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Philanthropy Needs to Reckon with Racism in Behavioral Health

Behavioral health issues may finally be starting to get the attention they have long deserved from the philanthropic community. For too long, substance use and mental health have comprised... Read more

FSG Supports Reproductive Rights for Everyone

Women's rights are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with reproductive rights specifically protected in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against... Read more

International Women’s Day 2021: A Moment to Reflect, Be Thankful, and Recommit to Advancing Gender Equity

2020 will forever be remembered as the year COVID-19 laid bare the burdens of women. While different from one context to another, “the negative effects are disproportionate for women everywhere,” as we highlighted in a previous... Read more

Uniting to Protect Democracy for All

Like most of you, I’m still processing what happened yesterday at the U.S. Capitol. I was glued to the TV. Horror. Disbelief. Sadness. Resolve.

In my year-end reflections, I promised that I would not use the word “unprecedented” to describe current events but… what we saw yesterday was... Read more

End of Year Reflections 2020

“During these unprecedented times…” That’s a phrase I hope to never read again, and not simply because it’s such a cliché. The very notion of an unprecedented crisis invites us to accept that widespread suffering is inevitable when the threat is too large.

Certainly, COVID-19 and... Read more

Big Sky Thinking: A Look at How the Headwaters Foundation Centered Trust in Their Evaluation and Learning Practices

In June 2019, FSG began work with the Headwaters Foundation—a health conversion foundation serving Western Montana—to build their strategic learning and evaluation system. As a new philanthropic entity, the foundation wanted to... Read more

Lauren Smith’s Statement on Racist Violence

FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Please read our full statement as well as... Read more

Greg Hills’ Statement on Racist Violence

FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Please read our full statement as well as... Read more

Where We Stand

FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Please read our full statement below, as well as personal reflections from our co-CEOs... Read more

How Health Foundations Can Address the Impacts of COVID-19 on Social Determinants of Health

As the public health and economic toll of the coronavirus spreads across the country, many health foundations are focused on mitigating the economic impact, which has caused ... Read more

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U.S. Health

Philanthropy Needs to Reckon with Racism in Behavioral Health

FSG Supports Reproductive Rights for Everyone

International Women’s Day 2021: A Moment to Reflect, Be Thankful, and Recommit to Advancing Gender Equity

Uniting to Protect Democracy for All

End of Year Reflections 2020

Big Sky Thinking: A Look at How the Headwaters Foundation Centered Trust in Their Evaluation and Learning Practices

Lauren Smith’s Statement on Racist Violence

FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Please read our full statement as well as... Read more

Greg Hills’ Statement on Racist Violence

FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Please read our full statement as well as... Read more

Where We Stand

FSG condemns structural racism in all its forms and stands with Black people who have been excluded from our country’s vision of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Please read our full statement below, as well as personal reflections from our co-CEOs... Read more

How Health Foundations Can Address the Impacts of COVID-19 on Social Determinants of Health

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