Category: Community Engagement

Role of philanthropy during Hurricane Harvey

The magnitude of the disaster forced philanthropies to learn quickly how to navigate complex public/private relief systems, flatten grantmaking processes, and work across sectors to identify and uphold nonprofits that provided relief for individuals and families, and to build the capacity of others that had the trust and knowledge of hard-to-reach communities such as immigrant and undocumented neighborhoods.

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Bishop’s Message: EHF’s One Mission

The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, IX Bishop of Texas and EHF’s chairman of the board explains how EHF is working to model what it means to be a ‘neighbor’ to a new kind of community, so we become healthier together.

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EHF on the road – making community connections

EHF volunteers recently walked neighborhoods in Houston’s 5th Ward. See why they came away from the experience not only with a clearer picture of what it means to reach out and be in community, but what it means to create important connections with communities.

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Why we take to the road

Why does EHF travel Texas holding community meetings? We do this because there is no substitute for being on the ground, in the communities we serve, alongside the people who live and work there.

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