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THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO

THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO (Texas) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,909 to it, the largest being Impetus Foundation ($176,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$355k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$365k
Net assets
$184k
9/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What The World Affairs Council of San Antonio does

Mission

To promote public understanding of world affairs and united states foreign policy, and to enhance the ability of its citizens and future leaders to participate in a global community. We accomplish our mission by presenting a lecture series, holding receptions, organizing discussion groups, sponsoring educational outreach programs, and hosting deliberative sessions for young professionals.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Founded in 1982, the World Affairs Council of San Antonio mission is to promote public understanding of world affairs and United States foreign policy, and toenhance the ability of the community and future leaders to participate as global citizens. The World Affairs Council of San Antonio is part of the World Affairs Councils of America, with more than 90 member organizations in 40 states."Come for the program, stay for the conversation," IS AN OFTEN-MENTIONED BENEFIT OF PARTICIPATION IN WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL PROGRAMS. THE COUNCIL'S PROGRAMS PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT AND EXPOSURE TO FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST.Programs include:DISTINQUISHED SPEAKER SERIES:A series of evening events featuring prestigious experts in foreign affairs.GLOBAL ISSUES SERIES:Events typically held at lunchtime providing perspectives from global subject matter experts.DIPLOMAT SALONS:Small, intimate gatherings that engage members with high-level current and former diplomats.FULBRIGHT ROUNDTABLES:Interactive gatherings that connect members with unique speakers who talk about their experiences in international RELATIONS. PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO FULBRIGHT…

    $188,723 spent$87,747 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $188,723.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($334k) Expenses 100 ($458k) Net assets 100 ($89k)2018 Revenue 144 ($480k) Expenses 105 ($479k) Net assets 46 ($41k)2019 Revenue 106 ($355k) Expenses 77 ($353k) Net assets 48 ($43k)2020 Revenue 101 ($339k) Expenses 55 ($253k) Net assets 144 ($128k)2021 Revenue 106 ($353k) Expenses 56 ($258k) Net assets 250 ($224k)2022 Revenue 77 ($257k) Expenses 67 ($308k) Net assets 194 ($173k)2023 Revenue 105 ($350k) Expenses 72 ($328k) Net assets 218 ($195k)2024 Revenue 99 ($330k) Expenses 75 ($344k) Net assets 203 ($182k)2025 Revenue 106 ($355k) Expenses 77 ($353k) Net assets 206 ($184k)
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Revenue (106)Expenses (77)Net assets (206)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $188k to $69k (−63%).

$122k
$188k
$69k
$177k
$238k
$190k
$228k
$186k
$208k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

31% of THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,945 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$124k
’17
$2k
’18
$2k
’19
$85k
’20
$95k
’21
−$50k
’22
$22k
’23
−$13k
’24
$2k
’25
6.2
months of
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

Armen Babajanian

Executive director

Board chair

Hugo Lizarraga

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed656874585244474141
Joined·+21+21+2+24+4+11+0+4
No longer listed·1815183012864
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $28k.

5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO’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

THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48%
largest funder
77%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 69% · 2020 50% · 2021 46% · 2022 46% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.

“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

50% of THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

89% of THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO's grant income comes from Texas funders.

NY
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO is better cushioned than half of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve6.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

53% of spending goes to programs.

Program 53%Management 23%Fundraising 24%

Governance

41
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO?
THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO (Texas) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $364,909 to it, the largest being Impetus Foundation ($176,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $364,909 in grants to THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO?
Impetus Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $176,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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