Impact San Antonio Foundation

ABOUT IMPACT SAN ANTONIO Impact San Antonio is a nonprofit, women’s collective grant-making organization committed to expanding philanthropy in San Antonio by empowering women as both donors and decision-makers. Since its founding, the members of Impact San Antonio have been working to improve the lives of people living and working in the community. Kelly Hutchinson founded Impact San Antonio in 2004 with just 25 women, and the results have been astonishing. Since awarding our first grant of $25,000 to the ARC of San Antonio, Impact San Antonio has grown to regularly awarding High Impact Grants of $100,000 in all of our five focus areas. We’ve provided more than $5.3 million in grants to more than 100 area nonprofits. OUR MISSION Women joining together to provide substantial grants to nonprofit organizations in the Greater San Antonio community through the power of collective philanthropy. OUR VISION Diverse group of women serving as catalysts for transforming lives in our community. THE IMPACT 100 GIVING MODEL Wendy Steele of Cincinnati, Ohio created the Impact 100 giving model in 2001 and has since seen it grow to almost 50 chapters. Her vision was to encourage women from all walks of life to be philanthropic and increase their community involvement through transformational grant making. She knew that a diverse group of women pooling their financial and creative resources together would make a substantial and lasting mark on charitable giving. Her model outlined the Five Focus Areas and detailed the grant recipient selection process. All Impact 100 chapters still follow this landmark model. Impact San Antonio is a member of the Impact 100 Global Council and Philanos, which empowers women by supporting the creation, development, and expansion of collective giving through informed grantmaking.