Episode 66: Moving Upstream: How Funders Can Address Root Causes

The Well-being in Rural Communities initiative aims to support rural communities in their efforts to transform their own mental health. A total of about $2 million was awarded to organizations in five rural communities in Texas: Bastrop, Brooks, Morris, Nacogdoches, and Victoria counties. Funders are fond of talking about the impact their grantmaking has on people and communities, but it works both ways: difference-making organizations are transformed by their engagement with communities. On this episode Tammy Heinz and Rick Ybarra, program officers for the Hogg Foundation, talk about what mutual transformation looks like for both individuals and organizations.