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- Foundation Strategy
Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy
Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…

- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
Shared Value Leadership Summit #3 on Inc.com’s 2016 Most Innovative Conferences
January 19, 2017Inc.com recently named the Shared Value Initiative annual Shared Value Leadership Summit as one of the most innovative conferences of 2016:
Supporting Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation
January 17, 2017The recent election in the United States has highlighted the breadth and depth of many divisions among people, both nationally and globally. Differing perspect…
Improving Living Conditions for India’s Informal Housing Residents
January 13, 2017Meenakshi lives in the Yerwada area in Pune, India with her husband, 3 children, and father-in-law. She works at a tailoring shop, and her husband drives a tax…
New Year, New Intentions, New Resource
January 9, 2017With the start of a new year often comes an opportunity to look back or to look forward with the intent to do things differently. We (may) make resolutions—to …
Bringing Young Men into the Family Planning Conversation
December 13, 2016Family planning conversations in the global health field often revolve around women and girls. How do social norms influence their behavior? What innovations w…
Three Global Health Trends with FSG’s Kirsten Gagnaire
December 12, 2016We recently welcomed Kirsten Gagnaire as a managing director in FSG’s global health practice. A leader in the field with deep experience working with global mu…
Three Questions for Rolling Out the Next Generation of HIV Prevention
December 1, 2016In honor of World AIDS Day, FSG's Neeraja Bhavaraju discusses innovative HIV prevention methods on Devex and explores how we can accelerate the introduction of…
Developing the Collective Impact Framework
November 29, 2016We’re often asked how we developed the concept of collective impact, which first appeared as a short article in Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2011, and …
The Curb-Cut Effect
November 22, 2016In this month’s issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review, CEO at PolicyLink and FSG board member Angela Glover Blackwell discusses the “curb-cut effect,” the…
Our Unfolding Times
November 16, 2016As FSG moves forward along with the rest of the world into our new reality in the U.S., we wanted to share some reflections with our valued network of partners…