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- Corporate/CSR, Global Health, U.S. Health
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.
DACA Recipients Are Mobilizing, Is Philanthropy Ready to Help?
September 8, 2017The last few days have been very difficult for many of us after the Trump’s administration decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA…
The Democracy Fund and FSG on Understanding Trust to Strengthen Democracy
August 31, 2017In a new blog post from the Democracy Fund, Srik Gopal, vice president of strategy, learning, and impact at the Democracy Fund, and FSG’s Francesca Mazzola dis…
New in SSIR: Collective Impact without Borders
August 29, 2017Since publishing the original collective impact article in 2011, the majority of FSG’s work supporting cross-sector collaboration has been focused on communiti…
How the Orange County Community Foundation is Increasing Youth Resilience
August 28, 2017ACT Anaheim, an initiative designed to address the needs of at-risk youth and families with a focus on 13-18 year-olds, was formed in 2013 by The Disneyland Re…
Business of Giving Podcast: What’s it like to work at FSG?
July 12, 2017The Business of Giving, a radio show and podcast hosted by Denver Frederick, recently visited our Washington, DC office to discuss what it’s like to work at F…
How Funders Can Support Immigrant Communities in Today’s Environment: A Conversation with Farmworker Justice and Vista Community Clinic
June 29, 2017In the months since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the well-being of immigrant populations is a growing concern for city and state governments, civil soc…
Strengthening a Struggling Collaboration through Evaluation: Lessons from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation
June 12, 2017For many years now, interest in nonprofit and philanthropic collaborations has been growing. Whether organizations are embracing collaborations because of shri…
How Foundation Leaders Can Create Impact in the Uncertain U.S. Health Landscape
May 3, 2017These are uncertain times for the future of health in the U.S. The context continues to shift with amendments to the original failed American Health Care Act (…
Engaging Employers: Three Lessons from Impact Hiring
April 11, 2017This post was originally published by The Rockefeller Foundation.
Systems Change in a Polarized Country
April 11, 2017Last year, I interviewed the CEOs of nearly two dozen leading U.S. foundations to understand how their thinking about philanthropic strategy has evolved over t…