In an effort to respond to the disparate income levels of Hispanics living in Central Texas, the Austin Community Foundation recently launched the Hispanic Impact Fund to increase economic security in this growing segment of the population through investments in early childhood education, healthy communities and entrepreneurship.  The fund was launched in part due to findings from the Austin Area Sustainability Indicators.  Read and watch.

Dr. Francie Ostrower weighs in on the proposal to cut funding for the NEA: "[T]he nature of the current attacks against the endowment set this assault apart from its predecessors. In the past, 'the debates over cutting were often dominated by controversies over what the NEA funds. This time around, arguments are being made that there is no rationale for government to fund the NEA at all.'" Read article.