April 1, 2012
In Texas, a Community Fund Lures Young Donors With a Magazine
Cody Switzer, for The Chronicle
The more GivingCity Austin’s editor, Monica Williams, learned about local nonprofits, the more she found compelling stories that were being ignored by Austin’s mainstream news outlets.
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Cody Switzer, for The Chronicle
The more GivingCity Austin’s editor, Monica Williams, learned about local nonprofits, the more she found compelling stories that were being ignored by Austin’s mainstream news outlets.
Austin, Tex.
A lot of titles have been hung on this town. It was called the “Silicon Hills” as its technology business grew in 1990s. The blues bars on Sixth Street like to call it the “live-music capital of the world.” And a local business group just wants to keep Austin “weird.”
But the capital of Texas has another reputation that is anything but a badge of honor: one of the least generous cities in America.
Now the Austin Community Foundation is
