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Community

Community commitment

Fortitude is deeply committed to giving back and supporting our communities. Our firm and professionals are actively involved with nonprofit organizations, sourcing donors, giving generously, volunteering and serving on boards and committees.

  • Fortitude Advisors' team attends the Boys and Girls Club of Austin gala.
  • Fortitude Advisors' team attends a gala as part of their community outreach.
  • Fortitude Advisors matches a $1 million gift for the Boys and Girls Club of Austin.
  • Fortitude Advisors' team attends a gala as part of their community outreach.
  • CEO of Fortitude Advisors, Sean Kelly, speaks at a gala.
  • Fortitude Advisors' team attends a gala as part of their community outreach.
  • Fortitude Advisors fall mixer, announced on a sign at Antone's on 5th Street.
  • Fortitude Advisors giving back to their community by donating to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Austin.
Downtown Austin at dusk – Fortitude Advisors is an investment bank with a location in Austin, TX.

I enjoy being part of a firm that truly gives back to the community in meaningful ways.

— Chris Scarborough, Managing Director

Giving back

Fortitude donates up to 5% of firm profits on an annual basis, in addition to the individual giving of our professionals. We are proud to have raised tens of millions of dollars for a wide variety of worthy non-profit organizations, including:

  • University of Texas at Austin logo – one of Fortitude Advisors' community partners.
  • Techbridge logo – Fortitude Advisors community partner.
  • Boys and Girls Club of Austin logo – one of Fortitude Advisors' community partners.
  • College Forward logo – Fortitude Advisors community partner.
  • Fred Hutch logo – Fortitude Advisors community partner.
  • Friends of the Children (SF Bay Area) logo – Fortitude Advisors community partner.
  • Mobile Loaves & Fishes logo – one of Fortitude Advisors' community partners.
  • Saint Joseph's University logo – Fortitude Advisors community partner.
  • Midwest Innocence Project – Fortitude Advisors community partner.
  • International Committee of the Red Cross logo – Fortitude Advisors community partner.
  • Logo of Austin Parks Foundation, an organization that Fortitude Advisors partners with.
  • Campus of the Boys and Girls Club of the Austin area, one of Fortitude Advisors' community partners.
    Headshot of Gordon Butler, CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Austin.

    “Sean Kelly has served on the Boys & Girls Club Board for over 15 years. Fortitude Advisors and the Kelly family are strong supporters of our Austin area clubs; they have raised over $15 million in support of our flagship campus and annual galas, and were responsible for establishing a partnership with the Austin Rowing Club.”

    — Gordon Butler, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
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