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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.
Why Partnership is a Business Imperative for Companies Pursuing Gender Equity
December 12, 2017We believe that participation of the private sector is a key factor in achieving lasting social change at scale for a number of issues. When it comes to advanc…
How the California Health Care Foundation is Closing the Innovation Gap
November 30, 2017Despite being the nation's largest health insurer, Medicaid remains largely overlooked by investors and entrepreneurs, who typically focus on developing soluti…
What Have We Learned About Learning in the Past 10 Years?
November 27, 2017As a member of the evaluation community, and in my work as an advisor to foundation clients including Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit, the Kresge Foundat…
Building Shared Understanding to Improve Outcomes for Staten Island’s Children and Families
November 16, 2017As those who have tried to do it before know, convening members of the community around a common issue can be difficult. People often enter the conversation wi…
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…
Systems Thinking Tool: Journey Mapping
June 20, 2017Aimee’s spouse is in the Army and her family has relocated 14 times over the course of his career. In each community, she stops at the library to learn about h…
Kenya Launches New HIV Innovations with Support from OPTIONS Consortium, FSG Client
June 5, 2017Earlier this month, Kenya’s Ministry of Health celebrated the national launch of 2 important new tools with the potential to transform the fight against HIV: H…
PolicyLink on the 2018 Federal Budget
May 30, 2017Budgets reflect priorities and the Trump Administration’s 2018 budget request signals much about the federal government’s current commitment to our nation’s mo…
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 (…