Texas · Nonprofit
SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC
SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC (Texas) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,585,766 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($413,556). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $834k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $582k
What San Antonio for Growth on the Eastside Inc does
Mission
Sage promotes the economic development and cultural vitality of san antonio's eastside.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Supporting small businesses sages small business support program (sbs) provides business support, access to educational opportunities, technical assistance, resources, and grant assistance to small businesses located in eastside san antonio. The program is specifically designed to meet the demands of small businesses (whether startup or growth-minded) that need targeted and tailored support. Business support includes: 1) referring participating small businesses to business development technical experts, peers, and mentors to assist them with any emerging improvement plans; 2) connecting business owners to resources and other grant opportunities that include funds for capital, faade improvement, capacity building, and casualty loss expenses; 3) continuous followup with participating small businesses to check in generally, understand preexisting or new challenges, and encourage progress towards goals. Sage also offers intensive support to select small businesses through peer cohorts. These cohorts provide an opportunity for participants to work closely with business development experts, peers, and mentors, receiving tailored guidance on both emerging challenges and long-term growth…
$360,616 spentof which $75,480 as grants100% of program spendingStorefront program -- the sage storefront grant program offers qualified businesses matching grants of up to 10,000 for business property owners to make facility improvements such as door and window replacement, painting, signage, lighting, parking lot repairs, and other exterior renovations. Since 2010, sage has awarded over 200 storefront grants, resulting in facility improvements of over 1.6 million in eastside san antonio.
Cultural & historical markers - sage commissions the installation of historical markers throughout the eastside, commemorating significant events, locations, and individuals, in turn helping residents and visitors connect with the area's history.
Community engagement - sage hosts community and special events throughout the year, including: halloeast - halloeast is a free family-friendly community block party celebrating halloween. This event is more than just trick-or-treating -- it's an opportunity for residents to connect with neighbors and share valuable community resources. This event attracted over 530 attendees and more than 50 vendors from the community. In 2024 sage was awarded a 150,000 community economic development (ced) planning grant from the u.s. Department of health and human services, aimed at building the administrative capacity needed to develop a public market complex on san antonio's eastside. This planning project marks a significant step forward in sage's commitment to fostering economic vitality in this minority-majority area, which has long grappled with systemic poverty, high unemployment, and the lingering effects of historical disenfranchisement through redlining, racial segregation, and governmental disinvestment. Through the ced planning funds, sage will develop a comprehensive, community-informed business plan to establish a public market complex that will serve as an economic anchor for the…
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $360,616.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $666k (−50%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 56% · 2019 68% · 2020 76% · 2021 47% · 2022 57% · 2023 90% · 2024 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
James Nortey
CEO
Board chair
Dr Tomeka C Wilson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $42k → $73k.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 80% · 2019 56% · 2020 37% · 2021 77% · 2022 47% · 2023 89% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $114k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.1M on record.
- Department of Transportation$2.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$950k
- Department of the Treasury$124k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC?
- SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC (Texas) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,585,766 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($413,556). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,585,766 in grants to SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $413,556 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN ANTONIO FOR GROWTH ON THE EASTSIDE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing