Sana Roots Co Awarded Future Ready Impact Grant from San Antonio Area Foundation

We are honored to announce that we have been selected as one of the 18 nonprofit recipients of the San Antonio Area Foundation’s Future Ready Impact Grants, part of a major community investment totaling over $2 million in youth-serving organizations across Bexar County.

Grants range from $27,500 to $300,000 over three years and support local nonprofits that help young people build pathways toward college, careers, and long-term wellbeing. This is the second cycle of Future Ready funding released in 2025 as part of the Future Ready Bexar County Plan, a countywide initiative committed to increasing postsecondary enrollment to 70% by 2030.

What This Grant Means for Sana Roots Co

As a grantee, we are deeply grateful for this investment in our work. This support strengthens our mission to reconnect youth with land, culture, foodways, and community-based leadership skills rooted in ancestral knowledge.

This grant directly contributes to our ability to:

• Expand culturally grounded youth programming

• Provide more hands-on learning experiences

• Deepen mentorship and community relationships

• Support long-term skill-building and pathways beyond high school

We know that when young people have access to culturally aligned support systems, they thrive — and this funding helps us continue showing up for them with intention and care.

A Community Movement Toward Postsecondary Success

The Future Ready Bexar County Plan is powered at the national level by Blue Meridian Partners and led locally by UP Partnership. Through this collective effort, youth-serving organizations across San Antonio are working together to ensure that every young person has a clear, supported pathway after graduation.

This second cycle builds on the first round of grants issued in May 2025. In total, nearly $10 million has been awarded to 34 nonprofits through the FRP initiative.

Celebrating All Second-Round Grantees

We proudly stand alongside 17 other incredible organizations receiving Future Ready Impact Grants in this cycle. These nonprofits are doing essential work across education, youth development, career readiness, housing stability, and community wellbeing.

Second-Round Future Ready Impact Grant Recipients:

• SAISD Foundation

• Intercultural Development Research Association

• Project Quest

• Roy Maas Youth Alternatives

• Family Service Association

• Thrive Youth Center

• SA Youth

• Magik Theatre

• Healy Murphy Center

• American Indians in Texas

• Celebrate Dyslexia

• 100 Black Men

• Ransomed Life

• Gemini Ink

• Big Mama’s Safe House

• San Antonio Rising Stars

• SEE to ACT

• Sana Roots Co

Moving Forward Together

This grant is more than funding, it’s an affirmation of our community’s belief in culturally grounded youth work. We look forward to continuing our programs, strengthening our partnerships, and contributing to a Future Ready Bexar County where young people can grow, lead, and thrive.

We extend our deepest gratitude to the San Antonio Area Foundation, Blue Meridian Partners, UP Partnership, and all the organizations working collectively to make this vision possible.