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Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy

Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…

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Flying through Interference

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Shared Value
Economics of Impact: Unlocking Purpose-Led Performance Management
October 8, 2020
Marc Pfitzer Mark Kramer Helge Mahne
With increasing recognition that markets today create wealth and positive social impact inequitably and deplete or degrade natural resources, more companies mu…
Thank You, Lauren Smith
September 24, 2020
Greg Hills
To FSG’s stakeholders around the world:With mixed emotions, I want to share with you all that my fellow co-CEO, Dr. Lauren A. Smith, will be stepping down from…
A New Role
September 24, 2020
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Moving on from a role I have enjoyed is always difficult because I am flooded with so many memories of meaningful experiences, even as I feel a sense of excite…
Corporate/CSR Shared Value
Change the World—for Whom? Why Addressing Racism Must be a Top Corporate Priority
September 21, 2020
Nikhil Bumb Chris Carlson Lakshmi Iyer
This blog was originally posted on Fortune.com on September 21, 2020.2020 has tested many corporations’ aspirations to be a force for social good. As we recogn…
Inclusive Markets
Impact Investment Opportunities in India for Catalytic Investors
September 4, 2020
Sujata Rathi Johan Thuard Ashish Karamchandani
India has a dynamic impact investing market, with many investors—from philanthropic foundations, to impact investors, to commercial investors—seeking to genera…
Inclusive Markets Nonprofits/NGOs
The Opportunity of a Lifetime for HNIs—Saving the Indian NGO Sector
July 20, 2020
Abhishek Khanna Ashish Karamchandani Rishabh Shroff Tanmay Patnaik
The year 2020 will be etched in our memories for a long time. COVID-19 has blindsided most of us. The non-discriminating virus has not spared any country, reli…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation U.S. Health
Big Sky Thinking: A Look at How the Headwaters Foundation Centered Trust in Their Evaluation and Learning Practices
July 9, 2020
Joelle Cook Aditi Luminet Lolita Castrique-Meier Abigail Ridgway
Corporate/CSR
A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity
July 7, 2020
Greg Hills Lakshmi Iyer Michael McAfee Josh Kirschenbaum Martin Whittaker
The courageous antiracist movement sweeping across the world has called into question the American legacy. We have a choice now either to continue the legacy …
Corporate/CSR Equity
Corporate Silence and Anti-Racism
July 2, 2020
Nikhil Bumb
George Floyd. Elijah McClain. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Rayshard Brooks. Riah Milton. Dominique Fells. Nina Pop. Sean Reed.In the wake of the cont…
Systems Thinking
The Washington Post: How to Reconstruct an Equitable Future for the D.C. Region
June 19, 2020
Ursula Wright
In The Washington Post, Ursula Wright co-authored an opinion piece with Tonia Wellons, CEO of Greater Washington Community Foundation, detailing three fluid ph…

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