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When it comes to their names, Austin’s nonprofit groups are all over the map.
There are the obvious ones: Austin Children’s Shelter. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Capital Area Food Bank.
Others go less literal: Foundation Communities. OneStar. Citizen Schools. CommonThreadz.
And then there’s the Austin Browncoats.
"We do get a number of people who wonder what our name means," said Beth Nelson, chairwoman of the local nonprofit, which raises money for charities devoted to ending (...)