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- Corporate/CSR, Global Health, U.S. Health
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.
Centering Equity in Corporate Purpose
May 5, 2022Is shared value contributing to greater equity or is it helping to hold inequities in place? This uncomfortable and ultimately catalytic question was posed as …
Inner Work: The Heart of Organizational Equity Work
April 4, 2022We hear about "inner work" often when we work with companies on equity. What do we mean by inner work, and why is it so important?
Shifting Power Through Authentic Corporate Community Engagement
March 14, 2022Five lessons for how corporations can shift power as they develop and navigate relationships with communities in order to create sustainable social change and …
What Does It Take for Companies to Engage Communities More Equitably?
March 7, 2022Community engagement has long been popular with the corporate sector. However, as stakeholder capitalism gains adherents and more corporate leaders seek to unl…
Advancing Equity through Health Navigation
January 26, 2022Our organizations began partnering on health equity before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the journey is ongoing. We are sharing reflections from our …
FSG Welcomes New Managing Directors Chirlie Felix and Shumeca Pickett
January 20, 2022I’m thrilled to announce that Chirlie Felix and Shumeca Pickett have joined FSG as managing directors who will help a talented team of social change experts le…
What Does It Mean to Shift? Strategic Planning with the Cleveland Foundation
November 30, 2021What does it take to move a foundation to adopt a new way of planning?In our wildest dreams, strategic plans are these beautifully constructed living document…
Redefining Collective Impact
November 12, 2021The year 2021 marks 10 years since the publication of the article “Collective Impact” in Stanford Social Innovation Review, authored by my FSG colleagues John …
All Funders Must Become Climate Funders
November 4, 2021The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2021 assessment, the gold standard summary of current climate science, tells us that the climate crisis …
Lessons in Examining the Role of Advocacy and Organizing in Collective Impact
November 1, 2021This year, Frontline Solutions worked with the Collective Impact Forum to conduct research on how collective impact initiatives can leverage advocacy and organ…