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A Celebration Of SA heARTS: Ballet SA Twirls Back To Life

As a lifetime collector of quotes, I recently came across one by famed acting coach and actress Stella Adler: “Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you […]

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By Amy Wilson

October 8, 2021

An Update from Marjie French

Dear friends, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. I am delighted to share some updates about the San Antonio Area Foundation’s significant impact in our city. […]

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Area Foundation Collaborative Grants Focus On SA’s West Side Cultural Preservation & Growing Inequities

The John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation, a charitable fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, recently bestowed grants to local nonprofits whose work have a direct impact in uplifting our […]

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By Kiko Martinez

October 6, 2021

Area Foundation Takes Part In Unprecedented New Equity Campaign

Corporate Partners For Racial Equity focuses on education, economic opportunity and justice A dozen San Antonio area business leaders joined efforts to form Corporate Partners for Racial Equity, a new community […]

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By San Antonio Area Foundation

October 4, 2021

A Celebration for SA heARTS: If Darkness Could Sing

During an ordinary trip to the theater to get the mail about eight months into a very not ordinary pandemic, my three-year-old begged to see the stage. She missed it. […]

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By Laura Michelle Hoadley

October 1, 2021

Monuments & Music: Area Foundation Helps Connect SA Youth To Community And Well-Being

Young San Antonians are benefiting from the arts in the creation of meaningful monuments and musical training with counseling as part of two programs funded by recent Artist Fellowship grants […]

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By Travis E. Poling

September 30, 2021

And The Winners are…

The San Antonio Area Foundation is excited to announce the winners of our 2021 Student Scholarship Picture Contest! This contest was started in 2020 as a way to engage scholarship […]

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By Cecilia Martinez

Leaders of Tomorrow: Area Foundation Grants Strengthen Youth Programs

Putting to good use their new Area Foundation Youth Leadership Development (YLD) grants, the YMCA of Greater San Antonio, Good Samaritan Community Services and Communities in Schools – San Antonio […]

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By Kiko Martinez

September 28, 2021

Latino Foundation of San Antonio: On A Mission To Diversify C-Suites & Corporate Boards

One would think that, as the country’s largest Hispanic-majority large metro in the country, the Alamo City would be a national role model as to Latino involvement in top decision-making […]

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By Hernan Rozemberg

September 22, 2021

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