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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Wallace Award Winner: Discourse and Diagnosis in ADHD

Wallace Award Winner: Discourse and Diagnosis in ADHD

Sarah Guy, a doctoral student in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, and a 2016 recipient of the Frances Fowler Wallace Award from the Hogg Foundation, has recently completed her dissertation, “A Discourse Analysis of How Nurses Talk about ADHD...

Sarah Guy, a doctoral student in the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin, and a 2016 recipient of the Frances Fowler Wallace Award from the Hogg Foundation, has recently completed her dissertation, “A Discourse Analysis of How Nurses Talk about ADHD...

Tell us about yourself. At what point did you decide to make nursing your academic specialty, and what influenced that decision? As a teenager I became very interested in the anatomy and physiology of the human body, especially the miraculous changes that occur during...

Evaluation: East Texas Coalition for Mental Health Recovery

Evaluation: East Texas Coalition for Mental Health Recovery

The East Texas Coalition for Mental Health Recovery (ETCMHR) brought together 12 mental health organizations to develop a network of consumers, peer specialists, providers and advocates trained in recovery and wellness. The activities of the ETCMHR were coordinated by...