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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.
Lessons for Funders Supporting LGBTQ Communities
April 10, 2017On March 30, 2017, I had the honor of presenting in front of more than 200 grantmakers committed to LGBTQ issues here in Seattle, WA, as a part of the Pacific …
Kaiser Permanente’s Pam Schwartz on Becoming a Learning Organization
February 17, 2017Like others in the social sector, I spend a lot of time thinking about hard questions: To what degree are we improving the lives of people in the communities w…
Four Lessons from Leading Companies Responding to the Refugee Crisis
February 15, 2017FSG Managing Director Philippe Sion recently hosted a panel on the role companies can take in accelerating solutions to the refugee crisis, as part of the Ever…
Over 100 Foundations Sign Joint Statement in Support of Immigration
February 9, 2017As a Mexican immigrant dedicated to building my career in the philanthropy space, I’m deeply moved and inspired by the Joint Foundation Statement on Immigratio…
New Systems Thinking Tool: Appreciative Inquiry
September 27, 2016This post is a part of a blog series in which we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinking and practice.This mo…
Three Reasons to be Optimistic about Early Care and Education
September 19, 2016“Where do we even start?” “How can we expand access when we don’t have good quality?” “How do we build a skilled workforce when we can’t pay them what they des…
New Report Aims to Help Health Care Sector Address Inequalities in Access to Specialty Care
June 22, 2016Today, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and FSG are calling on the health care sector to address inequity in a new resource—Breaking the Barriers to Special…
Spotlight on The Elton John AIDS Foundation: 4 Questions with Mohamed Osman
May 11, 2016While great progress has been made against HIV/AIDS in the past few decades, there are still 16 million people living with HIV today, with the scale of the epi…
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…