President’s message: It takes a village

While we are all still basking in the excitement of reaching a total of $555,000 for 2022 grants, I’m reminded that doing the work of Impact San Antonio takes a village.

It starts with the wonderful women of Impact SA and nonvoting contributors who provide the funds to enable us as an organization to make impactful grants each year.  It also takes lots of volunteers — to spread the message of Impact to future members, to train agencies on our grant application process, to review these extraordinary grant applications and narrow down to the finalists, and to put on wonderful events to celebrate the astounding work being done in our community.  It also takes amazing sponsors to help make everything happen.

In countless ways, our sponsors help make us a stronger organization.  They enable us to ensure that every dollar of your $1,000 membership donation goes directly to grants.  Their funds enable us to use systems to share our story through our website, improve our grant application and review processes, and better communicate with our members and other contacts.  These funds also allow us to hold various events — happy hours, grant recipient events, Spring Fling, Celebration, Grant Award Night — where we share the story of Impact San Antonio, highlight our grant recipients, and celebrate our members and friends.

We could not do what we do without our sponsors’ generous and caring support.  This also includes our Impact Champion and Impact Plus members, who combine to provide two of our largest sponsorships.  I encourage you look over the list of amazing sponsors that are found on our website, newsletters, and other communications, and thank them for their generosity if you have the opportunity.  These wonderful companies, families, and individuals are vital members of the Impact San Antonio family, and we are very grateful for them all!