Taking It From The Top: Diverse Cohort Completes Area Foundation Executive Leadership Program
Congratulations to this year’s slate of local CEOs and senior-level managers for completing this year’s HOLT Advanced Leadership Program! This year’s 28-member cohort was the largest and most diverse group […]
Donors In Focus: Former Scholarship Recipient & Board Member Lissa Martinez Leads By Example
It’s a quiet Thursday afternoon when a bespectacled Lissa Martinez, an investor and entrepreneur, appears on my computer screen. She’s in her home office. A poster about tree planting is […]
A Celebration of SA heARTS: San Antonio Chamber Choir Stays In Tune
The closing line to the popular poem “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman goes thusly: Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. These poetic words help to support the […]
Donors In Focus: Richard Goldsmith Planted The Seed For San Antonio’s Philanthropic Bastion
He walks around from one end to another of his home office, pointing out family portraits in one corner, then pivoting to stacked bookshelves filled with historical documents in another. […]
Area Foundation Supports Making San Antonio Safer & Accessible Through Cycling
In May 2019, cyclists, civic leaders and government officials assembled for the launch of a bicycle safety awareness initiative called Live 2 Ride. While the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic slowed the rollout […]
Donors In Focus: Christina “Ommy” Strauch Helped Institute Area Foundation’s Sound Business Acumen
Former longtime San Antonio Area Foundation Board Member Christina “Ommy” Strauch first became familiar with the philanthropic organization in the 1990s when she was a human resources executive at Valero […]
Chairman In Charge: Gen. Hill Leads Area Foundation Board Through Strategic Planning Process
His soft-spoken demeanor and amiable smile belie a lifetime of grit and valor that eventually reveal themselves when he begins to open up about his life and career. There’s a […]
Their Time: Area Foundation & UP Partnership Team Up To Empower Youth As Philanthropic Decision-Makers
In late 2020, Blue Meridian Partners made an $8 million investment in the future of San Antonio, providing funds to UP Partnership to promote youth voice in our area. Our […]
Use Your Words: A Spotlight On Gemini Ink’s Youth Authors
Stop being quiet you. Can’t get help without words. That’s the heart of it, isn’t it? That’s why we tell stories. That’s why we write. If we have learned anything these past couple […]
Shedding Light On Untold Stories: Area Foundation Sponsors New Exhibition On Black Cowboys
They’re very much part of American history across our region and many points west, yet their lives and cultural contributions remain mostly hidden in obscurity. Not many people may readily […]