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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Psychology Internships and Juvenile Justice

Psychology Internships and Juvenile Justice

Students training to become psychologists must complete a doctoral internship in order to get licensed and enter the workforce. Shortages in available internship positions, however, can not only delay licensure, but ultimately impede the expansion of the behavioral...

Texas Psychology Internships Initiative

Texas Psychology Internships Initiative

Texas Psychology Internships Initiative Program Summary Through the Texas Psychology Internship initiative, the Hogg Foundation committed nearly $3 million across eight sites to develop new American Psychological Association-accredited psychology internship programs....

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists Inside this story: Meeting the mental health needs of Texans requires a robust, well-trained mental health workforce. In an effort to diversify and expand the behavioral health workforce, the Hogg Foundation invested in...

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists Inside this story: Meeting the mental health needs of Texans requires a robust, well-trained mental health workforce. In an effort to diversify and expand the behavioral health workforce, the Hogg Foundation invested in...

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists

Cultivating the Next Generation of Psychologists Inside this story: Meeting the mental health needs of Texans requires a robust, well-trained mental health workforce. In an effort to diversify and expand the behavioral health workforce, the Hogg Foundation invested in...

What We Do

What We Do

We believe it’s possible to transform how communities promote mental health in everyday life. The Hogg Foundation supports research and learning, practice and implementation, and policies that support this vision. “When we build let us build forever. Let it not be for...