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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…
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Future of Social Impact: What to Watch for in 2024
What does 2024 mean for the future of social impact?
Connecting People and Places in Cincinnati
April 17, 2012Collective Impact has been taken to a new level in Cincinnati, where the concept has blossomed under the support of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF).
Tough Community Issues Call for Leadership
April 13, 2012This post originally appeared on The Council on Foundation's Re: Philanthropy blog.As my colleague Peter Pennekamp from the Humboldt Area Foundation says, when…
DAF Data Goes to Washington
March 28, 2012I didn’t go to “Foundations on the Hill” (FOTH) but was there in spirit through the data and stories collected by FSG and CF Insights. On March 21-22 represent…
Community Foundations and Impact Investing of DAFs
January 18, 2012On January 9th, Wall Street Journal blogger Veronica Dagher posted an article highlighting the opportunity for philanthropic donors with Donor Advised Funds (D…
Dollars that Respond—for Today and Tomorrow
November 28, 2011A recent New York Times op-ed by Ray Madoff, entitled “Tax Write-Off Now, Charity Later” poses several theoretical challenges to Donor Advised Funds. The artic…
Making Informed and Bold Steps
October 3, 2011Last week, the Council on Foundations hosted its annual conference for community foundations. Over 1,200 participants representing approximately 400 community…
It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint
September 28, 2011Last week, FSG had the privilege of hosting a session, “From Collaboration to Collective Impact,” at the Council on Foundations Fall Conference for Community F…
Public-Philanthropic Collaboratives: Finding a Partner in Uncle Sam
September 25, 2011“How can we work in concert with the public sector to grow, sustain and innovate in our communities in a time of shrinking resources?”
Like Politics, Catalytic Philanthropy is Local
September 5, 2011We talk a big game in Do More Than Give, urging donors to solve pressing problems and drive for wide-scale, systemic change. But when it comes to demonstrating…