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You Can’t Make Change out There, if You Don’t Make Change in Here

As foundations embrace ever more ambitious and complex approaches for creating social change, they are taking an intentional approach to rethinking their organizational structures to achieve the greatest impact. They recognize that you can’t make change “out there” if you don’t make... Read more

Discussing Systems Leadership with the Hunger to Health Collaboratory

This week, I was honored to participate in the Hunger to Health Collaboratory event at the Boston Public Library. This cross-sector effort is convening leaders from philanthropy, non-profit, education, health, private industry... Read more

New Research Study: When Collective Impact Has an Impact

FSG is excited to share a new study conducted by a research team from ORS Impact and Spark Policy Institute: When Collective Impact Has an Impact.... Read more

How Education Funders Can Support Immigrant Children and Families

A few months ago, we attended the Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference in Washington DC. Under the theme, Equity in Education: Empowering Community Voice, the conference included a number of sessions related to immigrant children and... Read more

The Impact of the President’s Budget Proposal on Education

A few days ago, the White House sent a $4.4 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2019. Defense spending—including border security—and tax cuts were prioritized in the budget proposal while nondefense domestic spending is... Read more

Education Week Discusses The Role of Networks in Advancing Personalized Learning

In a new Education Week article, “Educator Networks: Building a Community to Advance Learning” Sarah Luchs, Program Officer... Read more

Four Ways to Incorporate a Gender Lens in Your Measurement and Evaluation Efforts

Across the social sector, we have seen growing interest in bringing a gender lens to social change—from foundations and nonprofits aligning to the Sustainable Development Goals to businesses... Read more

Lessons on Implementing a New Strategic Plan from St. David’s Foundation

Becky Pastner and William Buster are leaders at St. David’s Foundation, the largest health-focused funder in Central Texas. I worked closely with Becky, the chief impact and metrics officer, and William, the executive vice president of community investments, when St. David’s Foundation... Read more

How the California Health Care Foundation is Closing the Innovation Gap

Despite being the nation's largest health insurer, Medicaid remains largely overlooked by investors and entrepreneurs, who typically focus on developing solutions for private and commercial customers. To improve both access to health care and the value of that care, the California Health Care... Read more

What Have We Learned About Learning in the Past 10 Years?

As a member of the evaluation community, and in my work as an advisor to foundation clients including Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit, the Kresge Foundation, and the Walton Family Foundation, I think about trends shaping the field, and how they are showing up in practice.

Last week,... Read more

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