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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.

Global Health Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Partnering for Change, Committing to Learning
December 14, 2021
Christina Hooson Sebastien Mazzuri
Strategic learning and evaluation are important tools for cross-sector collaboration—to monitor and understand progress, to support accountability, and to help…
Economic Development Foundation Strategy
Room to Grow: Philanthropy’s Next Steps in Rural America
December 9, 2021
Chris Carlson Joelle Cook
Imagine a group of Americans facing a barrage of structural challenges: rapid demographic change, mortality rates 75% higher than comparable populations, deep …
Corporate/CSR
Going Beyond ESG: Understanding and Managing the Economics of Impact
December 8, 2021
Marc Pfitzer Catalina Martínez
How much does true change cost? Who is best placed to invest? What are the win-wins and trade-offs? Economics of Impact is an emerging practice by which purpos…
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…

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