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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

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Education & Youth Foundation Strategy
How Education Funders Can Support Immigrant Children and Families
February 26, 2018
Efraín Gutiérrez Aryah Somers Landsberger
A few months ago, we attended the Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference in Washington DC. Under the theme, Equity in Education: Empowering Community Voic…
Corporate/CSR Foundation Strategy Gender Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Four Ways to Incorporate a Gender Lens in Your Measurement and Evaluation Efforts
January 31, 2018
Aditi Luminet
Across the social sector, we have seen growing interest in bringing a gender lens to social change—from foundations and nonprofits aligning to the Sustainable …
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…
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
The State of Evaluation and Learning in Philanthropy
October 10, 2017
Hallie Preskill
This summer, I had the good fortune to join a group of 27 funders and evaluators from across the country in Chicago. We discussed the current state of evaluati…
Foundation Strategy
DACA Recipients Are Mobilizing, Is Philanthropy Ready to Help?
September 8, 2017
Efraín Gutiérrez
The last few days have been very difficult for many of us after the Trump’s administration decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA…
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…

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