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

Thoughts on Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

The National Alliance on Mental Illness has declared July to be Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. For African Americans in particular, a growing chorus of experts is sounding a clarion call on mental health, and urging black communities to the same sort...