Nonprofits in Austin
Drivers and businesses on Lunar can pick these nonprofits.
- Any Baby Can — Supports families of young children with therapy, health and parenting programs.
- Austin Area Urban League — Offers job training, housing help and youth programs to strengthen Austin families.
- Austin Film Society — Screens films at its cinema, runs Austin Studios and funds Texas filmmakers.
- Austin Humane Society — Shelters and adopts out cats and dogs and runs low-cost spay and neuter clinics.
- Austin Parks Foundation — Funds park improvements and volunteer workdays across Austin's parks and trails.
- Austin PBS (KLRU) — Broadcasts public TV for Central Texas and produces Austin City Limits.
- Austin Pets Alive! — Rescues at-risk dogs and cats from shelters and finds them foster and adoptive homes.
- Austin Wildlife Rescue — Rescues and rehabilitates injured and orphaned wild animals for release.
- Ballet Austin — Performs classical and new ballet and teaches dance to all ages at its academy.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas — Matches kids and young adults with volunteer mentors for lasting one-to-one friendships.
- Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area — Runs after-school and summer clubs for kids and teens across the Austin area.
- Caritas of Austin — Moves people out of homelessness with housing, food and job support.
- Casa Marianella — Shelters newly arrived immigrants and asylum seekers and helps them get on their feet.
- CASA of Travis County — Trains volunteers to speak up in court for children in foster care.
- Central Texas Food Bank — Distributes food through partner pantries and programs across 21 Central Texas counties.
- Communities In Schools of Central Texas — Places staff in schools to help students stay in class and graduate.
- Emancipet — Runs low-cost vet clinics for spay, neuter and basic care so pets stay healthy at home.
- Family Eldercare — Helps seniors and adults with disabilities live safely at home with care and bill paying.
- Foundation Communities — Provides affordable apartments with free on-site learning and financial coaching.
- Girlstart — Runs free after-school and summer STEM programs for girls in Central Texas.
- Goodwill Central Texas — Turns donated goods into job training and adult high school diplomas for Central Texans.
- HAAM (Health Alliance for Austin Musicians) — Pays for health care for low-income working musicians in Austin.
- Hill Country Conservancy — Protects Hill Country land and water and is building the Violet Crown Trail.
- Honor Flight Austin — Flies Central Texas veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit their memorials at no cost.
- Hospice Austin — Provides end-of-life care at home and at Christopher House, regardless of ability to pay.
- Keep Austin Fed — Rescues surplus food from kitchens and events and delivers it to shelters and pantries.
- LifeWorks — Helps young people leave homelessness with housing, counseling and job training.
- Meals on Wheels Central Texas — Delivers meals and daily check-ins to homebound seniors and neighbors with disabilities.
- Mexic-Arte Museum — Shows Mexican, Latino and Latin American art downtown and hosts the Viva la Vida fest.
- Out Youth — Gives LGBTQIA+ young people a safe drop-in space, counseling and crisis support.
- Paramount Theatre — Preserves and programs the historic Paramount and Stateside theatres on Congress Avenue.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas — Houses families near Dell Children's so they can stay close to hospitalized kids.
- Service Dogs Inc — Trains rescued shelter dogs as free service dogs for veterans and disabled Texans.
- SIMS Foundation — Provides mental health and recovery care for Austin musicians and their families.
- Sustainable Food Center — Runs Austin farmers markets and doubles SNAP dollars spent on fresh local produce.
- Texas Search and Rescue (TEXSAR) — Sends trained volunteer teams to find missing people and rescue flood victims.
- The Long Center — Hosts concerts, dance and free community events at Austin's performing arts hall.
- The SAFE Alliance — Runs a 24/7 hotline, shelter and counseling for survivors of abuse and violence.
- The Settlement Home for Children — Gives children who survived abuse and neglect a home, treatment and foster care.
- The Trail Conservancy — Maintains and improves the Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail around Lady Bird Lake.
- Thinkery — Runs a hands-on science and play museum for kids and families in Mueller.
- TreeFolks — Plants trees and gives away free saplings to grow Central Texas tree canopy.
- United Way for Greater Austin — Connects neighbors to help through 2-1-1 and funds local programs that fight poverty.
- Urban Roots — Pays teens to grow vegetables on an East Austin farm and share the harvest with neighbors.
- VFW Capital City Post 8787 — Supports veterans and military families in North Austin through its post and events.
- Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas — Connects low-income Central Texans with volunteer lawyers for free civil legal help.
- Waterloo Greenway — Restores Waller Creek and builds a chain of downtown parks along it.
- ZACH Theatre — Stages musicals and plays and teaches theatre to kids near Lady Bird Lake.