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…
10 Trade-Offs Donors/Grantmakers Face That Make Philanthropy Tough but Rewarding
by Rick Ybarra Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! One of my first reads back in the office was a thoughtful article written by Melissa A. Berman, chief executive officer of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. She articulates what many of us in health philanthropy...
Into the Fold: Peer Support as Innovative Disruption
by Ike Evans As peer support continues to come into its own as a professional discipline, its most enthusiastic proponents are taking up the challenge of making sure that its innovative edge is not blunted. The ever greater elaboration of peer support standards and...
Carter Symposium 2014: Celebrating the Past and Shaping the Future
by Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr. Last month I had the privilege of attending the Thirtieth Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy. The theme for this year's event was "Celebrating the Past and Shaping the Future." Rosalynn Carter, the wife of former...
Hogg Foundation and CPPP Hosting Forum on Forensic Peer Support
by Lynda Frost The growing emergence of certified peer specialists as mainstays of the behavioral health care system is one of the most important and exciting developments in 21st century behavioral health. Forensic peer support, which seeks to integrate the...
Dr. Delida Sanchez: Seeing Through the Lens of Cultural Competence
by Ike Evans The Hogg Foundation has taken up the challenge of giving human flesh to abstract concepts that have become the stock-in-trade of behavioral health professionals. One of these is "cultural competence." As a grantmaker whose determination to address...
Barbara Granger: Amplifying the Family Voice
by Ike Evans It is now accepted wisdom that caregivers are sorely tested by the mental health challenges of their loved ones, as well as by the need to navigate the maze of services and supports that are intended to help. A lot more needs to be said, however, about...