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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.
Join FSG in Protecting Access to Federal Housing Data
April 20, 2017Along with several national organizations, FSG recently signed onto a letter encouraging Congress to protect fair housing regulations and oppose efforts to blo…
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…
Four Lessons from Leading Companies Responding to the Refugee Crisis
February 15, 2017FSG Managing Director Philippe Sion recently hosted a panel on the role companies can take in accelerating solutions to the refugee crisis, as part of the Ever…
Supporting Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation
January 17, 2017The recent election in the United States has highlighted the breadth and depth of many divisions among people, both nationally and globally. Differing perspect…
New Year, New Intentions, New Resource
January 9, 2017With the start of a new year often comes an opportunity to look back or to look forward with the intent to do things differently. We (may) make resolutions—to …
The Curb-Cut Effect
November 22, 2016In this month’s issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review, CEO at PolicyLink and FSG board member Angela Glover Blackwell discusses the “curb-cut effect,” the…
New Systems Thinking Tool: Appreciative Inquiry
September 27, 2016This post is a part of a blog series in which we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinking and practice.This mo…
New Systems Thinking Tool: Trend Mapping
August 18, 2016This post is a part of a blog series in which we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinking and practice.This mo…
The Art and Science of Place-Based Philanthropy: Themes from a National Convening
August 10, 2016FSG managing director Hallie Preskill recently co-authored an article on new trends in place-based philanthropy.The Foundation Review article “The Art and Scie…