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The Power of Precision: How to Reveal What Blocks Health Equity Progress

The journey from surface-level solutions to structural change begins with the courage to confront what lies beneath and the…

Foundation Strategy

Leading through Uncertainty: Three Questions for Funders

Here are three common questions that we've been hearing from our philanthropic partners during this time of uncertainty.

Foundation Strategy
Pandemics and Perpetuity
March 26, 2020
Joelle Cook
As I write, Congress seems likely to approve a two-trillion dollar economic stimulus bill in response to COVID-19. Entire states are being ordered to shelter i…
Foundation Strategy
Foundations: Use Your Balance Sheet to Help
March 23, 2020
Mark Kramer
During this massive economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, government and media attention is focused on the impact on businesses, financial markets…
Corporate/CSR Global Health Shared Value U.S. Health
COVID-19 and Corporate Purpose—Four Ways Businesses Can Respond Now
March 12, 2020
Greg Hills
The continuous COVID-19 developments are both dizzying and daunting. Countries and communities alike are grappling with strained health systems and strict cont…
Economic Development Gender
Can Snow Clearing Be Sexist?
March 6, 2020
Flynn Lebus Laura Amaya Talia Alongi
“It all started as a joke…” So begins the first chapter of Caroline Criado Perez’s book, Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. “At l…
Foundation Strategy Global Health U.S. Health
COVID-19⁠—Seven Things Philanthropy Can Do
March 2, 2020
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
As governments, businesses, and individuals scramble to respond to the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic, those of us who work in the social sector rightly ask wh…
Corporate/CSR Shared Value
Using Shared Value for Climate Action
February 18, 2020
Carina Wendel
A look into FSG’s project with Swedish construction company OBOS
Foundation Strategy
The Importance of Framing for Foundations Engaging on Equity
February 4, 2020
John Harper
A senior leader from a small family foundation recently told me the story of when her organization first began conversations about racial equity and its role i…
Collective Impact Shared Value
How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
January 23, 2020
Mark Kramer Marc Pfitzer Helge Mahne
Corporate/CSR Gender Shared Value U.S. Health
The Business Case for Reproductive Health
January 21, 2020
Nina Harstad Neeraja Bhavaraju
Women now make up more than half of the United States workforce, increasingly represented in roles from the frontline to the C-suite. In a highly competitive t…
Corporate/CSR Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
Top Reads from 2019
December 16, 2019
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH Greg Hills
As FSG enters its 20th year of supporting social impact funders and leaders across sectors, we are appreciative of our clients and partners around the world. Y…

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