Membership

To purchase an annual individual membership online, click here.

To purchase an annual corporate membership online, click here.

 

In addition to receiving a discounted subscription to Foreign Policy Magazine, Members of the World Affairs Council enjoy exclusive subscription discounts to such quality publications as The Economist,   New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Foreign Affairs,  National Geographic, World Policy Journal, and books published by Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and The Brookings Institution. Contact the Council Staff for more information on how to take advantage of these offers.

 

Membership levels

All membership levels offer invitations to The Distinguished Speaker Series and reduced admission to events, as well as access and insight to numerous opportunities to participate in San Antonio life.  All membership levels are renewable on your anniversary date and tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law..

 

Single Membership
$ 50
Student Membership(currently enrolled)
$ 25
Family Member (2 persons)
$ 75

The following 4 memberships offer invitations to the Distinguished Speaker Series, reduced admission to Council events, preferred seating at events, invitations to Diplomat Exclusive Programs, and listing in Council literature.

Diplomat Membership (2 persons)
$ 175
Ambassador Member (4 persons)
$ 350
Statesman Member (4 persons)
$500
Global Leader Member (6 persons)
$1000
  

 If you are in your twenties to forties, ask about the International Contemporaries, the Council's dynamic young professional group. 

  

Corporate membership

Corporate membership allows companies to bestow membership benefits to designated employees. Depending on the level of membership, each corporate member is provided with a combination of Diplomat and single member slots they may designate to their employees.  Benefits commensurate to these member levels are listed above.

PRESIDENTIAL
$ 5500
  • All employees enjoy member rates at lectures, Corporate member listing in Council literature and on web-page, and Corporate member listing in Annual Benefit Program
  • Two tables at any of our Distinguished Speaker Series programs
    (To be used during the year of your membership)
  • 10 Designated Diplomat Members
  • 20 Designated Single Members
BENEFACTOR
$ 2750
  • All employees enjoy member rates at lectures, Corporate member listing in Council literature and on web-page, and Corporate member listing in Annual Benefit Program
  • One table at any of our Distinguished Speaker Series programs
    (To be used during the year of your membership)
  • 10 Designated Diplomat Members
  • 15 Designated Single Members
PATRON
$ 1200
  • Corporate member listing in Council literature and on web-page
  • 6 Designated Diplomat Members
  • 10 Designated Single Members
SPONSOR
$ 600
  • Corporate member listing in Council literature and on web-page
  • 4 Designated Diplomat Members
  • 6 Designated  Single Members
CORPORATE AMBASSADOR ****
$ 350
  • Admission to Council events for all staff members & faculty at student prices and Corporate member listing in Council literature and on our web-page
  • 4 Designated Diplomat Members
  • 2 Designated Single Members
**** Available only to nonprofits and educational institutions.


Optional at any level of corporate membership:

Additions to corporate memberships available to Corporate members at any level
who choose to add extra employees to their membership package
:

Add: 10 members
10 Single Memberships @ $30 = $300 value

Cost to Corporate Member is $200


Add: 20 members
20 Single Memberships @ $30 = $600 value

Cost to Corporate Member is $350

Add: 30 members
30 Single Memberships @$30 = $900 Value

Cost to Corporate Member is $500

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS

PRESIDENTIAL

AT&T

The Gambrinus Company

H-E-B

Holt Companies

Mission Pharmacal

U.S. Global Investors

Valero Energy Corporation

Wells Fargo

BENEFACTOR

Bank of America

San Antonio Steel Co, LTD.

J.P. Morgan Chase-San Antonio

Zachry Group, Inc.

PATRON

Briscoe Ranch

Broadway National Bank

Brooks Development Authority

City of San Antonio, International Affairs Department

C.H. Guenther & Sons, Inc.

Clear Channel Worldwide

Columbia Industries

Cox Smith Matthews, Inc.

Ernst & Young

Hendry Investments, Inc.

Hixon Properties Incorporated

Hurd Enterprises

International Bank of Commerce

Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

Patrick J. Kennedy, Sr.

San Antonio Express-News

Senator Jeff Wentworth

Steves and Sons

Trinity University

University of the Incarnate Word

UTSA College of Business

SPONSOR

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, & Field

Argonaut Insurance Co.

Bolner's Fiesta Products, Inc.

Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton, L.L.P.

Christopher C. Hill

Compass Bank

Computer Solutions, Inc.

Conner Group

Dublin & Associates, Inc.

Frost Bank

Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.

Gunn GP LLC.

J. Marvin Smith III , M.D.

The Intercontinental Companies

North American Development Bank

Plains Capital Bank

Quirk & Company

Rush Enterprises, Inc.

Shivers & Shivers

Southwest Research Institute

St. Mary's University

Sterling Foods, Ltd.

Sushi Zushi of Texas

The Wood Agency

Zurich International/World Trade Center

AMBASSADOR

Goodwill Industries of San Antonio

The Nature Conservancy

Oppeheimer, Blend, Carrison and Tate, Inc

Our Lady of the Lake University

Port Authority of San Antonio

UNAM

            Membership can now be purchased or renewed online!

World Affairs Council of
San Antonio
40 NE Loop 410, Suite 608
San Antonio, TX 78216

Telephone: 210/308-9494
Fax: 210/308-9497