“The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it. And so you must go out all across America and tell young people, and people not so young, tell all of us: Vote. The vote is powerful.” -John Lewis, US Representative and Civil Rights […]
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The RISE Partnership Announces 2020 Readiness Cohort
The RISE Partnership is excited to announce that 24 organizations have been selected to participate in the second year of the “Readiness” component, which will offer training and consultation for internal program planning and evaluation. Recognizing the role that racism has played in the evaluation field, the RISE Partnership has committed to bringing a diversity, […]
The Influence of Quakers in Mental Healthcare
While we celebrate our 15th Year Anniversary of the Foundation, Joe Pyle, President of the Scattergood Foundation and Mary Crauderueff, Curator of Quaker Collections at Haverford College Libraries, shared more about the 207 year history and values that still guide us today. […]
Scattergood Foundation announces five new board members
(Philadelphia, PA) – The Scattergood Foundation welcomes five new members to the Board of Directors. The new board members will join the existing board members to THINK, DO, and SUPPORT in order to shift the paradigm and practice for behavioral health, and recognize the unique spark and basic dignity in every human. The new board […]
The 2020 Census count cannot be shortened
The 2020 Census count cannot be shortened. […]
Dismantling Racism in Evaluation: If not now, then when?
Upon recent events, including the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Riah Milton, Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells, Selena Reyes-Hernandez, Rayshard Brooks and countless others who lost their lives to police violence, racism, or hatred, we had to ask ourselves does this work go far enough to change the current inequities in our […]
Alone in my Basement.
Editor’s Note:June 15 th -21 st is Men’s Health Week. We think that emotional and mental health are critical components of men’s health. Over the course of the past several months, there have been extraordinary stressors that could heighten anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns. These stressors disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, people of color […]
We Stand in Solidarity
It is with deep sadness that the Scattergood Foundation shares this message. We mourn the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others who lost their lives to police violence; and to those who continue to face the weaponization of white privilege and white supremacy like in the case of Christian Cooper. […]
Supporting Organizations to Cope During This Time
Several weeks ago, we released our Cope. Recover. Grow. Framework for responding to the unprecedented needs during and post COVID-19. The framework is intended to guide us (staff and board) as we continue to support organizations and communities in the coming weeks, months, and beyond. We have asked funders, service providers, government, and others to […]
New Paper Release: Policy and Practice Innovations to Improve Prescribing of Psychoactive Medications for Children
Psychoactive medications are the most expensive and fastest-growing class of pharmaceutical agents for children. The cost, side effects, and unprecedented growth rate at which these drugs are prescribed has raised alarms from health care clinicians, patient advocates, and agencies about the appropriateness of how these drugs are distributed to parents and their children. The authors […]