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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Moving Upstream: How Funders Can Address Root Causes

Moving Upstream: How Funders Can Address Root Causes

“We were looking for places where there’s a strong hope to make change… we see that in each of these communities and we’re excited to be a part of that. And I think it’s so, just, cool to think that we can be there learning alongside them as they figure out how to...

Moving Upstream: How Funders Can Address Root Causes

Moving Upstream: How Funders Can Address Root Causes

“We were looking for places where there’s a strong hope to make change… we see that in each of these communities and we’re excited to be a part of that. And I think it’s so, just, cool to think that we can be there learning alongside them as they figure out how to...

The Past Does Matter

The Past Does Matter

For African Americans, slavery poses a dilemma: the need to respect the past without being smothered by it.

The Past Does Matter

The Past Does Matter

For African Americans, history in general, but slavery especially, poses a dilemma: the need to respect the past without being smothered by it.