The Community Resilience Trust (a collaborative dedicated to ensuring an equitable disaster response) has an emergency relief fund to support Austin’s unhoused residents & provide basic needs during the storm.
I Live Here I Give Here launched a matching Amplify Disaster Relief Fund that benefits 130+ nonprofits on the AmplifyATX.org giving site whose missions focus on Basic Needs, Disaster Relief & Emergency Response, Human Services, and/or Housing, Shelter & Homelessness.
The Austin Area Urban League has launched the #LoveThyNeighborTX campaign to provide shelter, food, water, and clothing for Austinites in need.
Austin Mutual Aid is raising money to book hotel rooms for those without water or shelter. They’re also accepting donations of toiletries, sleeping bags, first aid kits, coffee, care packages, etc. at their donation center, located at 207 West 4th Street.
DAWA (Diversity Awareness & Wellness In Action) is giving away direct cash assistance. You can contribute by sending money to @dawheals via Venmo.
Food Blogger @ATasteOfKoko has launched a GoFundMe page to pay local restaurants to provide free meals to our community, as well as to local hospitals and emergency workers. You can donate here.
Good Work Austin is coordinating with local restaurants to provide meals for our community. You can donate to their ongoing Community Kitchen program (which feeds the underserved in Austin) here.
The Austin EMS Association is raising money to feed EMS, firefighters, and hospital workers. You can donate here.
Do Good ATX is accepting donations to provide non perishable food & baby food to local families. You can donate via Venmo (@dogoodatx) or the Cash App ($dogoodatx). They’re also accepting donations of wood, propane, and candles. To donate, simply message @DoGoodATX on Instagram, starting with “Stay warm donations.”
Austin Pets Alive has a list of donation requests on its website so that it can keep its animal shelter running through this storm and its aftermath.
A fundraiser for the Rebekah Baines Johnson Center (a residential community for 160 low-income seniors in East Austin) has been launched on GoFundMe.
The Sustainable Food Center has set up a Farmer and Rancher Relief Fund to help local farmers who have lost crops because of the storm. You can donate here.
Casa Marianella (which provides shelter, food, and full supportive services to homeless immigrants) needs water and food. Information about how to donate is available on their Instagram page.
Communities of Color United is accepting donations for their ongoing mutual aid efforts. You can learn more about how to donate here.
The Austin Disaster Relief Network is raising money to help families impacted by the winter storm.
The Other Ones Foundation is helping Austin’s homeless community through the winter storm. You can donate to their work here.
Foundation Communities (which provides affordable housing in Austin) has an emergency assistance fund to provide direct relief for food, water, rent, and medical assistance.
I Live Here I Give Here has created the ILHIGH Amplify: Disaster Relief Fund to provide matching support for over 130 local organizations focusing on Basic Needs; Public Safety, Disaster/Relief, and Emergency Response Human Services; and/or Housing, Shelter & Homelessness.
The Black Leaders Collective Fund is supporting a coordinated effort to provide critical emergency aid to community members impacted by recent winter storms. They are also advocating for changes to policy and government systems to lessen the severity of these types of events in the future.
The Asian Family Support Services of Austin provides critical services to immigrant survivors and is currently providing direct assistance to clients with grocery and water needs.
