About Alamo Heights School Foundation
To unite the community to invest in Alamo Heights schools, address insufficient state funding, and empower teachers and staff so every student can achieve their full potential.
Focus Areas
K-12 educationTeacher salaries and staffingAcademic programs and electives (arts, languages, STEM)Scholarships for AHHS studentsEndowment and planned giving
Who They Fund
teachers/educatorsK-12 studentsschools or school districts
Funding Style
personnel support (teacher salaries)programmatic/restricted supportsupport for innovation in programming
About Alamo Heights School Foundation
The Alamo Heights School Foundation has made teacher salaries and innovative programming the center of its recent giving, with three consecutive grants to Alamo Heights ISD in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Those awards totaled $5,000,083 across the latest three years on file and were described as support for “TEACH SALARIES, INNOVATIVE PROGMING.” That pattern fits the foundation’s stated purpose: to help address insufficient state funding and invest in Alamo Heights schools so students can reach their full potential. Its work is tightly tied to K-12 education in Alamo Heights and San Antonio, with a focus on staffing and school programming rather than individual aid. The foundation’s active programs show that support reaches both educators and students through scholarship opportunities and schoolwide funding. W.W. & Anna May Campbell Scholarship Fund and the Oma E. Vordenbaum Scholarship both support graduating seniors, while the Teacher Fund / Back Teachers program underwrites non-state-funded roles and campus services. The foundation also recognizes annual supporters through giving levels such as the 1909 Club and monthly membership through Heroes for Heights.
What Alamo Heights School Foundation Funds
Teacher compensation is one of the clearest priorities in the foundation’s recent grantmaking. In 2025, Alamo Heights School Foundation gave $1,979,000 to Alamo Heights ISD for teacher salaries and innovative programming, following a $1,555,000 award in 2024 for the same purpose. That multi-year pattern shows sustained support for staffing needs inside the district. The foundation also backs academic enrichment and electives through its school funding programs. The Teacher Fund / Back Teachers program supports librarians, nurses, counselors, gifted and talented teachers, campus tech coordinators, arts and elective teachers, athletics, AP/Pre-AP classes, and learning labs. For students preparing for college, the W.W. & Anna May Campbell Scholarship Fund provides annual scholarships to graduates of Alamo Heights High School, and the Oma E. Vordenbaum Scholarship supports tuition for two graduating seniors. Fundraising and donor recognition are part of the structure too, with the 1909 Club for annual giving of $10,000 or more and Heroes for Heights for monthly gifts starting at $100.
How Alamo Heights School Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2M
Total Assets
$15.2M
Total Revenue
$2.6M
Total Expenses
$2.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1.5M and $1.5M, with a median of $1.5M.
25th Percentile
$1.5M
Median
$1.5M
75th Percentile
$1.5M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
HEATHER MCFARLAND
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