The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) unites people to fight cancer, believing that unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. We provide the practical information and tools people battling cancer need to live life on their own terms. The LAF's mission is to inspire and empower people affected by cancer.www.livestrong.org

To assist traumatized and/or grieving children and adults as they move from loss to life through support groups, therapy, training and consultation throughout the greater Austin area. www.myhealingplace.org

The St. David’s Foundation serves more than 25,000 area schoolchildren and adults with free dental services via 6 mobile dental clinics, and collaborates with other Central Texas agencies through grants, programs, and sponsorships to promote primary health care, healthy aging, mental health services and support for health care research. www.sdchf.org

Volunteer Healthcare Clinic
The Volunteer Healthcare Clinic provides free healthcare to people in our community who are low-income and uninsured.   With the help of over 400 volunteers and many community collaborations, the Clinic provides walk-in acute care services 2-nights a week and chronic disease management services 1-night a week. www.volclinic.org

Waterloo Counseling Center
Waterloo Counseling Center provides affordable mental health counseling services and training with an expertise in gender and sexual diversity. Waterloo offers several options for therapy including individual, couples, group and family counseling. All services are based on a sliding scale and some grant-funded services are available for clients who are unable to otherwise afford services. www.waterloocounseling.org

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Young Texans Against Cancer (YTAC) is a start-up, nonprofit organization comprised of young men and women affected directly or indirectly by cancer, who actively support the cancer community through the following efforts: Raising funds to help support research-based and small- to medium-sized organizations, increasing support for volunteer organizations, and educating our community about cancer research. http://austin.ytac.org/

American Botanical Council (ABC) is a nonprofit, member-supported organization whose mission is to provide education using science-based and traditional information to promote responsible use of herbal medicine — serving the public, researchers, educators, healthcare professionals, industry, and media. www.herbalgram.org

American Cancer Society, High Plains Division, Inc.
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
www.cancer.org

American Heart Association

The mission of the American Heart Association is to reduce death and disability from cardiovascular disease and stroke. www.americanheart.org

The mission of the American Lung Association is to fight lung disease and promote lung health through research, education, community programs and advocacy. Our local focus is asthma education for children, their caregivers and physicians, COPD education for patients and health professionals, tobacco cessation, and clean air advocacy. www.texaslung.org

The Arc promotes independence and choice by providing individualized services to adults and children with developmental disabilities. We offer respite care, family support, guardianship, juvenile justice services, case management, art classes, academic coaching, social opportunities, training, parent support coops and information and referral. www.arcofthecapitalarea.org

The Austin Children's Shelter has provided emergency shelter, high quality care and hope for the future to abandoned, abused and neglected children since 1984. The Shelter provides critical services to children from birth to 17 years old and lays a foundation of hope for the future of the children in its care. www.austinchildrenshelter.org

Austin LifeCare is a faith based non-profit organization dedicated to providing compassionate and trustworthy service to the Austin community by offering  positive solutions to the challenges surrounding unplanned pregnancies through prevention education and practical and emotional support. www.austinlifecare.com

AustinLifeGuard
The purpose of Austin LifeGuard Character and Sexuality Education is to empower teens in the Austin area with accurate information and practical tools to help them make healthy decisions, build strong relationships, and fully experience the benefits of saving sex for marriage. www.austinlifeguard.com

Austin Recovery

Provide effective, affordable & compassionate chemical dependency treatment to the poor and working families of Central Texas. www.austinrecovery.org

Austin Smiles

Austin Smiles provides reconstructive plastic surgery, primarily cleft lip and palate, to children and adults in Austin, 10-county surrounding area and Latin America. www.austinsmiles.org

Austin Speech Labs

Our mission is to help uninsured, underinsured and underserved stroke survivors and their caregivers re-engage in their social and professional lives.  We provide intensive speech, language and cognitive therapy.  www.austinspeechlabs.org

 

The Austin State Hospital Volunteer Services Council's mission is to enrich the lives of patients receiving services at Austin State Hospital (ASH). ASH serves the inpatient mental health needs of Texans from 38 counties for adults and 71 counties for children. www.ashvolunteers.org

The Volunteer Services Council for the Austin State School mission is to enhance and enrich the quality of life for individuals who reside at the Austin State School. The Austin State School provides 24-hour residential treatment and training services to over 430 individuals with mental retardation. www.aussvsc.org

Austin Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center

ATCMHMR improves the lives of people who experience mental, emotional or substance use disorders and intellectual and developmental disabilities by: providing effective treatment and support services; active advocacy, education, and collaboration; exercising responsible stewardship; promoting recovery; and encouraging positive attitudes and expectations. www.atcmhmr.com

The fundraising arm for both The Blood Center of Central Texas and The Tissue Center of Central Texas, the center accepts financial contributions that play a critical role in both Centers' ability to purchase equipment, maintain facilities and provide programs, education and services to the Central Texas community. www.inyourhands.org

Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas
As breast cancer survivors, we offer hope, answer questions, and provide hands-on support to Texas women who hear the life-altering words, “You have breast cancer.” We help women of any age, culture, education, profession, and financial status navigate from diagnosis through recovery, and all services are free of charge. www.bcrc.org

Cancer Connection

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals and families affected by cancer through practical, emotional, and spiritual support. www.thecancerconnection.org

 
Capital Area Mental Health Center
Our mission is to provide affordable, accessible low-cost psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families in Central Texas and to provide training for pre- and post-graduate students from mental health disciplines. Over 600 clients are served annually. Depression, bipolar, anxiety, trauma, abuse, addictions, grief/loss and relationship issues are common client concerns. www.camhc.org

Championship Hearts Foundation sponsors the Young Athlete Heart Screening Program.  The purpose of this program is to check for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), a serious genetic heart condition that affects roughly one in 500 people.  We offer this simple, painless, screening free of charge to Texas student athletes between the ages of 14-18.  www.championshipheartsfoundation.org

Coalition for Emotional Literacy

We believe there is a direct correlation between animal abuse, family violence, and criminal behaviors. We strive to increase positive behaviors and diminish destructive behaviors towards humans and non-humans through education programs. We also establish temporary shelters for pets of families fleeing abusive conditions and seniors that go in for extended care. www.theCEL.org


Easter Seals Central Texas

Easter Seals Central Texas provides exceptional services so people with disabilities and their families can fully participate in their communities. We provide comprehensive rehabilitation and employment services. Our rehabilitiation services include physical, occupational and speech therapy, audiology, service coordination, and counseling. Our employment services include job placement, training and continuing education. www.centraltx.easterseals.com

The Epilepsy Foundation will ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences; and will prevent, control and cure epilepsy through services, education, advocacy and research. www.epilepsyfoundation.org/efcst/

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) is the world's largest charitable funder and advocate of type 1 diabetes research. The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. www.jdrfaustin.org

Our mission is to prevent diabetes and reduce obesity in Hispanic families by teaching healthy lifestyle through community-based intervention programs in the underserved communities of North Austin and Round Rock. Our Program focuses on weight loss and healthy lifestyle by providing, exercise and cooking classes, nutrition and behavior change consultations. www.keepithealthy.org

Our Mission:  Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.  We provide patient aid, services, support groups and programs for 46 counties in the Central Texas area. www.lls.org/ctx

The Lilith Fund

The Lilith Fund assists women in exercising their fundamental right to abortion by removing barriers to access. www.lilithfund.org

We seek to alleviate the suffering felt by those living in disadvantaged conditions. We utilize a three pronged approach of affordable dental care, basic needs, and free education services in order to address the cyclical nature of poverty. Those served may be the homeless, the working poor and the underserved. www.manosdecristo.org

We are dedicated to fulfilling the growing need for an unique equine encounter providing to those with special needs an opportunity to experience Equine Assisted Activities (EAA) using our mobile herd of trained miniature horses to come to visit with them in the community. www.minisandfriends.org

The Missy Project

The Missy Project is dedicated to Raising Awareness of Brain Aneurysm Disease in children through education, outreach and early detection research. www.themissyproject.com

Mothers' Milk Bank At Austin

Milk Bank at Austin’s mission is to accept, pasteurize, and dispense donor human milk by physician prescription primarily to premature and ill infants. Babies that may not thrive or survive if given formula.www.milkbank.org

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a voluntary health agency working to defeat neuromuscular diseases through programs of worldwide research, comprehensive services, and far-reaching professional and public health education. www.mdausa.org

The mission of NAMI Austin is to improve the lives of all persons affected by serious mental illness by providing support, education and advocacy through a grassroots network. NAMI Austin is dedicated to supporting the inclusion of individuals with mental illness throughout the organization. www.namiaustin.org

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New Life Institute

We are the nation’s leading health privacy watchdog. Our mission is to ensure Americans control access to their most intimate information, their health records. We educate the public and media, working as a diverse coalition to educate Congress and collaborate with leaders in the health IT. www.patientprivacyrights.org

Planned Parenthood seeks to help individuals make informed decisions about their reproductive health, sexuality and parenthood. Our services include: gynecological exams, birth control, breast and cervical cancer screenings, emergency contraception, rapid HIV testing, colposcopy & cryotherapy, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, vasectomies, pregnancy testing, education, training and advocacy. www.ppaustin.org

Planet Cancer

Planet Cancer is a peer support organization for young adults with cancer in their 20s and 30s, with an active on-line community, weekend retreat programs, and a voice in the medical community for our underserved population. Planet Cancer exists so that no young adult will have to endure the isolation of their diagnosis again. www.planetcancer.org

Project Transitions, Inc.

Project Transitions, founded in 1989, is dedicated to serving people living with HIV/AIDS, by providing hospice, housing, and support in a compassionate and caring environment. www.projecttransitions.org

Prostate Cancer Resource Center
Our mission is to provide screening, education and awareness for Prostate Cancer in underserved minorities and underinsured. This is a grassroots operation providing mentoring newly diagnosed with seasoned survivors.
www.prostatecancerresoursecenter.org

Samaritan Center for Counseling and Pastoral Care
A nonprofit, interfaith counseling center whose mission is to integrate professional, affordable mental health counseling services with a client's own personal and spiritual values. Our staff is sensitive to spiritual issues but does not impose religious concepts on their clients. We serve children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. www.samaritan-center.org
 
SIMS Foundation
The SIMS Mission is to provide access to and financial support for mental health and addiction recovery services for Austin-area musicians and their families. www.simsfoundation.org
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Austin Affiliate
Since 1999, the Austin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®  has funded grants to local hospitals and community organizations that provide breast health education, screening and treatment programs for medically underserved women and men in the Greater Austin community. Funding also supports groundbreaking breast cancer research. www.komenaustin.org
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Take Heart Austin
Each year, more than 300,000 Americans including nearly 500 Austin/Travis County residents of all ages die from sudden cardiac arrest.  Take Heart Austin uses a coordinated, community-wide approach to implement state of the art methods that will dramatically increase the survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest in our communities. www.takeheartaustin.org

Texas Health Institute
Our mission is to provide leadership to improve the health of Texans and their communities through education, research, and health policy.  www.texashealthinstitute.org

Texans for Stem Cell Research
Our mission is to provide education and advocacy of not only the possible medical benefits of stem cell research to Texas citizens, but also the positive economic impact this research can bring to the State of Texas and the City of Austin. www.txstemcell.org
 

YWCA of Greater Austin
In pursuit of its mission to eliminate racism and empower women, the YWCA of Greater Austin specializes in mental health counseling for women and families, provides prevention/intervention services for at-risk girls and other youth, and coordinates professional training and a variety of community service and fundraising events. www.YWCAaustin.org

VCFS Texas, Inc.
The purpose of VCFS Texas, Inc. is to provide support and resources to individuals with Velo-Cardio-Facial-Syndrome (VCFS), their families, professionals, and the community in Texas. We achieve this by: Increasing public awareness and educating the community. www.vcfstexas.com

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