The City of Austin
When it began in 1992, Austin Youth River Watch was designed as a joint venture of LCRA and the City of Austin. Ever since, our primary sources of financial support have been the Watershed Protection Department, the Parks and Recreation Department, and Austin Water Utility. These competitive grants have allowed us to achieve nearly 30 years of success. But our partnership doesn’t end there: River Watch regularly partners with scientists and educators from the City on pollution detection, restoration and green infrastructure projects, teacher trainings, public presentations, and more.
Lower Colorado River Authority’s Colorado River Watch Network
Since our inception, LCRA has provided critical training and equipment to make our water quality monitoring efforts possible. Every River Watch student must learn and follow the rigorous scientific protocols developed by LCRA’s Colorado River Watch Network program. LCRA also manages the water quality data that our River Watchers collect — no small task! Our public data sets are integrated with water quality data sets statewide, and are used by local, state, and national agencies.
3M Foundation and 3Mgives
The 3M Foundation and 3Mgives have been generous corporate supporters of our environmental STEM and youth development programs for youth from underserved communities since 2017. We are thankful for their support through grants and the exponential benefits that have come from their naming of Austin Youth River Watch as beneficiary of the 3M Half Marathon in both 2019 and 2020!
Special Friends of River Watch
We are fortunate to have the following friends to partner with us and support us through donations of time, money, equipment, and more:
The Summer Learning Investment Hub – a collaboration between the Webber Family Foundation, KLE Foundation, Austin Community Foundation, Andy Roddick Foundation, Harman-Mayes-Sooch Family Fund, and Learn All The Time
Texas Parks & Wildlife
TreeFolks
Winkler Family Foundation
Adobe Employee Community Fund
Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation
Shield-Ayres Foundation
Seawell-Elam Foundation
The Applied Materials Foundation
HEB
Lola Wright Foundation
HDR
The Austin Chapter of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute
Austin Independent School District
Manor Independent School District
Breakthrough Central Texas
Communities in Schools
Waterloo Greenway
Shoal Creek Conservancy
El Ranchito
The Trail Foundation
Keep Austin Beautiful
Keep Austin Together
Go Austin, Vamos Austin (GAVA)
St. John Neighborhood Association
Colorado River Alliance
Cook’s Canoes
Ecology Action of Texas
American Youthworks and Texas Conservation Corps
The University of Texas at Austin
Huston-Tillotson University
Texas State University
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment
National Wildlife Federation
Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center
Children in Nature Collaborative of Austin (CiNCA)
Austin EcoNetwork
Earth Day Austin
Earth Echo
The ERM Foundation
Impact Austin
Pease Park Conservancy
The Philip T. Bee Charitable Trust
R.E.I.
RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture
Save Barton Creek Association
SMS Photography
The Texas Rivers Protection Association
Texas River School
Travis County Parks
Travis County Transportation & Natural Resources
The Wilbarger Creek Conservation Alliance
The Wright Family Foundation
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation
Balcones Resources
Zilker Park Boat Rentals
Bat Conservation International
