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…

Rick Ybarra

Balancing Mental Health and School Safety

  “The pathway of violence is a process, it is not an event. There is a lot of opportunity as a school district … where we can really put the brakes on that pathway to violence, as we are connecting students with those preventative interventions.” Leading into the...