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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…
Equitable Health Outcomes: Why Inclusive Clinical R&D Can Unlock Greater Value for Business and Society
June 30, 2023A paradigm shift is needed from exclusionary practices to inclusive research and development.
Change Your Mind Before You Change the System: Taking a Closer Look at Mental Models and the Water of Systems Change
June 29, 2023Influencing mindsets and mental models requires identifying what current mental models need to be shifted, targeting priority stakeholders for change, and desi…
How Fostering a Learning Culture Can Improve Your Strategy
June 22, 2023FSG's Nikhil Bumb, Allison Kaika, Gabriella Cova, and Mikayla Redding joined Capital + SAFI in La Paz, Bolivia for several in-person strategy workshopsAs soci…
How Can Funders Optimize Their Approach to Collaboration?
June 14, 2023In recent years, philanthropic funders have come to see the value in collaborating with one another to magnify their impact. Today we see all kinds of funders …
From Health Care to Health — How Might Our Health Care Conversion Foundations Take the Lead?
June 12, 2023Five themes from the 2023 Association for Community Health Improvement’s (ACHI) conference on health care.
Creating Purposeful Spaces of Inclusion and Belonging
May 25, 2023Ruchika Tulshyan and Melody Barnes at the 2023 Collective Impact Forum Action Summit."I believe in you. I see you." Ruchika Tulshyan, award-winning inclusion …
Reflections From Our Rural Leaders Interview Series
May 18, 2023Over the last year and a half, we had the privilege of interviewing rural leaders across the country as a follow-on to our report Rural America: Philanthropy’s…
Key Insights from FORTUNE Brainstorm Health 2023
May 9, 2023FSG Managing Director Nikhil Bumb asks a question during a lunchtime panel at the FORTUNE Brainstorm Health 2023 conference. Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortun…
Key Insights from Reuters Responsible Business USA 2023
May 4, 2023FSG director Lolita Castrique-Meier and managing director Chirlie Felix at the Reuters Responsible Business USA 2023 event in New York.There has never been a …
How Can Funders Support Grantee Cohorts as Part of a Systems Change Strategy?
April 21, 2023How funders can think more strategically about how they use grantee learning cohorts as a tool for systems change.