Explore Austin

Support & Donate

Did you know?

  • $500 - Cost of one Saturday enrichment activity for one class of Explorers
  • $1000 - Annual cost of supplies for program (from mentor training supplies to organization print materials
  • $1500 - Annual participation cost for one Explorer
  • $5000 - Supports ten Saturday enrichment activities
  • $9000 - Supports an Explorer for full six years in the program
  • $23,000 - Supports an entire Explorer class for one year

Donations & Online Giving

Explore is a not for profit, 501(c)(3) organization that provides mentoring and to low-income, at-risk youth. Explore accepts contributions and/or donations of any size from private individuals, foundations and corporations. Should you work for a corporation, please see if they have a corporate matching program.

Since we provide travel for all of our Explorers’ trips, we also gladly accept airline miles.

To make a tax-deductible donation by telephone, call us at (512) 656-7202. If you would like to mail in your tax-deductible donation, please print out a form and follow the directions below. You can mail a completed form with your check or credit card information to:

Explore Program
Attention: Laura Murphy
P.O. Box 203728
Austin, Texas 78720-3728

Make checks payable in US dollars to Austin Explore, Inc.

Click here for to make a secure online tax-deductible donation.



A sincere thank you to all of our supporters!

Trina and Chris Abbott

Ace Alsup

Acton School of Business — Class of 2008

Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation

Charlie Betts

Rob Bridges

Steve and Lucy Butter

Kathy Christy

Colby Denison

Billy Gammon

Scott Gardner

Joe George

Tim Gray

GSD&M

Frost Bank

Todd Hanna

Clarke Heidreick

Jan and David Hughes

Kelley Hughes

LCRA Employee United Charities

Frank and Chris Leary

The Lowe Foundation

Lowe’s

Jeff McDowell

Richard Morrison

Laura and Ryan Murphy

George Parsons and Janet Strohmeyer

The Pine Foundation

Rafiki, Inc.

RGK Foundation

Jim Rodman

Jesse Sandstead

James Schneider

Wally Scott

Allen and Mimi Smith

Ford Smith

Scott Starkey

Larry Stein

Jeffrey Stevens

The Stillwater Foundation

The Tecumseh Foundation

Tenant Screening Services, LLC

Bruce Todd

Rachael and Ben Vaughan

Velocity Electricity

Ron and Peggy Weiss

George and Pam Willeford