Capital Campaign

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 2024-2026

This Capital Campaign is the first in Preservation Austin’s 71-year history, and reaching our $3.2 million goal will ensure a vibrant and sustainable future for our work.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 2024-2026

Now more than ever, Austin deserves a thriving nonprofit dedicated to celebrating and protecting our historic spaces.

Our $3.2 million capital campaign will make the following initiatives possible:

  • Transforming the 1947 McFarland-McBee House into our nonprofit’s office and home base. Preservation Austin saved this Streamline Moderne landmark from demolition in 2014. Preserving this iconic space for our headquarters will create a highly-visible, much-needed hub for local preservation efforts.

  • Creating an endowment to support the McFarland-McBee House’s annual maintenance and operation. This sustainable, long-term funding source will support repairs, security, and groundskeeping for this unique and historic property.

  • Growing our grants program to support more projects citywide. This one-of-a-kind program supports locally-driven preservation efforts by homeowners, neighborhoods, educators, beloved businesses, and iconic institutions.

  • Launching a new Innovation Fund to expand our programming and advocacy, including an annual preservation policy summit, year-round education for historic property owners, family-oriented experiences for Austin’s next generation, and so much more!

A Preservation Headquarters for the Austin Community

We believe that preservation and growth must coexist to create a world-class city. Our work is grounded in establishing preservation as a community value, both for its inherent worth and for the solutions it presents for existential issues such as equity, sustainability, and affordability. Preservation Austin brings leadership and vision to this work every day, rising to meet this moment for our city during this pivotal time of change.

Preservation Austin is the only citywide nonprofit dedicated to this work. Our capital campaign means more advocacy, more programming, and more support for preserving Austin’s irreplaceable historic spaces. Only together will create a future where historic places play a meaningful role in everyone’s life, inspiring all Austinites to become advocates for preservation.

Thank you to our leading supporters who have kick-started this campaign.

Campaign supporters have a lasting, transformative impact on making this future a reality. Each gift will transform our city and further our mission to empower Austinites to create a more inclusive, resilient, and meaningful community culture through preservation.

Aaron Feller
Aaron and Stacy Franklin
Abby Peyton
Acton Partners
Amber and Al Koehler
Amy Arani
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Barkley Houses LLC
Bergan & Stan Casey
Bridget Gayle Ground
Cara Gustafson
Celeste Sheppard, MD
Charles M. Peveto
Chavez Family
City of Austin Economic Development
Department Heritage Tourism Division
Clarke Heidrick
Clayton Bullock
Cydney Washington-Moore
David West and Will Klemm
David Wilson Garden Design
Elisha Perez
Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa
Emily Little
Emily Reed
Erika Bonfanti and Jeff Acton
Frost
Gifts in memory of Caroline Wright
Hannah Vaughan
Harmony Grogan
Izabella Nuckels
Jay Farrell
Jeffrey Blocksidge Architecture
Jennifer Loehlin
Jenya Green
Jim Susman
Joanie Schoener Bentzin
Jody Stock
John Constantine

Josh Conrad
JuanRaymon Rubio
Kelley Cooper McClure
Kelly Little
Kevin Koch
Leon and Kay Whitney
Linda Henderson
Linda Y. Jackson
Lola Wright Foundation
Mary Clossman Kahle
Maximilian Hall
McBee Family Foundation
Melba Whatley
Melissa Barry and Marc Coudert
Meta Butler Hunt
Miriam Connor
Moody Foundation
Mueni Rudd
Murray Legge
Nancy Scanlan
Perry and Sheridan Lorenz
Racheal Lute
Rebekah Dobrasko
Roland Galang
Sara Patrick
Sehila Mota Casper
Shepherd 5 Points Family Foundation
Stacie Rychlik Serrato, Inherit Austin
Stephen Gugenheim
Still Water Foundation
Sue Gall
Susan Frocheur & Joe Jernejcic
Summerlee Foundation
Sutton Gentry
Travis J. Holler
Travis Smith
Tyson and Nicole Tuttle
Will Bridges
Yung-Ju Kim
Zach Armstrong

Naming opportunities at the McFarland-McBee House are available starting at $50,000. To learn more or schedule a tour, contact sarah@preservationaustin.org.

Street Presence: The McFarland-McBee House will become a highly visibly symbol of preservation in action, as well as a welcoming space for the community to engage with our mission.

Street Presence: The McFarland-McBee House will become a highly visibly symbol of preservation in action, as well as a welcoming space for the community to engage with our mission.

Garden: Our new garden will showcase the McFarland-McBee House's stunning architecture and be a space to learn, share ideas, and celebrate historic properties and stories.

Garden: Our new garden will showcase the McFarland-McBee House's stunning architecture and be a space to learn, share ideas, and celebrate historic properties and stories.

Community Conference Room: With this meeting space, Preservation Austin can more effectively collaborate with community stakeholders, organizations, donors, and volunteers.

Community Conference Room: With this meeting space, Preservation Austin can more effectively collaborate with community stakeholders, organizations, donors, and volunteers.

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