Excel Beyond the Bell San Antonio began in 2012 as a professional network to develop and ensure standards for five-star youth development programs and to ensure young people in Bexar County have access to the developmental relationships they need to succeed.

Data provided to the network from local school districts helps all partners better understand young people in their organizations and it empowers youth development leaders to not just anecdotally know why developmental relationships are important — it provides them with evidence on which to base organizational decisions.

We believe in building a city where San Antonio residents are deeply connected, have equitable opportunities to thrive, and contribute to the vitality of the community.

Using trust-based philanthropic principles to guide our grant efforts, the San Antonio Area Foundation invests in the nonprofit community through funds established by caring donors who entrust us with their philanthropic desires.

Our work is centered on understanding our community needs, building relationships with our stakeholders, and being responsive to the feedback we obtain regarding our processes.

Click here to learn more about our grants.

Through its ReCAST program, WestCare San Antonio partners with local nonprofit organizations to promote community resilience and equity through programs and services that include:

• Capacity-Building Training
• Improvement in Community and Police Relations
• Healing Hubs
• Intensive Case Management
• Youth Leadership and Employment
• Re-entry Programs
• Go-Team Crisis Intervention
• Community Organizing and Neighborhood Engagement
• Drug-Free Communities

To learn about upcoming WestCare events, visit us on Facebook.

if your organization would like to partner with WestCare, call the number below.

ReCAST focuses on increasing access to resources in the Promise Zone—several ZIP Codes in San Antonio's long-neglected Eastside community.

Your support through donations of money, supplies or your time can have an impact on a young person for a lifetime.

Click here to make an online monetary donation or mail your donation to: Inman Christian Center, Attn: Bookkeeper, 1214 Colima St., San Antonio, TX 78207.

The following is a list of items needed for child care children and
families needing emergency supplies:

• Diapers (sizes 4 to 6)
• Children's underwear (sizes to fit girls 2 to 3; boys 2 to 4)
• Children's socks (Ages 2 to 6)
• Baby Bibs (all sizes)
• New books (Infants to 5 year old)
• Baby Clothes (Ages 12 to 18 months)

Your support is crucial to our efforts to alleviate the generational cycle of child abuse, addiction, child neglect, homelessness, unemployment, and severe poverty.

By joining the Godparent program as a monthly donor, you are directly supporting our children and their families.

When you partner with us, you help us spread hope and fight for stronger families for foster children in the San Antonio community and surrounding counties.

Click here to learn more.

When SNIPSA launched its Big Fix clinics in May 2009, more than 100 animals were being euthanized every day in San Antonio. We knew that more sterilized pets in our city would result in fewer entering shelters and fewer being euthanized.

SNIPSA holds day-long Big Fix clinics, in partnership with churches and community centers, in neighborhoods where the largest numbers of stray and un-owned animals roam the streets. To-date we have sterilized over 19,500 dogs and cats in 50 Big Fix clinics.

Big Fix clinics also save taxpayer dollars. It costs roughly $15,000 to host a Big Fix clinic, which is a smart investment considering that it would costs taxpayers almost 10 times that amount to impound, house, and ultimately euthanize the nearly 400 animals that are sterilized at a typical Big Fix clinic.

SNIPSA depends on grants and private donations to host its Big Fix clinics. Click here to help sponsor our next Big Fix clinic or here for other donation options.

Support Centro Cultural Aztlan with your tax-deductible donation today! Your contribution will help us continue our mission to preserve, develop and promote Chicano/Latino art and culture.

Click here for more information on how you can help.

Programs We Fund

The San Antonio Housing Trust and Foundation provides grants, loans, and other forms of financing to non-profits and social enterprises who meet the programmatic goals of assisting inequitably disadvantaged households such as the elderly, persons with physical or mental disabilities, low-income families with children, homeless, chronically ill, or other inequitably disadvantaged populations.

Projects We Work On

The San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corporation provides partnerships with tax-credit-equity and private-equity-structured developments to reduce sales tax obligation on construction materials and lower operating expenses by exempting property taxes on a project that meets certain income targeting, as well as community objectives and outcomes. The Finance Corporation issues private activity bonds to support the development or preservation of affordable housing projects.

Click here to learn more and apply.

SACVF is carried out largely by volunteers, devoting their time, knowledge and efforts to help the military and Veteran community at large.

We would love to extend our appreciation and support to more Veterans, but need your help to do it.

VOLUNTEER: If you are able to devote some time to the organization, we would love to have another open arm to show our Veterans everyone cares.

• Volunteer at a Meeting
• Help with Social Media
• Use your Marketing Skills
• Sponsor an Event
• Help contact Sponsors
• Support Outreach Events

Contact Tony Fuentes at [email protected] or call 210-990-1115 to volunteer.

NO gift is too small, and kindness goes a long way for our Veteran families that many times feel alone and forgotten. Rest assured, your donation will be used right and to improve the lives of our Veteran community around the entire Alamo region.

Click here to make a monetary donations.

Our Donation Wish List:

Food & Hygiene Items: fresh produce purchased, non perishables, boxed and can foods, Hair brush, Comb, Toothpaste, Tooth brush, Dental floss, Mouthwash, Deodorant, Razors, Shave cream, Body lotion, Hand sanitizer, Liquid soap (anti-bacterial), Feminine products via Walmart, Target, HEB gift card, etc.
 
Miscellaneous: Gift cards (Walmart, Target, HEB, etc.).  Gift cards to Lowe’s, Home Depot. (Suggested Donation $1000)
 
Housing: Short term housing for 7-days.  (Suggested Donation $1000)

The YWCA Olga Madrid Center is a multi-purpose center that is the literal hub of the community, reaching multiple generations in the same families. The Center is reflective of the culture of the community, and offers important services with dignity and respect.

disABILITYsa Creative Services offers marketing design, layout and printing services for nonprofit organizations serving children and adults living with a disability in the San Antonio community. By doing so, we are able to help fulfill the mission of disABILITYsa to strengthen the nonprofit organizations that serve individuals living with a disability in San Antonio by moving funding out of their marketing budgets and back into programming and direct services.

Daily Bread, as a Christ-centered organization, desires to help partners assist their communities in defeating poverty through God’s work. In addition to our weekly food distribution to our ministry partners, Daily Bread equips those partners with resources and training to address the root cause of poverty. Daily Bread focuses on addressing the defined root cause of poverty: broken relationships.

We do this by helping our partners help their communities mend their connections with God, other people, self, and creation.

Free.

In order for Voices for Children to continue its successful work in the areas of public policy, research, public awareness, and community organizing, a portion of our budget must come from our community. We are asking for your critical support for our efforts.

There are many ways to Sponsor Voices' efforts. Here is a list of events and efforts we are graciously asking financial help in producing:

• Early Childhood Training and Resource Fairs
• The BigGive
• 23rd Congress on Children

Click here for monetary donation.

Email us here if you are interested in volunteering!

With your help, we can ensure qualifying children and families have access to childcare at an affordable cost. Once you have qualified, parents of CCS children have the option of choosing YOU as their Child Care Provider.

Some of the advantages of being a CCS provider are:

• Receive training and technical assistance to deliver quality care and education,
• Receive direct payment for child care services,
• Participate in the Texas Rising Star program to enhance delivery of care and education,
• Receive inclusion services,
• Providers receive paid holidays for CCS referred children.

Click here for current maximum reimbursement daily rates.

Click here for more information.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) On-the-Job Training (OJT) program is designed to provide dislocated workers and other eligible individuals with job opportunities for which they would not otherwise qualify.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW 

• The position and pay rate are set by the employer, equal to a prevailing wage. The incentive for the employer is to expose participants to occupations, source talent, and receive reimbursement of pay wages based on the size of the company on a sliding scale (see below).
• The participant must complete the following On-the-Job Training (OJT) documents: Contract Agreement, Training Plan, Reimbursement Request Form, and Employer of Record.
• The Employer of Record is the hiring company (employer).
• Length of the program is up to 1040 hours determined by the occupation of placement.
• Examples of Reimbursement:
  • More than one hundred (100) employees at 50%.
  • Between eleven (11) and one hundred (100) employees at 65%
  • Less than ten (10) employees at 75%.
• Reimbursement requests are to be made no later than five (5) business days from the end of the month and processed in approximately two (2) weeks. A reimbursement request form must be accompanied by supporting documentation to include official timesheets and pay stubs.
• Processing takes approximately two (2) weeks providing the proper supporting documentation and reimbursement request are submitted within five (5) days of the end of the month.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Positions must be listed on the Target Demand Occupation list as developed by the local Workforce Board.
• Program participants are hired by and become employees of the company.
• Program participants must receive wages and benefits at the same level as similarly employed workers.
• Employers must agree to provide at least forty (40) hours of work per week.
• Employers must create, agree, to and follow a plan which outlines the training schedule for program participants.
• Classroom training hours are not reimbursed other than for initial, company-required orientations.
• Program participants cannot displace other regular employees of the company.
• Employers must not have had an employee layoff in the past 90 days.
• Employers must provide workers compensation insurance or other equivalent insurance protection.
• No more than 25% of an employer’s workforce may be enrolled in an OJT contract.
• Only straight time work hours will be reimbursed. Overtime hours and non-training hours such as vacation, sick, and holiday are not reimbursed.
• Employers are responsible for maintaining time and attendance records on program participants.
• Employers report participants work hours every week and reimbursements are made monthly.
• Employers must provide a performance evaluation every two weeks or every pay period.
• Employers must allow a Business Solutions Representative to make random visits to the work location to review the following: working conditions, number of work slots, types of occupations, rate of pay, number of clients hired, etc.

To participate in the program trainees must be authorized to work in the United States and meet one (1) of the following criteria: 

• Less than two (2) years with the last employer
• Less than two (2) years of total work experience
• 5 or more jobs in the last two (2) years 
• Work skills that need upgrading 
• No work experience in the last two (2) years
• Classroom training, but no work experience

Mission Presbytery is dedicated to helping mitigate disasters before they happen, respond with aid when they do, and stay through the recovery helping to rebuild lives, families, and the community.

We usually support other agencies with volunteers, equipment, and financial aid. Mission Presbytery also hosts/houses volunteers who respond to an area after a disaster. Our organization is not set up to help at the individual level, that is where each of the churches comes in, we serve other agencies, volunteers, and first responders.

BE A CHAMPION, INC. is proud to have many program partners throughout the years. Without the partnership and collaboration, our programs would not be as successful as they are. If you would like to become a program partner, click here.

With your help, we can ensure qualifying children and families have access to childcare at an affordable cost. Once you have qualified, parents of CCS children have the option of choosing YOU as their Child Care Provider.

Some of the advantages of being a CCS provider are:

• Receive training and technical assistance to deliver quality care and education,
• Receive direct payment for child care services,
• Participate in the Texas Rising Star program to enhance delivery of care and education,
• Receive inclusion services,
• Providers receive paid holidays for CCS referred children.

Click here for current maximum reimbursement daily rates.

Click here for more information.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) On-the-Job Training (OJT) program is designed to provide dislocated workers and other eligible individuals with job opportunities for which they would not otherwise qualify.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW 

• The position and pay rate are set by the employer, equal to a prevailing wage. The incentive for the employer is to expose participants to occupations, source talent, and receive reimbursement of pay wages based on the size of the company on a sliding scale (see below).
• The participant must complete the following On-the-Job Training (OJT) documents: Contract Agreement, Training Plan, Reimbursement Request Form, and Employer of Record.
• The Employer of Record is the hiring company (employer).
• Length of the program is up to 1040 hours determined by the occupation of placement.
• Examples of Reimbursement:
  • More than one hundred (100) employees at 50%.
  • Between eleven (11) and one hundred (100) employees at 65%
  • Less than ten (10) employees at 75%.
• Reimbursement requests are to be made no later than five (5) business days from the end of the month and processed in approximately two (2) weeks. A reimbursement request form must be accompanied by supporting documentation to include official timesheets and pay stubs.
• Processing takes approximately two (2) weeks providing the proper supporting documentation and reimbursement request are submitted within five (5) days of the end of the month.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Positions must be listed on the Target Demand Occupation list as developed by the local Workforce Board.
• Program participants are hired by and become employees of the company.
• Program participants must receive wages and benefits at the same level as similarly employed workers.
• Employers must agree to provide at least forty (40) hours of work per week.
• Employers must create, agree, to and follow a plan which outlines the training schedule for program participants.
• Classroom training hours are not reimbursed other than for initial, company-required orientations.
• Program participants cannot displace other regular employees of the company.
• Employers must not have had an employee layoff in the past 90 days.
• Employers must provide workers compensation insurance or other equivalent insurance protection.
• No more than 25% of an employer’s workforce may be enrolled in an OJT contract.
• Only straight time work hours will be reimbursed. Overtime hours and non-training hours such as vacation, sick, and holiday are not reimbursed.
• Employers are responsible for maintaining time and attendance records on program participants.
• Employers report participants work hours every week and reimbursements are made monthly.
• Employers must provide a performance evaluation every two weeks or every pay period.
• Employers must allow a Business Solutions Representative to make random visits to the work location to review the following: working conditions, number of work slots, types of occupations, rate of pay, number of clients hired, etc.

To participate in the program trainees must be authorized to work in the United States and meet one (1) of the following criteria: 

• Less than two (2) years with the last employer
• Less than two (2) years of total work experience
• 5 or more jobs in the last two (2) years 
• Work skills that need upgrading 
• No work experience in the last two (2) years
• Classroom training, but no work experience

Your Donation Will Empower and Enrich Lives.

Your gift makes a significant difference in the lives of the children and families at Special Reach.

Thank you for supporting our mission of serving families of children with special needs. 

Click here to donate through PayPal or for mail-in donation information.

Your gift is tax deductible to extent allowed by law.

A Food Fair is a San Antonio Food Bank (SAFB) program that provides large quantities of perishable and non-perishable food items (and more) to qualified individuals and families.

The Food Fairs program also connects individuals to other SAFB programs including Benefits Assistance and Nutrition, Health and Wellness Education.

A Food Fair typically lasts three hours and is held with the support of our partner agencies throughout 16 counties in Southwest Texas.

Agency staff qualifies individuals based on their income (verbal declaration) by using a voucher provided by the SAFB and Federal Income Guidelines. The agencies facilitate the distribution of the products to individuals and families.

For questions regarding the Food Fair program, please contact the Food Fair Department.

The Mobile Pantry program is an opportunity for our partner agencies to bring a bigger yield of perishable and non-perishable food directly to clients.

Partner agencies dedicate funding to bring our Mobile Pantry trucks to their facility to distribute food.

On the day of the event, the Mobile Pantry comes filled with a variety of produce and frozen and refrigerated items to provide supplemental food assistance to qualified families and individuals. Each Mobile Pantry vehicle can comfortably provide 150 families with up to 50 pounds of food.

For questions regarding the Mobile Pantry program, please contact the Mobile Pantry Department.

There are plenty of ways to get involved with San Antonio Threads.

Give.

• Financial donations can be made by visiting or contacting any Jefferson Bank and specifying San Antonio Threads as the receiver.
• NEW clothing and personal care items can be dropped off at 10446 Sentinel St., San Antonio, TX 78217. Click here and scroll down to What Kind of Donations Do We Need? for a list of most-needed items.
• Gifts cards can be mailed to San Antonio Threads, 10446 Sentinel St., San Antonio, TX 78217
• Thinking about organizing a fundraiser with your organization or hosting a clothing drive? Let us know by following the links below. You can also give us a call at 210-600-3989 for more information.

Volunteer.

• Whether you are part of a school, civic, organization, or church group or want to participate alone or with a couple of friends, we need your help! Click here and fill out the volunteer interest form or give us a call during our office hours.

Partner.

• We are incredibly thankful for the outpouring of support from many local businesses, including Neiman Marcus, Valero, Ross, Jefferson Bank, and others. Now it’s your turn to make a difference! Click here to complete the Partner Interest form or give us a call during our office hours.

Whether you have been on the frontlines for years trying to get a mission started or if God is just beginning to build your team and ideas, we want to help equip you.

By partnering with Wildfire Network as a new mission, we will come alongside your team. Opt-in to as many of the following resources as your mission requires.

COACHING

• Inquiry-based assistance
• Counseling/Coaching (monthly or quarterly, 1on 1)
• Care (as needed)
• KINDLE - Open service for missionaries (Thursdays 7:00 - 9:00 PM)

FACILITIES

• Co-op office space (FREE use of Created Studio or Wildfire House)
• Storage available at Wildfire House

FINANCES

• Covering for tax-deductions
• Donor processing
• Expense accounting

MEDIA

• Identity branding
• Consulting
• Graphics (printing services provided at cost)
• Websites (FREE web development and hosting)

TRAINING

• Seminars (quarterly on subjects as needed)
• Theological training (Training school, Kindle)

With your help, we can ensure qualifying children and families have access to childcare at an affordable cost. Once you have qualified, parents of CCS children have the option of choosing YOU as their Child Care Provider.

Some of the advantages of being a CCS provider are:

• Receive training and technical assistance to deliver quality care and education,
• Receive direct payment for child care services,
• Participate in the Texas Rising Star program to enhance delivery of care and education,
• Receive inclusion services,
• Providers receive paid holidays for CCS referred children.

Click here for current maximum reimbursement daily rates.

Click here for more information.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) On-the-Job Training (OJT) program is designed to provide dislocated workers and other eligible individuals with job opportunities for which they would not otherwise qualify.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW 

• The position and pay rate are set by the employer, equal to a prevailing wage. The incentive for the employer is to expose participants to occupations, source talent, and receive reimbursement of pay wages based on the size of the company on a sliding scale (see below).
• The participant must complete the following On-the-Job Training (OJT) documents: Contract Agreement, Training Plan, Reimbursement Request Form, and Employer of Record.
• The Employer of Record is the hiring company (employer).
• Length of the program is up to 1040 hours determined by the occupation of placement.
• Examples of Reimbursement:
  • More than one hundred (100) employees at 50%.
  • Between eleven (11) and one hundred (100) employees at 65%
  • Less than ten (10) employees at 75%.
• Reimbursement requests are to be made no later than five (5) business days from the end of the month and processed in approximately two (2) weeks. A reimbursement request form must be accompanied by supporting documentation to include official timesheets and pay stubs.
• Processing takes approximately two (2) weeks providing the proper supporting documentation and reimbursement request are submitted within five (5) days of the end of the month.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Positions must be listed on the Target Demand Occupation list as developed by the local Workforce Board.
• Program participants are hired by and become employees of the company.
• Program participants must receive wages and benefits at the same level as similarly employed workers.
• Employers must agree to provide at least forty (40) hours of work per week.
• Employers must create, agree, to and follow a plan which outlines the training schedule for program participants.
• Classroom training hours are not reimbursed other than for initial, company-required orientations.
• Program participants cannot displace other regular employees of the company.
• Employers must not have had an employee layoff in the past 90 days.
• Employers must provide workers compensation insurance or other equivalent insurance protection.
• No more than 25% of an employer’s workforce may be enrolled in an OJT contract.
• Only straight time work hours will be reimbursed. Overtime hours and non-training hours such as vacation, sick, and holiday are not reimbursed.
• Employers are responsible for maintaining time and attendance records on program participants.
• Employers report participants work hours every week and reimbursements are made monthly.
• Employers must provide a performance evaluation every two weeks or every pay period.
• Employers must allow a Business Solutions Representative to make random visits to the work location to review the following: working conditions, number of work slots, types of occupations, rate of pay, number of clients hired, etc.

To participate in the program trainees must be authorized to work in the United States and meet one (1) of the following criteria: 

• Less than two (2) years with the last employer
• Less than two (2) years of total work experience
• 5 or more jobs in the last two (2) years 
• Work skills that need upgrading 
• No work experience in the last two (2) years
• Classroom training, but no work experience

With your help, we can ensure qualifying children and families have access to childcare at an affordable cost. Once you have qualified, parents of CCS children have the option of choosing YOU as their Child Care Provider.

Some of the advantages of being a CCS provider are:

• Receive training and technical assistance to deliver quality care and education,
• Receive direct payment for child care services,
• Participate in the Texas Rising Star program to enhance delivery of care and education,
• Receive inclusion services,
• Providers receive paid holidays for CCS referred children.

Click here for current maximum reimbursement daily rates.

Click here for more information.

Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) On-the-Job Training (OJT) program is designed to provide dislocated workers and other eligible individuals with job opportunities for which they would not otherwise qualify.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW 

• The position and pay rate are set by the employer, equal to a prevailing wage. The incentive for the employer is to expose participants to occupations, source talent, and receive reimbursement of pay wages based on the size of the company on a sliding scale (see below).
• The participant must complete the following On-the-Job Training (OJT) documents: Contract Agreement, Training Plan, Reimbursement Request Form, and Employer of Record.
• The Employer of Record is the hiring company (employer).
• Length of the program is up to 1040 hours determined by the occupation of placement.
• Examples of Reimbursement:
  • More than one hundred (100) employees at 50%.
  • Between eleven (11) and one hundred (100) employees at 65%
  • Less than ten (10) employees at 75%.
• Reimbursement requests are to be made no later than five (5) business days from the end of the month and processed in approximately two (2) weeks. A reimbursement request form must be accompanied by supporting documentation to include official timesheets and pay stubs.
• Processing takes approximately two (2) weeks providing the proper supporting documentation and reimbursement request are submitted within five (5) days of the end of the month.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Positions must be listed on the Target Demand Occupation list as developed by the local Workforce Board.
• Program participants are hired by and become employees of the company.
• Program participants must receive wages and benefits at the same level as similarly employed workers.
• Employers must agree to provide at least forty (40) hours of work per week.
• Employers must create, agree, to and follow a plan which outlines the training schedule for program participants.
• Classroom training hours are not reimbursed other than for initial, company-required orientations.
• Program participants cannot displace other regular employees of the company.
• Employers must not have had an employee layoff in the past 90 days.
• Employers must provide workers compensation insurance or other equivalent insurance protection.
• No more than 25% of an employer’s workforce may be enrolled in an OJT contract.
• Only straight time work hours will be reimbursed. Overtime hours and non-training hours such as vacation, sick, and holiday are not reimbursed.
• Employers are responsible for maintaining time and attendance records on program participants.
• Employers report participants work hours every week and reimbursements are made monthly.
• Employers must provide a performance evaluation every two weeks or every pay period.
• Employers must allow a Business Solutions Representative to make random visits to the work location to review the following: working conditions, number of work slots, types of occupations, rate of pay, number of clients hired, etc.

To participate in the program trainees must be authorized to work in the United States and meet one (1) of the following criteria: 

• Less than two (2) years with the last employer
• Less than two (2) years of total work experience
• 5 or more jobs in the last two (2) years 
• Work skills that need upgrading 
• No work experience in the last two (2) years
• Classroom training, but no work experience

Heart Healthy Families is a national outreach and education program developed by CRW and Associates, LLC to promote health care awareness to entire families and the community.

Our goal is to affect positive behavioral change through information, education, and linkages to resources.

Program objectives:

• Provide essential education and resources that address prevalent chronic conditions such as high cholesterol, hypertension (high blood pressure), stroke, diabetes, and cancer.
• Provide health education to vulnerable populations.
• Provide leadership and technical assistance to church health ministries and community organizations.
• Build community capacity by developing culturally relevant programs that can be replicated and sustained in the community.
• Empower and educate community members to become health advocates
• Create coalitions and partnerships that link the faith and health community.

We also provide faith communities and nonprofit agencies with educational materials about Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP to assist them with educating their neighbors and clients.

CRW supports faith communities, nonprofit agencies, and other organizations with their health and wellness programs.

No in-person services are offered at this location. Contact Olga Rodriguez for information.

With your help, we can ensure qualifying children and families have access to childcare at an affordable cost. Once you have qualified, parents of CCS children have the option of choosing YOU as their Child Care Provider.

Some of the advantages of being a CCS provider are:

• Receive training and technical assistance to deliver quality care and education,
• Receive direct payment for child care services,
• Participate in the Texas Rising Star program to enhance delivery of care and education,
• Receive inclusion services,
• Providers receive paid holidays for CCS referred children.

Click here for current maximum reimbursement daily rates.

Click here for more information.