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…

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What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

The 124,000 people in Texas who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, commonly known as Dreamers, face a frightening future. With DACA hanging in legislative limbo, many of these young people who are enrolled in our state’s...

What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

The 124,000 people in Texas who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, commonly known as Dreamers, face a frightening future. With DACA hanging in legislative limbo, many of these young people who are enrolled in our state’s...

What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

The 124,000 people in Texas who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, commonly known as Dreamers, face a frightening future. With DACA hanging in legislative limbo, many of these young people who are enrolled in our state’s...

What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

What We Lose if We Lose DACA and Dreamers

The 124,000 people in Texas who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, commonly known as Dreamers, face a frightening future. With DACA hanging in legislative limbo, many of these young people who are enrolled in our state’s...

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The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health envisions a future in which all people in Texas thrive in communities that support mental health, achieve health equity, and promote well-being."While we were interested in mental illness, our greatest interest was in the...

Police Violence and Black Women’s Health (Part 2 of 2)

Police Violence and Black Women’s Health (Part 2 of 2)

“One of the things that we tend to do when we talk about state violence is think about it in a quantitative way,” Dr. Christen Smith says. “What I really want to do is disrupt that traditional approach, and really say no.” Police violence, for black communities in the...