2009 Recipients

• Ballet East Dance Company
  
• GENaustin
• Capital IDEA
  
• YouthLaunch
• People's Community Clinic
  

2008 Recipients

• Breakthrough
• Ecology Action
• Goodwill Industries
• SafePlace
• Southwest Key Programs

2007 Recipients

• Adoption Coalition
• College Forward
• Indigent Care Collaboration
• Rude Mechanicals

2006 Recipients

• The Children’s Wellness Center
• EmanciPet, Inc.
• Literacy Austin

2005 Recipients

• Communities In Schools
• Austin Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation (ATCMHMR)

2004 Recipient

• LifeWorks

In 2004, one grant recipient received $126,000.

Grant recipient:	LifeWorks
Project:	Job training and positive first-time employment experience through Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop initiative

LifeWorks clients learn life and job skills behind the counter at Ben & Jerry's

LifeWorks transitions youth and families from crisis to safety to success. In partnership with the Ben & Jerry’s PartnerShop initiative, LifeWorks owns and operates a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop at the corner of 5th and Lamar in downtown Austin. The shop provides initial job training, a positive first-time employment experience and graduates at-risk youth to career-oriented jobs, career training programs and higher education. 

Impact Austin’s grant provides funding, during the first two years of operation, for salaries, training materials and scholarships. Profits from the PartnerShop go toward continuing the training program when the Impact Austin grant terminates.

For more information about LifeWorks, visit www.lifeworksweb.org.