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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.…
FSG Alumnus in Western Kenya
December 6, 2010After spending two and a half years at FSG, I moved to Western Kenya to work with AMPATH, a leading health organization that is providing HIV/AIDS treatment to…
Reshaping the World
December 1, 2010The challenges of developing FSG’s new website helped crystallize who we are. We’ve always struggled to explain the different worlds we bridge: philanthropic s…
The potential for mHealth
December 1, 2010A few days ago, I was listening to the energetic CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Todd Park, talk about Text4baby, a text message servi…
What is Keeping CEOs up at Night?
December 1, 2010I attended a speech in Boston a few weeks ago by Daniel Diermeier, a Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at Northwestern University’s Kello…
Ten Years of Social Impact and Change
November 30, 2010Much has changed in the social sector since Michael Porter and I founded FSG as Foundation Strategy Group in 2000. In these ten years, our firm has grown to 75…
Improving PDP Access Planning
November 29, 2010One of my favorite FSG moments was 4 years ago in Karachi, Pakistan conducting research regarding potential new diarrheal treatments for children. My colleague…
A Pill Can Prevent HIV
November 23, 2010Take a pill regularly and it can decrease your risk of HIV risk by 90%. I feel like I'm dreaming- we have now entered a new age in the fight against HIV.
The Good, The Bad, and The Bold
November 18, 2010This post marks the launch of FSG’s education and youth blog. As a nonprofit research and consulting firm, we are fortunate to work with foundations, corporati…
Talent in CSR
November 15, 2010Once a strategy has been designed, someone needs to implement it. And perhaps, like architects, we at FSG hope that our blueprint is implemented with fidelity …
A day of action, a commitment to the future
November 4, 2010HIV/AIDS. Malaria. Climate Change. Child Mortality. Education. These are all challenges facing the developing world that have received much deserved and increa…