mindPOP is an exciting new initiative committed to expanding creative learning for kids and teens across Austin. Our fresh approach brings together arts education programs and funds ideas that help local students become inspired thinkers. The core elements of mindPOP – exhaustive research, collaborative problem-solving, and unprecedented funding – span two key efforts: mindPOP Roadmap & MindPOP Solutions

Mobile Loaves & Fishes, Inc. (MLF) is a social outreach ministry for the homeless.  We were founded in 1998 as a ministry of St. John Neumann and became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2000. Our mission is to provide uncompromising love and hospitality to our brothers and sisters in need. We do this by empowering a league of volunteers in providing food, clothing, and promoting dignity to our homeless brothers and sisters in need. We accomplish this mission through the creation of relationships that cultivate a community life of stability and purpose.

Muscular Dystrophy Association is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education. MDA combats neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive medical and support services, and far-reaching professional and public health education. With national headquarters in Tucson, MDA has more than 200 offices across the country, sponsors some 200 hospital-affiliated clinics and supports more than 330 research projects around the world.

Headquartered at the University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Project Inc. is a research and development organization focused on developing and testing advanced technology, business model and customer behavior surrounding advanced energy management systems.

People's Community Clinic's mission is to improve the health of medically underserved and uninsured Central Texans by providing high quality, affordable healthcare and wellness education. The Clinic has been offering care with respect and dignity since 1970.

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Planned Parenthood, Austin’s most trusted name in reproductive health care, has provided high-quality, affordable, preventative health care in Austin since 1938. Today, our three nonprofit health centers provide education and health care to more than 33,000 Central Texans each year.

• Our health services give individuals the power and the ability to take control of their lives, their health, and their future.

• Our education programs give medically accurate information to help teens make responsible decisions about their reproductive health and strengthen parent-teen communication.

• Our public policy work empowers individuals to take action to influence local, state, and federal elected officials to protect and advance access to reproductive health services.

Project Access Austin provides access to health care for uninsured, low-income of Travis County. If your employer does not offer medical insurance or insurance is offered but you cannot afford it, Project Access Austin might be able to help.

The mission of Rawson-Saunders School is to develop the full potential of children with dyslexia through an extraordinary educational experience. Rawson-Saunders School is the only full curriculum school for elementary and middle school students with dyslexia in Central Texas.

We are proud to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the International Dyslexia Association.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and their families. For over 25 years Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin has been providing a home away from home for families with critically ill or injured children receiving treatment at Austin hospitals. We do this through our 30-room Ronald McDonald House and the Ronald McDonald Family Room at St. David's Women's Center of Texas. We are committed to addressing the basic daily needs of families so that valuable time and energy can be devoted to the hospitalized child.

The RunTex Carrozza Foundation was started in 2003 in Austin, Texas and is dedicated to involvement with Childrens' fitness and overall health. Born To Run, an innovative children's fitness program reaches nearly 3500 Central Texas children.

SafePlace Provides Safety for individuals and families affected by sexual and domestic violence.

- Helps victims in their Healing so they can move beyond being defined by the crimes committed against them, and become Survivors.

- Promotes safe and healthy relationships for the Prevention of sexual and domestic violence. 

- Works with others to create Change in attitudes, behaviors and policies that perpetuate the acceptance of, and impact our understanding and responses to, sexual and domestic violence.

For a company, local communities are markets of consumers and pools of skilled workforces. They are important parts of corporate management and growth, and social contribution initiatives are adopted by many companies in the forms of relationship building and communication, demonstrate their deep commitments.

The Samsung Community Relations Department was launched in 1995 to systematically support the company’s corporate citizenship activities through eight overseas regional volunteer groups and eight domestic volunteer service centers, encouraging employees’ participation in community service activities and promoting a donation culture.

One component of the Samsung Social Contribution Framework are three priority programs "supporting young students", "helping children of low-income families", and "promoting healthy families".   

Scott & White Hospital - Taylor is a 25-bed critical access hospital with 24-hour Emergency Room service. Radiology, Laboratory, and Surgery  are also ready to serve you. Scott & White Hospital – Taylor is a member of Scott & White Healthcare and is a not-for-profit organization. All generated income goes back into the facility for operating expenses and new equipment. We are a local organization focused on serving the needs of Taylor and the surrounding areas. The hospital is fully accredited by The Joint Commission.

The Seton Healthcare Family, a faith-based non-profit organization founded in 1902 by the Daughters of Charity, is the leading provider of comprehensive, advanced health care and services in Central Texas.

Seton operates more than 90 clinical locations including five major medical centers, two community hospitals, three rural hospitals, an inpatient mental health hospital, three primary care clinics for the uninsured and several strategically located health facilities. The system offers the region’s only Level I Trauma Centers for adult and pediatric patients. Its insurance division works with commercial insurance companies, community physicians and Medicaid and Medical Access programs for low-income persons, to assist in the management of the region’s overall health.

Seton is home to The University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center’s Austin medical residency programs, as well as the Seton/UTSW Clinical Research Institute.

The organization’s role in education, research and spiritual programming furthers Seton’s mission to improve the health of the communities it serves, with special concern for the poor and the vulnerable, as it prepares the region’s next generation of clinicians. In Fiscal Year 2011, Seton provided almost $350 million in charity care.

Seton is a member of Ascension Health, the nation’s largest not-for-profit health network.

Skillpoint Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that builds partnerships among industry, education and the community, leading to college and career success for Central Texans, while meeting employers’ needs for a qualified workforce. Working as an intermediary, a facilitator and a spark of inspiration, we help the community “close the gap” and improve college and career success for youth and adults. Our goal is to encourage life-long learning, improve career opportunities and build self-sufficiency—while strengthening Central Texas as a region that attracts and retains good jobs.

The Mission of Special Olympics Texas is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

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The St. David’s Foundation is a joint partner of St. David’s Health Care, which includes six hospitals, four surgery centers and two urgent care clinics throughout Central Texas. St. David’s Foundation invests the proceeds created by the partnership into the community. In 2010, the Foundation will invest $27 million through grants to Austin area agencies serving the elderly, ill and homeless, mental health agencies, area safety net clinics and the St. David’s Dental Program.