ABBA (Austin Bridge Builders Alliance) is a non-profit organization whose Mission is to connect the Church Community and its resources to the needs of our city/region so that every man, woman and child may SEE and HEAR the compelling message of Christ’s love for them.

ABBA takes seriously the challenge to "…seek the peace and prosperity of the city…" (Jeremiah 29:7). As followers of Christ, we are to love and serve our city and the people who live in the Austin area. ABBA acts as a communication link between the Church and areas of need.

We envision a united Body of Christ, throughout Greater Austin, serving the needs of our city, and its people, in such a way that the city is experiencing the transformational love of God – culturally, socially, and spiritually. 

ACTIVE Life’s mission is to make healthy the norm by generating a persistent demand for healthy living among all sectors of society. We envision and are committed to creating an American culture which values, demands and supports healthy for all. To accomplish this goal, we are organizing the movement for healthy change by enlisting and equipping people and places to build and sustain healthy communities.

Founded in 1987, AIDS Services of Austin is the region’s oldest and largest community-based organization addressing the local AIDS crisis. Annually, we provide direct care services to over 1,500 people and HIV prevention education to over 10,000 people.

The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the ACS has 12 chartered Divisions, more than 900 local offices nationwide, and a presence in more than 5,100 communities.

The mission of the American Heart Association is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question.

The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.

American Red Cross of Central Texas serves residents in 9 counties, teaching lifesaving skills, assisting military families and helping families get back on their feet after a house fire turns their lives upside down. (Did you know that the American Red Cross of Central Texas has volunteer Disaster Action Teams that respond to a hour fire an average of every 48 hours?) We also help families and communities prepare for unexpected emergencies. We reunite families torn apart by war. We train people in first aid so that they can give the gift of life to others. We travel throughout the country to help those whose lives are threatened by fire, flood and other natural disasters.

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Animal Trustees of Austin, Inc. (ATA) is a non-profit animal welfare organization. ATA was founded by concerned citizens desiring to help lost, abused and abandoned animals in Austin and surrounding counties. ATA is made up of staff and volunteers united by one common interest - the welfare of the animals.

Any Baby Can's mission is to improve the lives of children by strengthening them and their families through education, therapy and family support services. Each year, Any Baby Can brings help and hope to more than 6,000 of the youngest, sickest, and poorest children in our community and their families.

Arthouse at the Jones Center creates meaningful opportunities to investigate and experience the art of our time through exhibitions, programs and commissions of new work.

AT&T is bringing it all together for our customers, from revolutionary smartphones to next-generation TV services and sophisticated solutions for multi-national businesses.

For more than a century, we have consistently provided innovative, reliable, high-quality products and services and excellent customer care. Today, our mission is to connect people with their world, everywhere they live and work, and do it better than anyone else. We're fulfilling this vision by creating new solutions for consumers and businesses and by driving innovation in the communications and entertainment industry.

One out of eight women will have to fight breast cancer in her lifetime. That's why, since 1999, the Austin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been hard at work here in the Austin area raising money to provide breast cancer screening, education and medical services as well as financial and emotional support. In fact, up to 75 percent of the money we raise each year is put to work right here in Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties to improve the lives of those affected by this deadly disease. The remaining funds go to national research to find a cure for breast cancer once and for all.
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Austin Children's Museum creates innovative learning experiences for children and families that equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers. Austin Children's Museum is an essential catalyst and trusted advisor in a community that works together to become more creative, more inventive, and more competent. We elevate and cherish the child-adult learning relationship. We cultivate a community that embraces the love of learning, the thirst for knowledge and a respect for questions. In doing so, we play a vital role in equipping future generations and our society for growth, innovation and collaborative problem solving.

The Austin Community College District enrolls more than 44,000 credit students, with an additional 15,000 students enrolled in noncredit classes. ACC is the open door to higher education and training for Central Texas, offering 235 degrees and certificates plus a wide range of other educational choices that meet the needs of residents and employers in an eight-county service area. ACC is the leading source of transfer students to the University of Texas-Austin and Texas State University-San Marcos, and the No. 1 choice for high school graduates and adults who enter college.

The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) is charged with marketing Austin nationally and internationally as a premier business and leisure destination, thus enriching our community's overall quality of life.

In pursuit of its mission, the ACVB seeks to increase the demand in the Austin Metropolitan Area for the events and activities that positively affect the economic impact of the local tourism industry and boost the usage of the Austin Convention Center. They promote Austin music worldwide and support Austin's growing film industry; recruit and grow sports and athletic events for the area; seek to gain national and international media exposure for Austin's myriad attractions, lifestyle, history, local personalities and natural environment; and support and contribute to the enrichment of Austin's cultural, arts, historic, recreational, educational, business, music, sports and entertainment communities. ACVB also services convention groups and leisure travelers when they arrive, and operates the Austin Visitor Center on East Sixth Street. More information is available at www.austintexas.org.

Through faith in action, Austin Habitat brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Our vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Austin Habitat provides opportunities for thousands of people and organizations to take action in support of affordable housing in the Austin community. Our services include our Homeownership program which builds quality homes in partnership with low-income families and the community, a Home Repair program which preserves homeownership and strengthens our neighborhoods by helping low-income homeowners maintain their homes, and a Housing and Foreclosure Counseling program which provides education and financial guidance to new and existing homeowners in the Central Texas area. Our ReStore directly supports these programs and makes the Austin community greener by serving as a source for discounted and donated building materials and home décor items.

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Founded in May of 1986 as Austin's first professional opera company, Austin Lyric Opera has become a cultural touchstone for the fine arts community in the Central Texas Region and gained national acclaim as a producer of great opera. From farce to tragedy, rare to well known, and classic to contemporary, Austin Lyric Opera is committed to producing and promoting outstanding opera that will entertain, enrich and educate the central Texas community.

Austin Museum of Art has two locations, Downtown and Laguna Gloria which present an array of art experiences in the fun, informal, and collaborative spirit of Austin. AMOA is dedicated to developing and educating a broad audience for the visual arts in Austin focusing primarily on 20th-century and contemporary art. They present and originate a broad range of exhibitions designed to appeal to a general audience as well as occasional shows of more challenging work. Lively interpretative programming will emphasize interdisciplinary connections between the visual arts and other art forms and create connections to our lives today.

Our mission is to connect people to resources and partnerships to develop and improve parks.

We seek to fill the gap between what needs to be done and what our parks department can afford to do. Since 1992, Austin Parks Foundation has initiated, promoted, and facilitated physical improvements, new programming, and greater community involvement for Austin's parks. Each year, Austin Parks Foundation generates millions of dollars in volunteer time, in-kind donations, and financial support for city parks.

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Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is a 501(c) 3 (nonprofit) organization run almost exclusively by dedicated volunteers. They are implementing innovative and progressive programs in Austin after studying the best practices of other cities who are no-kill or are in the process of becoming no-kill. APA! is proud to announce they saved over 3000 cats and dogs from Town Lake Animal Center's euthanasia list in 2010 and more than 6000 lives since activated their rescue program in June 2008.