Yes, dues are payable upfront on an annual basis. You will be entitled to 12 months of member benefits starting in the month you pay your annual dues. We will send reminders and you may renew as desired.

Events are focused on various topics of interest to our members.  Our members are notified in advance of the next event’s topic and date.

No, at this point with our online events, as long as we have space, we will not limit the number of participants from any agency attending our events. If space becomes an issue, we reserve the right to limit agencies to an appropriate number of staff given our space and the demand.

Please click here for more information about our facility usage.  Please note that our facility remains closed to the general public until further notice in light of the current CDC and Texas public health recommendations surrounding COVID-19. We are currently not accepting reservations.

A training video is available 24/7 through the Area Foundation’s learning portal. Email member@saafdn.org, and we will send you the link to paste into your browser to enroll in the free training session. 

Please either ...

• Refer to the BoardEffect website to learn about the benefits and features of this fantastic online board governance tool, AND/OR

• Attend one of our training sessions to learn how you can put this tool to use to save costs and increase efficiencies in communicating with and engaging your Board. See the schedule of BoardEffect trainings.

The Area Foundation was able to make arrangements with the vendor to have organizations under a $5 million budget share our portal because those organizations are typically not large enough to be potential customers of BoardEffect whereas larger organizations are potential clients for BoardEffect.  We consider this in our membership pricing structure for agencies with budgets over $5 million.