Realty San Antonio Judges a Fast-Pitch Philanthropy Competition

Giving back and supporting our community is the cornerstone of Realty San Antonio’s mission and culture. We were thrilled to begin our community involvement efforts with Agent Success Manager Marisa Jackson representing Realty San Antonio as a 2021 judge for the 4th Annual Philanthropitch San Antonio event.

Philanthropitch hosts fast-pitch competitions for social impact nonprofits looking for extra fundraising to support their community initiatives. Much like the popular television show, Shark Tank, five innovative nonprofits must pitch their concept to a panel of local judges and a live audience.

Hosted on October 12 at the Tobin Center, Jackson took the stage with six other judges to hear the thoughtful and inspiring pitches. The panel was selected with local leaders who have experience working with the social impact community.

Prior to real estate, Jackson served as a school psychologist for 12 years. Before leading the Realty San Antonio office as the Agent Success Manager, Jackson was a 4-time San Antonio Platinum Top 50 Finalist and a National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals Top 100 agent in the region. Her deep San Antonio roots and passion for uplifting the community set her up to provide an experienced perspective to the nonprofit finalists looking to scale their mission.

“Being a judge for this event is such a great honor,” says Jackson. “I am judging alongside such great people and companies that have such beautiful and philanthropic hearts. It's great to see the amazing impact that everyone's individual efforts can have.”

Jackson had the opportunity to offer guidance to the following finalists: 

1. Bihl Haus Arts is founded on the belief that each person, when given a chance, will achieve significant personal, social, and cultural growth through the arts.
2. Culturingua cultivates, promotes, and preserves Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian (MENASA) cultural, linguistic, and artistic heritage to invest in human, community, and economic development.
3. Girls on The Run inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running.
4. Maestro Leadership Foundation focuses on growing existing small, minority, women-owned businesses beyond the $1 million mark and helping create jobs in a historically underutilized area of San Antonio.
5. Pride Center San Antonio, Inc. serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV communities by connecting them and their families to community resources and organizations.

Because of the passionate leaders looking to better our community, Jackson’s judges' group made history by raising more money than any other Philanthropitch group locally or nationally. The event raised over $150,000 in total and Realty San Antonio contributed $12,000 to the ground-breaking goal. 

Realty San Antonio’s We’re for Here Mission

Realty San Antonio is dedicated to building community, neighborliness, and love for Central Texas. We pledge to uplift our neighbors in need by partnering with organizations that provide affordable and supportive housing solutions.

Realty Austin, Realty San Antonio’s sister location, has made great strides in providing affordable housing to Central Texas residents. Since 2010, Austin agents have come together and volunteered over 25,000 hours and donated $1.9M of their commission from each transaction to support housing non-profits including Austin Habitat for Humanity, Foundation Communities, Community First! Village and SAFE | Children's Shelter.

As Realty San Antonio continues to grow, we are hopeful about uplifting our community with similar efforts.

“Being born and raised in San Antonio, I've watched the city grow and evolve into the great city it now is,” says Jackson. “I'm proud to live in a city with such wonderful values and diverse cultures that are embraced in the community, but there is always work to be done. It is important for us to support our community in any way we can so we can contribute to the growth and help our community thrive.”

To learn more about our partners and their impact on the community, visit ouraustinpledge.com.