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- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
- Corporate/CSR, Foundation Strategy
Future of Social Impact: What to Watch for in 2024
What does 2024 mean for the future of social impact?
What to Stop Doing—Immediately
October 5, 2015As we are learning more about our audience through feedback on our recent survey and other channels, we’re hearing that social impact practitioners like you ha…
Five Tips for Crafting Your Social Change Initiative
October 2, 2015Earlier this month while campaigning in New Hampshire, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a strategy calling on states and communities to develop plans that woul…
Collective Impact Lessons for Philanthropy
August 10, 2015Funders are critical actors in collective impact efforts, and their contributions stretch well beyond financial resources. Other valuable assets that philanthr…
Transforming a Juvenile Justice System through Community Engagement
July 27, 2015This post was originally published on the Youth Transition Funders Group blog.
Redefining Expectations for Place-based Philanthropy
March 9, 2015What can be learned from The California Endowment’s new approach to place-based philanthropy? Read Redefining Expectations for Place-based Philanthropy for ins…
The UBS Philanthropy Compass is Publicly Available—We’re Thrilled!
April 16, 2014We can all think of philanthropic giants who have dedicated their immense personal wealth to creating lasting social change. But not all philanthropy is necess…
How Four Community Information Projects Went From Idea to Impact
February 6, 2013This post originally appeared on the Knight Foundation website.
Community Foundations, let’s continue to make splashes together in 2013!
January 28, 2013As a part of the staff of CF Insights, I have had the pleasure to work with the community foundation field for almost 4 years now and still I’m amazed at the w…
Donor-Advised Funds Data Makes Ripples at Community Foundations
October 29, 2012Working in a community foundation can put you at the nexus of community issues and happenings but it can also be a lonely position too. Most community foundati…
Do We All Need Tattoos? Or Poems? On Why Strategy Matters for Community Foundations
July 10, 2012In our role at FSG, we are professional advocates for strategy as an essential aspect of leadership to advance community solutions. Why does strategy matter? T…