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- Environment, Equity, Foundation Strategy
All Funders Must Become Climate Funders
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 2021 assessment, the gold standard summary of current climate science, tells us…


- Equity, U.S. Health
Philanthropy Needs to Reckon with Racism in Behavioral Health
Behavioral health issues may finally be starting to get the attention they have long deserved from the philanthropic community.…
New York City Schools and Performance Management
January 11, 2011After more than eight years, New York schools chancellor Joel Klein recently resigned. Since the announcement, much debate has taken place about the impact he …
Water, Sanitation, and Sustainability
January 10, 2011Do you know that more people have access to a cell phone than a toilet?
It is a Happier New Year
January 10, 2011If you are like me, there is a certain amount of depression that comes after the holiday season - its back to life as usual. What I miss most is the heightened…
Leveling Up: Socially Responsible Digital Media
January 10, 2011This week, with business news abuzz about the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, The Wall Street Journal reported that video game company Nintendo is on the defen…
Redefining Value Chain Productivity in Africa
January 5, 2011Business Action for Africa recently released its 2010 Report on the role of business in meeting Africa’s development challenges.
Biotech and Global Health
January 3, 2011The scarcity of R&D for the developing world is not a new problem. It has been 50 years since we had a new TB drug – because the issue has been addressed in th…
Shared Value & Corporate Reputation
December 23, 2010Today, the BBC News website posted several short vignettes about companies who’ve had a pretty tough year in reputational terms.
Collective Impact Examples from the Field
December 21, 2010With the release of FSG’s article on Collective Impact this month, this seemed like an opportune moment to explore some recent collective impact efforts in edu…
Burning Questions in the NCDs Response
December 20, 2010Last week, my colleague Sebastien shared his thoughts on the global epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and opportunities for pharma companies to pro…
The Future of Microfinance
December 20, 2010Being based in FSG’s newest “outpost” in Mumbai, India, has afforded me opportunities to learn first-hand about issues that we otherwise only read about in the…