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- Collective Impact, Corporate/CSR, Economic Development, Foundation Strategy
Leveraging Historic Federal Investment: Roles for Communities, Companies, and Funders
How three key groups of stakeholders can help realize the potential of federal investment in a new wave of…


- Corporate/CSR, Equity
By Staying Committed to Social Impact in Times of Uncertainty, Companies Can See Long-Term Benefit
Companies that divest in social impact may be sacrificing long-term growth opportunities for short-term gains.
Be Authentic, Do the Math, and Change How Your Business and Markets Operate
August 23, 2022How businesses can integrate ESG efforts into their core business models to advance both societal and financial targets.
Viable Sanitation Enterprises—The Linchpin in Sanitation Markets
February 17, 2021Shukla Shauchalay is located in a bustling market in Samastipur in Bihar, India. The entrepreneur first got involved in the sanitation business a decade ago as…
Investing in Women: A Powerful Approach for Investors in India
February 4, 2021Gender-lens or gender-smart investing refers to investments that achieve greater social and financial return on investment by focusing on businesses that are o…
Running on Empty: Challenges Faced by Private Pit Emptiers in Urban Uganda
October 26, 2020By 2050, over two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. However, water and sanitation services are often unable to keep pace with populati…
Developing a Market-Based Approach to Sanitation in Uganda
October 22, 2020Household sanitation is a longstanding development priority for the government of Uganda. There has been a significant reduction in open defecation (from 12% i…
Impact Investment Opportunities in India for Catalytic Investors
September 4, 2020India has a dynamic impact investing market, with many investors—from philanthropic foundations, to impact investors, to commercial investors—seeking to genera…
The Opportunity of a Lifetime for HNIs—Saving the Indian NGO Sector
The year 2020 will be etched in our memories for a long time. COVID-19 has blindsided most of us. The non-discriminating virus has not spared any country, reli…
The Impact of COVID-19 on CSR Funding for Indian NGOs
April 28, 2020Acknowledgment: We would like to thank Arthan, Atma, Bridgespan, Caring Friends, Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University, Dalberg, Dasr…
Lessons From India on Scaling Up Market-Based Solutions
October 16, 2019In a new blog post on Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG's Ashish Karamchandani shares lessons from more than a decade of work in India on Market-based Sol…