SA2020 has long celebrated that we have a unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio, given the community data we have released every year since 2012 and the valuable information more than 100 partner organizations share with us. Knowing that this
Our team has been thinking a lot about winning these days. When your purpose is to drive progress toward a 10-year shared community vision, you know exactly what winning looks like in the long run. What does winning look and
Friends and Partners, Earlier this week the Express-News published a story by Molly Smith about the City of San Antonio defunding SA2020. While our team did not take this story to Molly, I chose to speak candidly and uphold SA2020’s
As we wrap up 2022, we’re reflecting on another year of championing San Antonio’s shared community vision. This year, Team SA2020 worked in partnership with local and statewide organizations, informed voters about (the many!) elections, produced new research, trained San
Each year, SA2020’s Nonprofit Partners collectively report hundreds of open seats on their Board of Directors. Beyond just those open seats, they report gaps in skills and expertise that could help strengthen their work. Meanwhile, we know San Antonians across
We’re so glad to officially welcome three new members of the SA2020 Board of Directors. Araceli, Elvira, and Misty have a wealth of experience and a love for San Antonio, and we know they’ll be such great assets to Team
Cross-published with mySA Throughout 2020, nearly 12,300 San Antonians reaffirmed and strengthened a shared vision for the next decade. Having done this once before in 2010, they set the precedent that a growing number of San Antonians will envision a
SA2020’s 100+ Nonprofit Partners annually report 400-600 open seats on their Boards of Directors. At the same time, we regularly hear from San Antonians about their desire to make a greater impact in the community. In 2019, we launched The Board Game to bridge that gap, reimagine board service to advance racial equity, and ultimately help make local nonprofit boards more representative
We’re so excited to welcome Alex Salinas to the team as our Content Manager! Alex previously worked at St. Mary’s University (also his alma mater!) as Associate Director of Communication Writing and Storytelling and at San Antonio Express-News as a
The SA2020 Team is growing! Gladys Hernández joins us as the Director of Community Impact after time spent as an educator and an executive director. Find out more about Gladys below, including why we may need to host an SA2020
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020