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…
Into the Fold: On Coming Out
by Ike Evans The issue of whether to disclose as a person with lived experience of mental illness is always a complex one. For this latest episode of Into the Fold, we talk to Willie Williams, co-coordinator of the Austin Area African American Behavioral Health...
Dr. Delida Sanchez: Seeing Through the Lens of Cultural Competence
The Hogg Foundation tries to reveal the human experience of abstract mental health concepts. One of these is "cultural competence." As a grantmaker whose determination to address racial and ethnic disparities in the delivery of health care is built into the design of...
Into the Fold, Episode 22: Restorative Discipline in Schools
There is a wealth of research on the relationship between school discipline and academic achievement among school age children and adolescents. Studies show persistent racial disparities in the type, frequency and harshness of discipline meted out to students, and...
Into the Fold, Episode 24: A New Mental Health App Comes to UT
Health and wellness apps are much in the news these days, and now with Thrive@UT, the new mental health app geared toward students, The University of Texas at Austin has staked its own claim on this new frontier. In this episode of Into the Fold, Chris Brownson,...
Into the Fold, Episode 25: Circuit Riders for Mental Health
William S. Bush is a professor of history at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. His forthcoming book, "Circuit Riders for Mental Health: The Hogg Foundation and the Transformation for Mental Health in Texas." The book is an exhaustively researched and revealing...
Into the Fold, Episode 26: King Davis on the Segregated Past, the Fractured Present
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is on a mission, not just to catalyze systemic reforms in mental health, but also to use our accumulated knowledge and platform to address some of the world's most vexing problems. In this episode, former Hogg executive...