amount of another donor’s gift was successful in getting the donor to raise their pledge....

February Nominee – Caritas

Posted by courtney on Jan 24, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 1 comment

Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: Caritas fights hunger, homelessness and poverty in our community.  To provide the most basic needs for our neighbors, they focus on housing, food, education and employment for those most in-need.  Hundreds of Austinites walk through their doors every day.  If Austin Involved selects Caritas, we’ll be serving lunch to hundreds of our neighbors thanks...

February Nominee – Any Baby Can

Posted by courtney on Jan 24, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments

Why You’d Want to Vote For Them: Any Baby Can serves the youngest, sickest and poorest children in Austin.  By offering education, therapy and family support to these families and children in need, they  make it possible for the most-at-risk kids to overcome and thrive.  If we vote for Any Baby Can, they’ve invited us to volunteer one evening at their Family Literacy class.  This...

February Nominee – The Literacy Coalition

Posted by courtney on Jan 24, 2012 in Charity of Choice | 0 comments

Why You’d Want to Vote for Them: The Literacy Coalition supports high-quality literacy services all across our area, knowing that without literacy, families can’t find work and can’t survive.  They connect those who can’t read to the right programs and resources, and they deploy trained volunteers to teach in the community, and they advocate for literacy services....

Gaga To Announce Anti-Bullying Nonprofit

Lady Gaga is usually on the front end of most trends.  This week, however, she’s jumping into the nonprofit sector with an anti-bullying nonprofit right at what appears to be a high point of focus on the issue. Over the course of the past year and a half, bullying has had a spotlight thrust upon it.  Between traditional schoolyard behavior and the new fears about social networking and...