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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Grantee Spotlight: Good News for Nacogdoches County, Texas!

Grantee Spotlight: Good News for Nacogdoches County, Texas!

This is the third in a series spotlighting the grantees of the Hogg Foundation’s Collaborative Approaches to Well-Being in Rural Communities initiative. Check out others in this series on the good work happening in Bastrop County, Brooks County, and Morris...

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Photo taken during initial meeting in July 2018.

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The Historic Goodman Bridge, which once arched across the Angelina River on County Road 789, connected Nacogdoches and Cherokee counties. In 2017, the City of Nacogdoches and Nacogdoches County partnered to give the 83-year-old landmark a spot under the trees of Pecan Park. Photo Credit: Dr. Steve Cooper