Austin Ed Fund

🌟 Support Our Austin ISD Families This Giving Tuesday!

Join us in making a difference by donating to the Austin Ed Fund’s Crisis Fund. Your contribution provides immediate basic needs support for families facing hardship in our community.

By giving today, you help ensure that every child can access fresh food, hygiene products, and essential support.

👉 Make a gift here: https://www.austinedfund.org/ways-to-give/crisis-fund/ (link in bio)

Thank you for your generosity! Together, we can uplift our community.

What an incredible day at our 2025 Inspire the Future event yesterday!

A heartfelt thank you to the 800 community members who joined us in supporting our students, educators, and public schools. Together, we raised an astonishing $630k and counting!

A special shout-out to our dedicated luncheon committee, led by Rudy Garza and Barbara Knaggs, for their hard work and commitment to making this event a success.

We are also incredibly grateful to Superintendent Matias Segura , Trustee Candace Hunter, and Board President Lynn Boswell for their invaluable support and leadership.

It’s not too late to show your support! Visit https://lnkd.in/gWCmPRkU to contribute and help us continue making a difference for our future generations.

Excited to be at Blazier today to film our impact video for our luncheon in October 14. To find out more - or watch last year’s video - log on to austinedfund.org

What a joyful day spent celebrating the phenomenal 2025 Inspire the Future Grant Winners!

We’re honored to support creativity and innovation in the classroom, and grateful for educators who DREAM BIG and TEACH BIGGER!

Thanks to our Inspire the Future donors, Austin Ed Fund awarded $517K to 80 projects across Austin ISD.

Congratulations to Michelle Wallis on receiving the Women in Business Award this year for her dedication and impactful work with the Austin Ed Fund and (we agree!)

A heartfelt thank you to board member Jessica Bazan for helping celebrating this incredible achievement.

Today, we helped launch the Our Austin ISD campaign—driven by our community’s strong desire to support Austin’s public schools.

Joined by Superintendent Matias Segura, Board President Lynn Boswell , Mayor Kirk Watson , U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett , and local leaders, we are rallying together around the belief that our future depends on the success of our schools.

We invite you to share your stories, volunteer, donate, and spread the word about what makes your school special.

You can help by:

Visit OurAustinISD.org.

Share what makes your school or classroom special.

Spread the word in your community and on social media about OurAustinISD.org.

Post a video or photo carousel on social media using the hashtag and/or and tagging and .

Let families and neighbors know how they can get involved.

Let’s unite to ensure our schools have the resources they need to thrive. Thank you for being the heart of Our Austin ISD! Together, we can make a difference.

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Yesterday, we were thrilled to celebrate the success of our internship program at the Austin ISD Internship Closing Ceremony, hosted by Austin Lighthouse.

For the second year, we partnered with and the to offer valuable internship opportunities to 66 AISD students. These experiences are not just about work; they are about building futures and empowering our youth.

As Superintendent aptly said, ‘I want to express sincere appreciation to our partners,’ whose support is vital to the success of initiatives like this.

Thank you to everyone involved for making a difference in our community! If you have stories or experiences from internships, we’d love to hear them!

The Austin Ed Fund is proud to partner with the and to launch this year’s Austin Internship program. Current 9th-11th grade students will learn from hands-on training, skills development, and meaningful workforce experience, to better prepare them for the workforce. We are proud to more than double last year’s program with 67 participants. A huge thank you to our industry partners across Austin who are providing meaningful opportunities.

“The internship has clarified my interest in civil engineering, prompted me to focus on relevant courses/activities this coming semester” - Student Intern, Summer 2024.

Attention Austin ISD Educators! The clock is ticking for your ITF grant applications! You could receive up to $10,000 for your innovative classroom projects.

In 2024, we awarded $450,000 to 66 groundbreaking initiatives, and since the program began, over $2.5 million has been granted to 500 teacher-led projects. Thanks to our community partners, we can support these essential initiatives, empowering our dedicated teachers and staff throughout the district.

Spread the word!

📸✨ What an incredible day at the Grand Opening of the culinary kitchen space at Cunningham Elementary last week!

Under the guidance of Principal Stacy Foss, students transformed their culinary dreams into reality. Seamus Martin, a team member of OID/AEF, captured the essence of the event: “There are restaurants, and then there are concepts… The culinary kitchen at Cunningham is an avant-garde gastronomic experiment.”

From spicy tomato soup to gnocchi ratatouille and a festive chocolate chip cookie cake, the flavors were unforgettable!

Thanks to the Lagasse Foundation, the culinary kitchen and the farm program at Cunningham continue to thrive, fostering innovation and creativity in education. 🌱👩‍🍳

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