Our Approach to Consulting
An engagement with FSG is characterized by a thoughtfully structured, yet flexible and adaptive, project management plan. We use facilitation techniques for stakeholder engagement that allow new ideas to be generated and create space for honest discussion of challenges and conflicts, while also enabling a synthesis to emerge that will inform action. Every project draws on our history of creating cross-sector social impact around the world for over 20 years.
Broad experience
Our global experience with a variety of issues allows us to bring a comprehensive and sophisticated understanding of how social change happens at the nexus of interconnected issues, such as health, education, and economic mobility.
A focus on systems
Creating equitable change requires a deep understanding of systems thinking and systems change. FSG’s comfort working in complex environments enables us to adopt a systems perspective in gathering and synthesizing data, generating insights, and making recommendations.
A commitment to advancing equity
At FSG, we seek to better understand the root causes of disparity, which are often rooted in structural racism and other systemic inequities, and the way those factors influence our clients, partners, and the communities they serve.
A global reputation for thought leadership and innovations in philanthropy
This includes development and implementation of collective impact and shared value, and cutting-edge research on market innovations, systems change, and impact investing. FSG has six global offices in the United States, Europe, and India.
Who We Help
Corporations and Business Leaders
Leaders in search of imaginative and effective strategies for authentic purpose, shared value, CSR, corporate philanthropy, and sustainability efforts. Learn more.
Funders
Funders seeking to co-create solutions at the intersection of local context, community engagement, and systems change. Learn more.
NPOs/NGOs
Nonprofits seeking to leverage their resources and partnerships to improve lives and opportunities around the world. Learn more.
Case Studies
- Capital + SAFI
Creating Shared Value for Asset Managers: Pursuing Impact with Catalytic Investments
FSG partnered with Capital + SAFI to deliver a series of shared value trainings for portfolio companies in the…
- Ares Charitable Foundation
Empowering Employees Through Engagement and Leadership: Defining a Strategy for Ares Management Corporation’s Global Philanthropy
FSG partnered with Ares Charitable Foundation to define an overarching strategy across the firm’s Global Philanthropy efforts.
- Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health
Leveraging Developmental Evaluation for Community Learning
Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health hired FSG to conduct a developmental evaluation of its grant programs and…
- Katz Amsterdam Foundation
Enabling Grantee Learning through Shared Measurement
FSG partnered with the Katz Amsterdam Foundation to enable grantee learning across mountain communities.
Meet the Team
Abigail RidgwayManaging Director- Bobbi SiltenChief of People & Culture and Managing Director
- Chirlie FelixManaging Director
- Chris CarlsonManaging Director
- Dane SmithSenior Advisor
- Erin SullivanManaging Director
- Fay HanleybrownManaging Director
- John HarperChief Executive Officer
- Lakshmi IyerManaging Director
- Lolita Castrique-MeierManaging Director
- Nikhil BumbManaging Director
- Noa GafniManaging Director
- Vignesh ShankarManaging Director
- Vikram JainManaging Director, Initiatives
Work with Us
How can we partner with your organization to reimagine social change?
Work with Us
How can we partner with your organization to reimagine social change?
Related Resources
Creating Shared Value
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Collective Impact
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Guide to Evaluating Collective Impact
A practical handbook that presents a framework for approaching evaluation and includes sample questions, outcomes, and indicators.
The Water of Systems Change
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Recent Blogs
Leading through Uncertainty: Three Questions for Funders
Here are three common questions that we've been hearing from our philanthropic partners during this time of uncertainty.
Navigating Uncertainty Together: A Note from FSG’s CEO
A letter from FSG's CEO John Harper about navigating uncertainty together.
Leading with Purpose in 2025: Considerations for Companies
We asked leaders across FSG’s U.S. corporate practice to share insights on how companies can lead with purpose in…
