2016 Austin

Philanthropitch achieved two major milestones in 2016. Our total giving in four years exceeded $500,000, and we launched Philanthropitch in our first expansion city, Atlanta. Don’t forget to join us on June 9th at the Junior Achievement Discovery Center in Downtown Atlanta and vote for your favorite social impact organization.

In Austin, $140,000 was granted to eight organizations and five were accepted into the Mission Capital Mission Accelerator:

• Con Mi MADRE: $37,500 including the Audience Choice Award
• Goodwill Central Texas: $25,500 including the Second Place Audience Choice Award
• BookSpring: $21,000 including the SailPoint Corporate Award
• ECORise Youth Innovations: $17,500 including the BuildASign.com Corporate Award
• Black Fret: $15,500
• CareBOX: $12,000
• Creative Action: $6,000
• Circle of Health International: $5,000
• Mission Accelerator Class of 2016: BookSpring, CareBOX, Con Mi MADRE, ECORise Youth Innovation, Goodwill Central Texas.