Avenida Guadalupe Association

“The 990 is reviewed by the entire board of directors of the Avenida Guadalupe Association along with the audited financial statements. A digital copy of the 900 is provided to all board members and subsequently presented at the regular board meeting for review and approval before filing.”

“The Executive Committee recommends the Executive Director-CEOs salary based upon comparability data.”

“The Organization makes its governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and audited financial statements available to the public upon request. The Organization also posts its audited financial statements and IRS Form 990 online at its website www.avenida.org.”

“Chartered in 1979, Avenida Guadalupe Association AGA began a process of transforming slum and blighted conditions in the Avenida Guadalupe neighborhood, first acquiring and demolishing a concentration of 40 blighted corrals including relocation for the construction of the UDAG funded Plaza Guadalupe complex educational, medical, and civic center in 1984 in partnership with the San Antonio Development Agency SADA. In cooperation with AGA, SADA facilitated property acquisition and new construction of early commercial building environments. Thus far, within a forty-plus year duration of the AGA a primary program service is 1 ongoing maintenance and management of public amenities consistent with public purpose which includes 2 serving as a hub for community organizations and primarily community service businesses i.e. doctors, dentists, government agencies, and adult education services, etc. and 3 promoting and celebrating Mexican-American culture to generate and maintain vitality and development in the neighborhood in which the premises developments are located Alazan-Apache/Avenida Guadalupe Neighborhood - a historically distressed community serving residents almost exclusively residing at 0-30 50 AMI.”

“A primary operating strategy of the AGA is curating an affordable commercial tenant base of supportive service, i.e. doctors offices, dentist, etc., yielding in 2024 the neighborhoods first non-profit pediatrics clinic in an area heavily populated with young children living in poverty. To provide affordability to needed area service organizations, AGA reinvests its compensation from its Municipal partner-investments in to area maintenance, and it also sponsors lease reductions as in-kind contribution, of which includes in 2024 continued support of the San Antonio Philharmonic who relocated its offices to AGAs Promesa Building in 2023 considered a major benefit contributing to the economic health of the Guadalupe Street commercial corridor uncommonly locating to the Citys poorest district.”

“AGA continues into 2024 to manage and support age-in place housing for senior citizens residing in the Avenida Guadalupe neighborhood and near Westside of San Antonio. In partnership with Avenida Guadalupe Associations financial partners, AGA continues to provide healthy food choices through its Healthy Foods Initiative to the 160 collective households of the Ernest Olivares Senior Apartments, the Charles Gonzalez Senior Apartment and the San Jacinto Senior Apartments including residents of the Alazan-Apache Courts curating culturally sensitive fruit and vegetable packages.”

“AGA is central to the distributon of quality-of-life activities for the communitys children particularly focusing on a safe childs Halloween, Thanksgiving Turkey meal, giveaways, the Winter Holiday Plaza Guadalupe Pictures with Santa serving over 1000 economically stressed fam ilies In 2024, Avenida Guadalupe Association sold property for the creation of an artist studio that will contribute to the historic master plan. Utilizing sale funds, AGA acquired Plaza adjacent property vital to the positive developmentof the Avenida Guadalupe neighborhood.”