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Coalition Building

Group looking at a ComputerFSG builds cross-sector collaborations and shared measurement systems that unite funders, nonprofits, governments, and corporations to achieve large-scale collective impact and to solve social problems in powerful new ways.

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Project Spotlight

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PetSmart Charities: Collective Impact Initiative

FSG helped PetSmart Charities design and plan for launch of a collective impact initiative to address pet homelessness in communities across the United States.

CCER/Gates Foundation: Road Map for Education Results

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and CCER engaged FSG to design, launch, and implement the Road Map Project, a cradle-to-college and career collective impact initiative in South Seattle and South King County.

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation: Evaluation and Strategy Support for the Marine Fisheries Program

FSG provided strategy, learning, and evaluation support for fifteen grantee NGOs of the Packard Foundation Marine Fisheries Program.

Mars, Incorporated: Cocoa Sustainability Strategy & Implementation

FSG developed a cocoa sustainability strategy for Mars in Côte d’Ivoire with the goal to revitalize the cocoa sector in the world’s largest cocoa producing country.

Knowledge Spotlight

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Collective Impact

Mark Kramer, John Kania

imageLarge-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.

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Collective Impact Conference
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FSG's New Book: Do More Than Give

Leslie Crutchfield, John Kania, Mark Kramer

imageThis book provides a blueprint for foundation leaders, trustees, and individual donors who want to catalyze change in the world.

Do More Than Give
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Do More Than Give
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Community-Based Philanthropy and the Knight Community Information Challenge

Justin Bakule, John Kania, Ellen Martin, Hallie Preskill

imageCommunity and place-based foundations transform into high impact catalysts for change, by engaging with a broad range of community stakeholders.

Community-Based Philanthropy
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From Our Clients

"FSG understands both the entrepreneurial side of philanthropy and how grantmaking works. They bring together business strategy and a grand vision for improving the world. Other firms just don’t bring both. The team was multi-cultural, which was wonderful. They listen, question, and are empathetic. They also show deep respect for other cultures and could work with our grantees in both Switzerland and developing countries."

- Christoph Schmocker,
Chief Executive Director
UBS Optimus Foundation

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