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…
Bexar County’s Collaborative Approach to Community Mental Health
To conduct a mental health intervention at the community level requires reckoning with certain caveats and risks.
This is the first in a series on mental health collaboratives in Texas. Learn more about our strategic focus on communities and collaboration. To conduct a mental health intervention at the community level requires reckoning with certain caveats and risks. Strategies...
Emily Bhandari
Emily Bhandari joined the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health in 2018 as the Strategic Learning and Evaluation Program Officer. In the previous 9 years, she served on the staff of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, an organized research unit in the Moody...
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Executive Office A native Texan and licensed psychiatrist, Dr. Martinez is the fifth executive director to lead the foundation since its creation in 1940. He oversees the vision, mission, goals, strategic planning and day to day operations of the foundation. Learn...
Ima Hogg Scholarships
Ima Hogg Scholarships Texas faces a critical mental health workforce shortage, ranking far below the national average in the number of mental health professionals per 100,000 residents. In 2015, 185 Texas counties out of 254 did not have a single...