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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…

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Flying through Interference

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Equity Foundation Strategy
What Does It Mean to Shift? Strategic Planning with the Cleveland Foundation
November 30, 2021
John Harper
What 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…
Collective Impact Equity
Redefining Collective Impact
November 12, 2021
Jennifer Splansky Juster
The year 2021 marks 10 years since the publication of the article “Collective Impact” in Stanford Social Innovation Review, authored by my FSG colleagues John …
Environment Equity Foundation Strategy
All Funders Must Become Climate Funders
November 4, 2021
Talia Alongi Laura Tilghman
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2021 assessment, the gold standard summary of current climate science, tells us that the climate crisis …
Collective Impact Equity Systems Thinking
Lessons in Examining the Role of Advocacy and Organizing in Collective Impact
November 1, 2021
This year, Frontline Solutions worked with the Collective Impact Forum to conduct research on how collective impact initiatives can leverage advocacy and organ…
Equity Shared Value
Change the World: To Reimagine Capitalism, We Need to Reimagine Power
October 14, 2021
Alicia Dunn Victor Tavarez
In the six years since the first Fortune Change the World list was published, and particularly over the past 18 months, there have been increased calls for the…
Equity U.S. Health
Philanthropy Needs to Reckon with Racism in Behavioral Health
September 22, 2021
Ryan De Souza Abigail Ridgway
Behavioral health issues may finally be starting to get the attention they have long deserved from the philanthropic community. For too long, substance use and…
Environment Equity Foundation Strategy
Becoming a Climate Funder: How Philanthropists Can Take Action on Climate and Justice
July 13, 2021
Laura Tilghman
In many parts of the United States, our weather is growing more extreme. Recent headlines shout about record-breaking heat domes, severe drought, and dangerous…
Corporate/CSR Equity
FSG, PolicyLink, and JUST Capital Launch Corporate Racial Equity Alliance and Release 2021 CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity
July 7, 2021
Kendra Berenson Gabriella Cova Greg Hills
FSG, PolicyLink, and JUST Capital recently launched the Corporate Racial Equity Alliance to support the evolution of antiracist, equitable corporations that ca…
Corporate/CSR Equity
Companies Need to Manage the Economics of Impact in Order to Advance Equity
June 17, 2021
Marc Pfitzer Nikhil Bumb Christina Hooson Catalina Martínez
A new purpose-led economy is in the making, with purpose anchored in corporate statutes, board and leadership accountability, and business strategy. The missin…
Corporate/CSR Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Thank you MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett
June 16, 2021
Greg Hills
Last week I learned that FSG had been awarded a generous grant by MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett. As she explained in her recent Medium post, some of the organ…

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