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…
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...
Personal and Professional Growth at the Policy Academy
Program grantees receive funds to hire and train an in-house mental health policy fellow, increasing their capacity for interfacing public policy issues with mental health.
Personal and Professional Growth at the Policy Academy
In 2010, the Hogg Foundation started its Mental Health Policy Fellows Program. Program grantees receive funds to hire and train an in-house mental health policy fellow, increasing their capacity for interfacing public policy issues with mental health. Each grantee...
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Changing Mental Health Policy in Texas
Changing Mental Health Policy in Texas Inside this story: When an organization’s capacity for working on mental health policy issues increases, the needs and voices of Texans living with mental illness have a greater impact on policymaking. Unfortunately, many...
Changing Mental Health Policy in Texas
Changing Mental Health Policy in Texas Inside this story: When an organization’s capacity for working on mental health policy issues increases, the needs and voices of Texans living with mental illness have a greater impact on policymaking. Unfortunately, many...