Community members
Residents who take part get a say in what the network becomes.
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Founding partners welcome
Austin’s impact work,
all on one map.
One directory for Austin’s causes, organizations, events and the people behind them, built with the groups who do the work.
What you’ll find
Eight kinds
of listing.
Every listing will be one of these eight types. Open one to see how it will work.
Organizations
Nonprofits, businesses and groups doing work in Austin.
Events
Meetups, volunteer days and gatherings to attend.
Causes
Local needs, and who is working on each one.
Stories
Reporting on the work, linked to where it first ran.
People
Contributors and what they choose to share about their work.
Services
Local people and groups who can help with something.
Products
Things made or sold by Austin organizations.
Resources
Guides, tools and information, sorted by topic.
Why we’re building it
Austin’s good work
is hard to find.
It’s spread across websites, newsletters, spreadsheets and group chats. If you don’t already know who to ask, you won’t find it. ATX Impact puts it in one directory.
About ATX ImpactWhere it stands
You've probably been pitched something like this before.
Maybe by a platform that's gone now. It's fair to be careful about something that's still being built, so here's what's real today. If you'd rather help decide where it goes, the steering committee is open for applications.
Founding sponsors
- R3SET
- tphan.studio
- Impact Hackers
- Reaction Foundry
- Blackshires
The launch campaign
Suthe Watersells a 12-pack→$2per pack→An Austin causegets the money
The first campaign, and the model for the ones after it: a local business, a simple mechanic and a number anyone can check.
What's real now
- Five founding sponsors are paying for the build: R3SET, tphan.studio, Impact Hackers, Reaction Foundry and Blackshires.
- The steering committee is open for applications. It's making the governance decisions now.
- Listing is free. Paid membership adds extras.
- The directory opens at the end of October. Nobody is listed yet.
What we won't do
- Sell your data.
- Hold your listing hostage. It links out to you, and you can leave with everything you brought.
- Charge a nonprofit to be found.
- Claim your audience as ours.
- One thing we will do: keep the directory exportable. The record of what Austin is doing belongs to Austin.
Build log
- Aug 2026 tphan.studio, Impact Hackers and Reaction Foundry sign on as founding sponsors.
- Aug 2026 R3SET and Blackshires join, making five founding sponsors.
- Aug 2026 The steering committee opens for applications.
- Aug 2026 Suthe Water signs on as the launch campaign partner.
- Oct 2026 The launch moves from mid-September to the end of October.
- End of Oct 2026 The directory opens. Founding partners are listed first.
We add to this when something happens. If it's been quiet, ask why: devin@teamr3set.com.
What happens when you write
Your email goes straight to Devin. You'll hear back within two business days, and if it makes sense, a 20-minute call to work out where you fit. No deck, no pitch.
Where you fit
Six ways in.
Pick the one that sounds like you. Most open an email to Devin with a few questions already filled in.
Residents
Find a cause, an event or a group to join, without already knowing the right people.
Tell us what you care about →NonprofitsGet a free profile, post updates and join campaigns so people can find your work.
Tell us about your work →Local businessesGet found by neighbors, nonprofits and buyers. You're listed as an organization, like everyone else, and it's free.
Tell us about your business →SponsorsPay for the directory itself, with public reporting on what your money did.
See sponsorship levels →FundersShape what the directory measures while it's being built, then see what's active and where the gaps are as it fills in.
Start a conversation →BuildersBuilding something for Austin? Help us map it, and help decide how the network works.
Tell us what you're building →Who owns it
Owned by the people who use it.
ATX Impact is being set up as a cooperative, owned by the people who use it, list on it and build it. The formal name is a multistakeholder co-op. The legal structure will take time, and we're running it on those rules now.
Nonprofits & causes
Your listing belongs to you, and you can take it with you.
Mission-aligned businesses
Your support pays for shared tools, with public reporting on what it made possible.
Worker contributors
The people who build and maintain the network share in what they make.
Now forming
Put your name in →We're putting together an advisory board.
The steering committee runs the build. The advisory board tells us when we're wrong. We're looking for nonprofit leaders, funders, organizers and people who've built networks before.
The commitment: about 90 minutes a quarter, plus the occasional email when we need your read on something. Seats aren't for sale and cost nothing.
Who's building it
A directory that sends people to you.
Every listing links out to the organization or event it describes. Partners tell their own stories, and nonprofits aren't tied to one channel to be seen.
R3
Devin Shea · R3SET AgencyFounder, legal steward and platform builder
Building it with
- John Lewis
- Tram Phan
- Patrick Danahey
- Alex Handrick
- Susan Bemis
- Adam Liccardi
- Adrian Lynch
From the network
The local view.
Community connections
Why Austin needs shared impact infrastructure
The work is already here. The missing piece is shared infrastructure. A founding note from Devin Shea.
Read the storyFrom the network
Fund the rails, not one more banner.
Five published sponsorship levels for the shared infrastructure that makes Austin’s community work easier to find.
Read the storySuggest a listing
Know something
Austin should find?
Tell us about an organization, event or resource. The guide shows what to include, and your suggestion reaches the team by email.
For Austin’s chambers of commerce Read the proposal
Photo: Austin at dusk. Illustrations by R3SET.