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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.…
The Best Way to Rejuvenate Rural America? Invest in Rural America.
June 10, 2019When it comes to their impact, there’s an inaccurate and problematic narrative about rural areas—one in which rural areas take more than they give from the gov…
Hospitals are Aspiring to Play a Big Role in Social Change
April 16, 2019I have a greater appreciation for the ambitious and multi-faceted role the hospitals and health systems are playing in advancing health equity after attending …
FSG is a Proud Partner of the YES Project for Youth Employment
April 12, 2019America’s Promise Alliance’s YES Project – Young, Employed, and Successful – launched this week. It is a national youth employment initiative aimed at achievi…
Reclaiming Democracy and the Role of Philanthropy
April 11, 2019Last week, leaders and thinkers from around the world gathered in California at the Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) conference to consider how to promote the i…
How Companies can Advance Racial Equity and Create Business Growth
April 8, 2019As businesses across the nation vie to increase revenue and market share, they are seeking not only to retain customers but also to continually expand into new…
Gender Equality is Not Just a Women’s Issue
March 11, 2019In the pursuit of achieving gender equality, the focus has often been on women: how to remove barriers for the inclusion of women, how to empower women, how to…
New in Harvard Business Review: 12 Practices for Advancing Women in Retail Jobs
March 4, 2019Even though the women comprise half the workforce, they are overrepresented in frontline positions and consistently underrepresented in higher-paying managemen…
- Collective ImpactCorporate/CSREconomic DevelopmentEducation & YouthFoundation StrategyInclusive MarketsSystems Thinking
FSG Staff Share Highlights from 2018
December 13, 2018We are grateful and humbled to work alongside clients and partners around the globe on a wide range of pressing social impact issues. Below FSG staff share som…
The Gender Diversity and Inclusion Imperative: An Interview with Inez Murray
September 11, 2018The Global Banking Alliance for Women (GBA) is a peer learning network of financial services providers working around the world to tap into the power of the wo…
Four Guiding Principles for Rethinking Your Workforce
August 9, 2018With 46 percent of employers reporting difficulty filling jobs and looming uncertainty around how artificial intelligence and automation will impact the future…