In a recent article for Grantmakers in Health, Rick Ybarra, senior program officer at the Hogg Foundation, explores how philanthropy can contribute to supporting and building a stronger, more robust, and durable nonprofit sector.   

Philanthropy has forever espoused the term “sustainability.” We ask in grant applications and in our conversations with grant partners: “What’s your sustainability plan?” and “How do you plan to sustain your program once the grant ends?” Read more…

Rick Ybarra
Creating Hope for Healing after Trauma

Creating Hope for Healing after Trauma

In the aftermath of the Austin package bombings, we Reflections on the “wounds of the spirit” that communities sustain in the aftermath of traumatizing events, as well as conditions for healing.