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…
Designing for Mental Health
What if going to the clinic was an empowering experience? Design thinking can make it so.
Activism for Mental Health
“I’m not looking for a utopia,” Latasha Taylor says. “I’m looking for balance. Nature shows us that balance is the best way for any entity to move forward and be successful.” In 2016, the Hogg Foundation started its Mental Health Peer Policy Fellows Grant Program to...
Police Violence and Black Women’s Health (Part 2 of 2)
“One of the things that we tend to do when we talk about state violence is think about it in a quantitative way,” Dr. Christen Smith says. “What I really want to do is disrupt that traditional approach, and really say no.” Police violence, for black communities in the...
Police Violence and Black Women’s Health (Part 1 of 2)
“We have got to look at the social context that produces certain kinds of experiences for people—and that’s directly tied to social determinants,” Dr. Christen Smith says. “Unfortunately, in the world we’re living right now, police violence is a social determinant.”...
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...
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...