Giving City: Impact Austin announces new grant to address inequity

Last week, Impact Austin, the women’s giving circle that pools individual donations to make large grants to local nonprofits, announced its first grant to a collaborative project to advance equity for women and girls of color in Central Texas.

The $110,000 grant will fund the “Innocence Initiative,” an effort led by Measure Austin to address the adultification of African-American girls. The new grant marks a change for the 18-year-old giving circle, which has made a more concerted effort in recent years to improve the diversity of its members while also addressing equity issues in the community.