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Let’s Use Summer Months to Integrate Health Supports and School Services

Summer 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, decision making, and intention setting. It’s also a time of inward focus for most schools—and that should change.

Academic... Read more

New in the Chronicle of Philanthropy: Why Foundations Need an ‘Ensemble Cast’ to Tackle Complex Challenges

In a new article published in the July issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, FSG highlights how foundations that are experimenting with new ways of creating social change must also upend... Read more

Improving Sanitation by Exposing Gender Inequities

Gender can play a critical role in determining who has access to sanitation products and services and when. Yet the design of sanitation systems, products, and services is often approached without regard to gender or related social norms.

As we have explored the role of gender in... Read more

New Resource: The Water of Systems Change Action Learning Exercise

In our work with foundation and nonprofit leaders over the past few years, we have heard an increasing number of questions about systems change as leaders in the social sector struggle to make sense of what can often seem like an abstract, theoretical notion.

Mark Kramer, Peter Senge, and... Read more

How Companies are Improving Competitiveness by Addressing Health Challenges

Every pharmaceutical and medical device company in the world is trying to grow their markets and better meet the needs of medically underserved populations.

While most business leaders understand these opportunities, realizing this potential is a different story. To do so, companies must... Read more

Scaling Market-Based Sanitation

Lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene is one of the most pressing issues of our time. According to the UN, 2.4 billion people lack access to basic... Read more

FSG’s Next Chapter

It has been my immense privilege to co-found FSG with Michael Porter and to have been part of its journey these last 18 years. It is an equally great privilege to announce FSG’s new CEO team of Lauren A. Smith and Greg Hills, 2... Read more

Announcing a New Team to Lead FSG

We are excited to announce Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH and Greg Hills as FSG's co-CEOs.

The pair succeeds John Kania, who is stepping away from his current role as global managing director and 18+ years of leadership at FSG. Kania remains active as a member of the board and as a managing... Read more

New Article: The Water of Systems Change

For many funders and grantees, the concept of systems change is difficult to grasp and even more challenging to apply in their daily work.

The Water of Systems Change, a new article from John Kania, Mark Kramer... Read more

Board Member Reflections on the MetroWest Health Foundation’s Strategic Planning Process

For the past 20 years, the MetroWest Health Foundation has served as a catalyst for a healthy MetroWest region, providing over $5 million in annual financial support to meet the health needs of 25 communities in the MetroWest area of Massachusetts.

In 2017, recognizing the changing health... Read more

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