Updated 7:30 p.m. March 3 Amplify Austin's 2017 fundraising goal was met Friday, with more than $9.8 million riased over the past 24 hours for area nonprofits. More than 64,500 individual donations were made to roughly 700 nonprofits serving seven Central Texas counties. Boys & Girls Club of The Austin Area topped all donors, raising nearly $450,000 since 6 p.m. Thursday. The entire leaderboard can be found at the Amplify Austin website. “Once again, Central Texans came together for Amplify Austin Day to support causes that are near and dear to their hearts, and they found some new ones as well,” said Celeste Flores, executive director of I Live Here, I Give Here, in a statement. “In this fifth year of Amplify, total donations increased by 5 percent, and more Central Texans participated in the giving than ever before. We want to challenge the community to keep the giving going throughout the rest of 2017. It is critical that we come together, not for just one day of the year, but everyday to support area nonprofits who provide vital services to the community. ”
Updated 12:11 p.m. March 3
With 6 hours to go, Amplify Austin nearing $6 million mark
With less than six hours to go, Amplify Austin is approaching $6 million in donations. The fundraiser has seen nearly 445,000 donations made in the last 18 hours, with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area receiving the highest dollar amount at $315,000 as of 12:10 p.m. Amplify Austin ends at 6 p.m. today.Updated 6:15 a.m. March 3
Amplify Austin nearly halfway to $9 million goal after 12 hours
By 6 a.m. today, more than $4 million had been donated to Amplify Austin. With 12 hours left before the fundraising marathon's 2017 end time of 6 p.m., about 660 nonprofits received a donation, with Hospice Austin still in the lead, on track to reach its $225,000 goal early in the game. Any Baby Can, a nonprofit organization that helps children with illnesses and offers parenting skills, received the most amount of donations after Hospice Austin, reporting $171,000 around 6 a.m.Only 12 hours left! Save lives. Donate now! Every dollar helps more pets in need. #AmplifyATX https://t.co/nqs38whfa5 pic.twitter.com/Ww9d6B7oRZ
— Jennifer M. McArdle (@jenmalibu) March 3, 2017
We're halfway there! #AmplifyATX #AmplifyRLSF #Cure4RLS #YouAreNotAlonehttps://t.co/dDAkcwjqr4 pic.twitter.com/hV2uotNSPd
— RLS Foundation (@RLSFoundation) March 3, 2017
Updated 12:12 a.m. March 3
Amplify Austin raises nearly $1.5 million by midnight
Nearly $1.5 million has been raised in the first six hours of Amplify Austin, a 24-hour megamarathon that benefits more than 700 Austin-area nonprofits. Hospice Austin has raised approximately $122,000, or more than twice as much as the next organization. Austin Pets Alive has received nearly 400 donations, tops among all nonprofits.Updated 9:05 p.m. March 2
Amplify Austin donations reach $1 million in three hours
Three hours into Austin's fifth annual day of giving, Amplify Austin is reporting $1 million in donations. The annual day of giving wraps up at 6 p.m. tomorrow. Nearly 600 nonprofit organizations have already received donations varying from $10 to $20,000, with St. David's Foundation committing to giving $1 million during the 24-hour donation marathon. As of around 9 p.m. today, Hospice Austin was still in the lead for most donations raised at nearly $120,000.We broke $100,000 in #amplifyatx! We are almost halfway to our goal. Thank you for your support! To donate: https://t.co/4oLetPAMgV
— Hospice Austin (@HospiceAustin) March 3, 2017
Under 3 hours, and #amplifyatx has nearly hit ONE MILLION DOLLARS! So many good causes out there—donate to ours! https://t.co/rRKpDCC2o5
