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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.

Collective Impact Education & Youth Systems Thinking
New Years’ Resolutions from a Backbone Leader
January 30, 2018
Valerie Bockstette Jane Glasgow
Jane Glasgow is the executive director of Minus 9 to 5, a collaborative, community-driven initiative catalyzed by the Hampton Roads Community Foundation with a…
Global Development Inclusive Markets Systems Thinking
FSG’s Harvey Koh on What It Means to Create Inclusive Markets
January 17, 2018
Harvey Koh
This blog was originally published on the Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business. Our teams in Mumbai have been working on the opportunity—and the challenge—o…
Corporate/CSR Gender Systems Thinking
Why Partnership is a Business Imperative for Companies Pursuing Gender Equity
December 12, 2017
Flynn Lebus Lolita Castrique-Meier Laura S.L. Herman
We believe that participation of the private sector is a key factor in achieving lasting social change at scale for a number of issues. When it comes to advanc…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking U.S. Health
How the California Health Care Foundation is Closing the Innovation Gap
November 30, 2017
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH Abigail Ridgway
Despite being the nation's largest health insurer, Medicaid remains largely overlooked by investors and entrepreneurs, who typically focus on developing soluti…
Foundation Strategy Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
What Have We Learned About Learning in the Past 10 Years?
November 27, 2017
Hallie Preskill
As a member of the evaluation community, and in my work as an advisor to foundation clients including Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit, the Kresge Foundat…
Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Building Shared Understanding to Improve Outcomes for Staten Island’s Children and Families
November 16, 2017
David Garfunkel
As those who have tried to do it before know, convening members of the community around a common issue can be difficult. People often enter the conversation wi…
Foundation Strategy Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
The Democracy Fund and FSG on Understanding Trust to Strengthen Democracy
August 31, 2017
FSG Francesca Mazzola
In a new blog post from the Democracy Fund, Srik Gopal, vice president of strategy, learning, and impact at the Democracy Fund, and FSG’s Francesca Mazzola dis…
Collective Impact Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
New in SSIR: Collective Impact without Borders
August 29, 2017
Philippe Sion
Since publishing the original collective impact article in 2011, the majority of FSG’s work supporting cross-sector collaboration has been focused on communiti…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking Tool: Journey Mapping
June 20, 2017
Sandra Medrano Cara Priestley
Aimee’s spouse is in the Army and her family has relocated 14 times over the course of his career. In each community, she stops at the library to learn about h…
Global Health Systems Thinking
Kenya Launches New HIV Innovations with Support from OPTIONS Consortium, FSG Client
June 5, 2017
Neeraja Bhavaraju
Earlier this month, Kenya’s Ministry of Health celebrated the national launch of 2 important new tools with the potential to transform the fight against HIV: H…

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