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- EIN 20-5496495
- info@exploreaustin.org
- 512-320-8899
- 2121 E. Cesar Chavez St Austin TX 78702 USA
- http://exploreaustin.org/
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Education, Literacy, Remedial Reading & Encouragement, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Change the lives of underserved youth through mentoring, leadership, and adventure.
Target demographics: Underserved youth in East Austin, from 6th- 12th grade
Direct beneficiaries per year: 140
Geographic areas served: Travis County
Programs: Explore austin accepts 6th grade boys and girls, and makes a six-year commitment to help them develop the skills, tools, and habits they will need to become effective leaders. Through a combination of mentoring and outdoor adventures, explore austin has created a six-year curriculum around its aces framework. Our curriculum is built upon the idea that by taking its committed explorers, placing them in a unique environment, and giving them problem-solving tasks and challenges, explorers will develop the character traits necessary to be effective leaders.