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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A City’s Controversial Approach to Homelessness

“Criminalizing someone just for being homeless was not something that was either helping that person or helping the community in any way,” Mayor Adler says. During the 86th Texas Legislature, our Into the Fold podcast aired an episode on what it means to create...