One For The Ages: Area Foundation’s 60th Anniversary Celebration
More than 400 supporters of the San Antonio Area Foundation gathered Nov. 20 at the Witte Museum Mays Family Center to mark the foundation’s 60th anniversary. Celebrants were in a […]
National Family Caregiver Month: Honoring Unsung Heroes
The population of people 85 and older – those most likely to need care – is expected to grow exponentially in the coming decades. They often face progressively debilitating conditions, […]
Taking Flight: Dee Howard Foundation
From virtually the early days of flight, San Antonio has been an aviation hotspot. Among the legendary figures that have helped shape the industry in the city was Durrell “Dee” […]
Veterans Day: Thank You For Your Service
San Antonio Area Foundation staff don’t need to look far to find a former service member to thank today on Veterans Day. For Veterans Day 2024, the Area Foundation wanted […]
Area Foundation & Diana Kersey: A Match Made In Clay
Growing up in Lubbock, Texas, Diana Kersey came up with an initial plan for her life. A stellar athlete, she would earn a scholarship to play basketball at Texas Tech. […]
Día de los Muertos: Area Foundation’s Unique Ofrenda
Día de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) as a traditional celebration evolved from the death and funeral rites of indigenous people that inhabited the Americas in pre-Columbian times. It […]
The Goldsmith Legacy: Before The Area Foundation, There Was Crosspoint
In 1963, a civic- and philanthropic-minded group of San Antonio residents formed a nonprofit organization with the goal of helping people overcome emotional and psychological challenges. They did this by […]
Advising Advisors: Discussing Charitable Giving With Clients
SAN ANTONIO – Attorneys, CPAs and financial advisors are not strangers to tough questions. Indeed, the mix of money, family, and mortality is a potent combination that almost always creates […]
Hispanic Heritage Month: Keeping A Steady Beat
Few things are as evocative of San Antonio as conjunto music, the city’s after-hours pulse and rhythm all but syncopated to the genre’s infectious beat. For more than 20 years, […]
Area Foundation Program Combats Elder Abuse
Just as it is an inevitable fact that aging is a part of life, a sadder fact is that many of our elders become subjects of abuse, often from those […]