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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.…
A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity
The courageous antiracist movement sweeping across the world has called into question the American legacy. We have a choice now either to continue the legacy …
Corporate Silence and Anti-Racism
July 2, 2020George Floyd. Elijah McClain. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Rayshard Brooks. Riah Milton. Dominique Fells. Nina Pop. Sean Reed.In the wake of the cont…
The Washington Post: How to Reconstruct an Equitable Future for the D.C. Region
June 19, 2020In The Washington Post, Ursula Wright co-authored an opinion piece with Tonia Wellons, CEO of Greater Washington Community Foundation, detailing three fluid ph…
HBR: The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice
June 8, 2020In an article on Harvard Business Review, Mark Kramer writes why corporate America has an obligation to go beyond tweets and quotes by committing to an agenda …
Lauren Smith’s Statement on Racist Violence
June 3, 2020FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursui…
Where We Stand
June 1, 2020FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit…
Rethinking Outcomes in a Crisis Context
May 26, 2020In this critical time, and with a sense of urgency, many philanthropic organizations are shifting the ways in which they are supporting grantees. In addition …