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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?
COVID-19—Seven Things Philanthropy Can Do
March 2, 2020As governments, businesses, and individuals scramble to respond to the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic, those of us who work in the social sector rightly ask wh…
The Importance of Framing for Foundations Engaging on Equity
February 4, 2020A senior leader from a small family foundation recently told me the story of when her organization first began conversations about racial equity and its role i…
Top Reads from 2019
December 16, 2019As FSG enters its 20th year of supporting social impact funders and leaders across sectors, we are appreciative of our clients and partners around the world. Y…
Three Ways Funders Can Be Co-Strategists
November 26, 2019Last week, a few of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of attending Change Philanthropy’s Unity Summit, a biennial gathering that now brings together more th…
Advancing Systems Change with Southeastern Council of Foundations
November 19, 2019Last week, FSG was pleased to join the 50th-anniversary Southeastern Council of Foundations conference for a workshop with representatives from 60 foundations …
Lauren Smith Joins the Business of Giving Podcast
November 14, 2019Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of FSG, recently joined Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City. The interview also ap…
Listen to FSG’s Veronica Borgonovi and Hayling Price Discuss Racial Equity with Tamarack Institute’s Liz Weaver
November 4, 2019This week, FSG’s Veronica Borgonovi and Hayling Price joined Tamarack Institute’s Liz Weaver for a webinar, “Reckoning, Repair, and Change: Authentically Advan…
Doing Better More Efficiently: Measuring and Enhancing Philanthropic Vitality
September 27, 2019The philanthropic sector is currently facing a paradox. Countries and local communities around the world need more philanthropic engagement than ever. And yet,…
Creating a Culture of Learning at the Kauffman Foundation
July 12, 2019Over the last several years, philanthropic actors have gradually embraced the fact that being more intentional about learning is critically important to their …
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…