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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…
Thank you MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett
June 16, 2021Last week I learned that FSG had been awarded a generous grant by MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett. As she explained in her recent Medium post, some of the organ…
Change Your Corporate Mindset
June 10, 2021Over the course of the last year, it seems like almost every company in the U.S., and many around the world, have made statements to indicate their support of …
International Women’s Day 2021: A Moment to Reflect, Be Thankful, and Recommit to Advancing Gender Equity
2020 will forever be remembered as the year COVID-19 laid bare the burdens of women. While different from one context to another, “the negative effects are dis…
Uniting to Protect Democracy for All
January 7, 2021Like most of you, I’m still processing what happened yesterday at the U.S. Capitol. I was glued to the TV. Horror. Disbelief. Sadness. Resolve.
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End of Year Reflections 2020
December 17, 2020“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 …
SSIR Blog: What Investors Need to Know to Embrace Catalytic Capital
October 20, 2020In a post on Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG's Harvey Koh writes about how the catalytic capital questions of development finance institutions, private …
Change the World—for Whom? Why Addressing Racism Must be a Top Corporate Priority
September 21, 2020This blog was originally posted on Fortune.com on September 21, 2020.2020 has tested many corporations’ aspirations to be a force for social good. As we recogn…
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…
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 …