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You Can’t Make Change out There, if You Don’t Make Change in Here

As foundations embrace ever more ambitious and complex approaches for creating social change, they are taking an intentional approach to rethinking their organizational structures to achieve the greatest impact. They recognize that you can’t make change “out there” if you don’t make... Read more

The Right Way for Companies to Publicize Their Social Responsibility Efforts

“Why don’t we get credit for all the good things we do?” the CEO of a major global corporation asked me recently. After all, the company has innovative and impactful programs to ensure safe working conditions; training programs to help low-wage workers in its supply chain increase their earnings... Read more

Discussing Systems Leadership with the Hunger to Health Collaboratory

This week, I was honored to participate in the Hunger to Health Collaboratory event at the Boston Public Library. This cross-sector effort is convening leaders from philanthropy, non-profit, education, health, private industry... Read more

It’s Time for Companies to Imbed Social Purpose in their Business Strategy

I have an enormous amount of optimism about the role of companies in achieving social change. We are in a moment. In 2018, the opportunity for companies to positively shape our future is unprecedented. And, we, as leaders of social impact in our respective companies, have an opportunity and a... Read more

How The Dow Chemical Company Connects Citizenship and Business Opportunity

Rob Vallentine leads The Dow Chemical Company’s social impact work. Rob began working with FSG in 2016 to connect the company’s business goals to its social impact. Here, Rob shares more about the efforts he has led and what he and his... Read more

New Research Study: When Collective Impact Has an Impact

FSG is excited to share a new study conducted by a research team from ORS Impact and Spark Policy Institute: When Collective Impact Has an Impact.... Read more

Three Levers to Address Global Menstrual Health Challenges

A few weeks ago, I was honored to moderate a panel at PeriodCon—a new conference, organized by students at Yale’s School of Management, that brings together industry leaders, policy makers, product innovators,... Read more

How Education Funders Can Support Immigrant Children and Families

A few months ago, we attended the Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference in Washington DC. Under the theme, Equity in Education: Empowering Community Voice, the conference included a number of sessions related to immigrant children and... Read more

Join FSG at the 2018 Collective Impact Convening

Looking for an opportunity to connect with and learn from other social sector leaders working to tackle complex issues? Join over 500 funders, nonprofit leaders, and collective impact community partners in Austin, Texas on April 3-5 for the... Read more

When Intention Meets Practice: How Equity is Showing Up More in Our Work

Over the past several years, FSG has made a number of changes to bring greater focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into the work we do with our clients, partners, and communities. We are early in our journey and are sharing our experiences in the spirit of learning—... Read more

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