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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?
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…
FSG and PolicyLink Launch Second Phase of Ambassadors for Health Equity Fellowship
March 20, 2019FSG is proud to announce the launch of the second phase of The Ambassadors for Health Equity fellowship program (AHE), a joint venture with PolicyLink funded b…
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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…
To Improve the Lives of Students, Two Communities Learn to Relate Differently
November 27, 2018This essay was first published by Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is part of a series written by leading education practitioners in response to a Carnegie…
How Community Foundations Can Better Coordinate Responses to Disasters
November 5, 2018Last month, Hurricane Michael devastated and left a trail of destruction along Florida and Georgia. Two months ago, Hurricane Florence left the Carolinas under…
Moving Beyond Trade-offs in Impact Investing
October 31, 2018In the fast-growing impact investing sector, a contentious debate has been brewing. Does genuine impact always require a sacrifice of financial returns? Or sho…
New in the Chronicle of Philanthropy: Why Foundations Need an ‘Ensemble Cast’ to Tackle Complex Challenges
August 1, 2018In a new article published in the July issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, FSG highlights how foundations that are experimenting with new ways of creating …
New Resource: The Water of Systems Change Action Learning Exercise
July 17, 2018In our work with foundation and nonprofit leaders over the past few years, we have heard an increasing number of questions about systems change as leaders in t…
FSG’s Next Chapter
June 12, 2018It has been my immense privilege to co-found FSG with Michael Porter and to have been part of its journey these last 18 years. It is an equally great privilege…
Announcing a New Team to Lead FSG
June 11, 2018We are excited to announce Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH and Greg Hills as FSG's co-CEOs.The pair succeeds John Kania, who is stepping away from his current role as…