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Your support keeps neighborhood stories alive through learning, public experiences, and youth opportunity.
Make a one-time giftGive to WOW · An E4 Youth initiative
Help carry the story forward.
Support a community home where stories connect generations and open pathways to creative learning, leadership, and employment.
A permanent home for the work
Stories deserve a place to live and a next generation to carry them forward.
At the WOW Heritage Center at Rosewood Courts, local history becomes an active learning environment. Young people research, document, interpret, and create experiences that help the community share its stories.
Gifts support the people, programs, and technology that make this work accessible. Your contribution helps sustain the Center while opening pathways to real creative opportunity.
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Every gift helps move the story forward.
Choose the amount that works for you at E4 Youth’s secure checkout. One-time and monthly giving are both available.
Give monthly
Carry the work forward all year.
Recurring support helps sustain staff, community engagement, and programs from month to month.
Start a monthly giftThis opens a recurring monthly checkout. Review the recurring terms before submitting a payment.From story to opportunity
Talent needs a pathway.
James Grandberry · E4 Youth alumnus
James entered E4 Youth with writing talent and grew through mentorship, internships, and professional opportunities. His career path eventually led to his work as a copywriter at Butler.
His story illustrates what becomes possible when community investment meets young people with the talent and determination to build a creative career.
Help create the next opportunityWhat your gift makes possible
Your support activates the Center.
Community stories
Oral histories, neighborhood knowledge, and intergenerational storytelling.
Youth participation
Opportunities to research, document, create, and present.
Immersive experiences
Augmented reality and digital interpretation that bring community history into public view.
Creative production
Hands-on media and storytelling experiences that build professional skills.
Public programming
Events, tours, exhibits, and neighborhood gatherings.
A bridge to opportunity
A pathway to internships, production projects, mentorship, and paid work.
For organizations
Want to make a bigger investment?
Foundations, businesses, employee groups, and community organizations can help strengthen WOW through sustained partnerships.
Cornerstone Partner
Anchor activation and long-term growth.
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Support creative labs, AR experiences, and programming.
Start a conversation →Pipeline Partner
Fund internships and workforce pathways.
Start a conversation →Community Activation
Help sustain youth participation and neighborhood experiences.
Start a conversation →Built with community
The WOW Founding Circle.
The Founding Circle recognizes early institutional, workplace, community, and individual supporters whose contributions helped establish the Heritage Center.
Austin Housing Authority is a founding site and community partner. Early supporters and collaborators have included Butler, C3 Presents, GSD&M, GFiber, St. David’s Foundation, and Adobe workplace giving.
Join the organizations and individuals helping turn this permanent home into lasting public and youth opportunity.
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There is a place for you in this story.
Make a gift, commit monthly, or collaborate as a community partner. Your support helps carry Austin’s stories forward and create opportunities for the next generation.