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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.

Education & Youth U.S. Health
Five Ways Foundations Can Help Protect Children from Adverse Experiences and Trauma
February 26, 2019
Abigail Ridgway Miya Cain Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Recent research has increased attention on the wide-ranging and serious consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Over 45% of children in the Unit…
Education & Youth Systems Thinking U.S. Health
Let’s Use Summer Months to Integrate Health Supports and School Services
August 8, 2018
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH Ursula Wright
Summer is a time when educators take stock of the past year and ready themselves for the school year ahead. It’s a critical period of reflection, learning, dec…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking U.S. Health
Board Member Reflections on the MetroWest Health Foundation’s Strategic Planning Process
May 29, 2018
FSG
For the past 20 years, the MetroWest Health Foundation has served as a catalyst for a healthy MetroWest region, providing over $5 million in annual financial s…
Collective Impact Systems Thinking U.S. Health
Discussing Systems Leadership with the Hunger to Health Collaboratory
March 30, 2018
John Kania
This week, I was honored to participate in the Hunger to Health Collaboratory event at the Boston Public Library. This cross-sector effort is convening leaders…
Foundation Strategy U.S. Health
Lessons on Implementing a New Strategic Plan from St. David’s Foundation
December 18, 2017
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Becky Pastner and William Buster are leaders at St. David’s Foundation, the largest health-focused funder in Central Texas. I worked closely with Becky, the ch…
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…
Corporate/CSR Shared Value U.S. Health
How Novo Nordisk is Shifting Harmful Social Norms in Obesity
October 26, 2017
FSG
Earlier this year, we facilitated a conversation at the Shared Value Leadership Summit with Novo Nordisk, ABinBev, and ActionSprout about how companies can cre…
Global Health U.S. Health
The Power of Companies to Influence Social Norms
July 24, 2017
Alexandra Geertz Laura S.L. Herman
Companies are uniquely positioned to drive change around social norms by using their brand credibility, marketing expertise, reach, and access to key influence…
Foundation Strategy U.S. Health
How Funders Can Support Immigrant Communities in Today’s Environment: A Conversation with Farmworker Justice and Vista Community Clinic
June 29, 2017
Neeraja Bhavaraju Daniela Uribe
In the months since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the well-being of immigrant populations is a growing concern for city and state governments, civil soc…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking U.S. Health
How Foundation Leaders Can Create Impact in the Uncertain U.S. Health Landscape
May 3, 2017
Carina Wendel Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
These are uncertain times for the future of health in the U.S. The context continues to shift with amendments to the original failed American Health Care Act (…

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