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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.
US Early Childhood Education Spend–Say it Ain’t So!
April 16, 2012As a recently married woman in my 30s, with dual US and German citizenship, my mind naturally at times wanders to the question of where I want to raise my hypo…
Tough Community Issues Call for Leadership
April 13, 2012This post originally appeared on The Council on Foundation's Re: Philanthropy blog.As my colleague Peter Pennekamp from the Humboldt Area Foundation says, when…
Join Us Monday for a Free Webinar on Community College Completion
April 11, 2012As a reminder, please join us this Monday, April 16th, for a free webinar on how service providers can help community colleges improve completion.A Market for …
Shared Value in Less Than Two Minutes
April 5, 2012The average elevator ride in New York City is 118 seconds. Per Jeffrey Hayzlett, writing in Harvard Business Review, that means you've got less than two minute…
DAF Data Goes to Washington
March 28, 2012I didn’t go to “Foundations on the Hill” (FOTH) but was there in spirit through the data and stories collected by FSG and CF Insights. On March 21-22 represent…
Collective Impact Webinar: Continuing the Discussion
March 27, 2012Last week, FSG and the Stanford Social Innovation Review co-hosted a webinar further exploring the issues and concepts presented in the article Channeling Chan…
Competing by Saving Lives: What’s Next?
March 26, 2012Two weeks ago in New York FSG launched its new research on creating shared value in global health, Competing by Saving Lives, in New York. The event brought to…
Spring Editions
March 21, 2012A year ago today, we piloted the DoGoodBetterBlog and soon after launched Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors of Who Change the World. The concepts …
Functional Shared Value
March 19, 2012I was playing a board game with my 6 year old niece last week and she told me she wants to grow up to be a ballerina. Or maybe a job working with animals. She …
The Power of a Name
March 19, 2012What’s in a Name?In the case of “collective impact,” apparently a lot.Last year, FSG coined the term “collective impact” in an eponymous Stanford Social Innova…