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FuturoFund at Austin City Hall
Hoping to encourage philanthropy, primarily in the Latino community, FuturoFund raised a total of $50,000 from 100 Austinites in its first full year …
Jaime Aguirre and Maria Adame
Then current and, especially, future community leaders gathered at Austin City Hall on Friday for presentations from charities, voting from members and a reception …
Brie Fraco, Hector Torres and Perla Cavasos
Nonprofit groups vied for a $40,000 major grant and a $10,000 minor grant; Workers Defense Project won the former, the Literacy Coalition of Central Texas the latter …
Felipe Perez and Raul Alverez
To witness the birth of a movement! What a honor …
Veronica Chapa-Jones and Elma Adrete
I even left and came back rather than miss the mingling after the big vote.
FuturoFund founders John Michael and Priscilla Cortez
[For those of you counting, this was Party No. 13 out of 25 on this Big October Weekend. 12 more posts to go.]
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By JMVC
October 25, 2009 4:52 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the coverage and the great pics! Sorry we did not have a chance to talk during the event. We hope you can join us next year when we give out at least twice as much $! - jmvc