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- Corporate/CSR, Foundation Strategy
Future of Social Impact: What to Watch for in 2024
What does 2024 mean for the future of social impact?
- 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…
COVID-19—Seven Things Philanthropy Can Do
March 2, 2020As governments, businesses, and individuals scramble to respond to the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic, those of us who work in the social sector rightly ask wh…
The Business Case for Reproductive Health
January 21, 2020Women now make up more than half of the United States workforce, increasingly represented in roles from the frontline to the C-suite. In a highly competitive t…
Lauren Smith Joins the Business of Giving Podcast
November 14, 2019Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of FSG, recently joined Denver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City. The interview also ap…
Putting a Dollar Value on Physical Activity: New Research from Vitality Group
November 14, 2019If all adults aged 18-64 walked just 15 minutes more a day, the world economy would grow by an estimated $100 billion a year until 2050.
Hospitals are Aspiring to Play a Big Role in Social Change
April 16, 2019I have a greater appreciation for the ambitious and multi-faceted role the hospitals and health systems are playing in advancing health equity after attending …
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…
Engaging Executive Leaders in Building a Culture of Health
March 19, 2019FSG’s Co-CEO, Lauren Smith, MD, MPH is a faculty member for a new Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health executive education course, “Driving Business Perfo…
Five Ways Foundations Can Help Protect Children from Adverse Experiences and Trauma
February 26, 2019Recent research has increased attention on the wide-ranging and serious consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Over 45% of children in the Unit…
Let’s Use Summer Months to Integrate Health Supports and School Services
August 8, 2018Summer is a time when educators take stock of the past year and ready themselves for the school year ahead. It’s a critical period of reflection, learning, dec…