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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.

Collective Impact Global Development
Unlocking Collective Impact in the Global South: How Funders Can Catalyze Change
June 11, 2025
Vignesh Shankar Rahul Singh
Funders can help unlock the full potential of collective impact as a tool for transformative change in the Global South.
Collective Impact Foundation Strategy
How Can Funders Optimize Their Approach to Collaboration?
June 14, 2023
FSG
In recent years, philanthropic funders have come to see the value in collaborating with one another to magnify their impact. Today we see all kinds of funders …
Collective Impact Equity Systems Thinking
Creating Purposeful Spaces of Inclusion and Belonging
May 25, 2023
Ajai Scott
Ruchika Tulshyan and Melody Barnes at the 2023 Collective Impact Forum Action Summit."I believe in you. I see you." Ruchika Tulshyan, award-winning inclusion …
Collective Impact Corporate/CSR Economic Development Foundation Strategy
Leveraging Historic Federal Investment: Roles for Communities, Companies, and Funders
April 11, 2023
Chris Carlson Erin Sullivan John Harper
How three key groups of stakeholders can help realize the potential of federal investment in a new wave of societal programs.
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 …
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…
Collective Impact Corporate/CSR Economic Development Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Global Development Global Health Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking U.S. Health
End of Year Reflections 2020
December 17, 2020
Greg Hills
“During these unprecedented times…” That’s a phrase I hope to never read again, and not simply because it’s such a cliché. The very notion of an unprecedented …
Collective Impact Shared Value
How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
January 23, 2020
Mark Kramer Marc Pfitzer Helge Mahne
Collective Impact Corporate/CSR Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking U.S. Health
Lauren Smith Joins the Business of Giving Podcast
November 14, 2019
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of FSG, recently joined Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City. The interview also ap…
Collective Impact
Collective Impact Insights at the Aspen Ideas Festival
August 26, 2019
Ursula Wright
Complex social problems require complex solutions that require actors from different sectors to work together to create a common agenda. Collective impact offe…

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