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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…

Corporate/CSR

Flying through Interference

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

Shared Value
How to Create a Corporate Culture that Supports Shared Value
March 5, 2019
Dane Smith
Many of the world’s leading companies are adopting strategies that have shared value at their center. These companies recognize that there are opportunities t…
Corporate/CSR Economic Development Gender Shared Value
New in Harvard Business Review: 12 Practices for Advancing Women in Retail Jobs
March 4, 2019
Fay Hanleybrown Elizabeth Hawkins Sandra Medrano
Even though the women comprise half the workforce, they are overrepresented in frontline positions and consistently underrepresented in higher-paying managemen…
Education & Youth U.S. Health
Five Ways Foundations Can Help Protect Children from Adverse Experiences and Trauma
February 26, 2019
Abigail Ridgway Miya Cain Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Recent research has increased attention on the wide-ranging and serious consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Over 45% of children in the Unit…
Corporate/CSR Shared Value
The Backlash to Larry Fink’s Letter Shows How Far Business Has to Go on Social Responsibility
February 1, 2019
Mark Kramer
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest investor with $6 trillion under management, evoked heated controversy with his remarks last week that his com…
Shared Value
A Conversation on Creating Shared Value at Davos
January 23, 2019
Nina Jais Mark Kramer Marc Pfitzer
Today we met with 25 investors and corporate leaders in Davos to discuss the changes needed to get more investors to allocate resources to shared value compani…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
New from FSG and GEO: Engaging Boards and Trustees in Strategic Learning
January 17, 2019
Colleen McCann
Nearly a decade ago, FSG published What’s the Difference: How Foundation Trustees View Evaluation, exploring how boards and trustees were thinking about evalua…
Collective Impact Corporate/CSR Economic Development Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Inclusive Markets Systems Thinking
FSG Staff Share Highlights from 2018
December 13, 2018
FSG
We are grateful and humbled to work alongside clients and partners around the globe on a wide range of pressing social impact issues. Below FSG staff share som…
Gender Global Development Global Health Inclusive Markets
Lessons from Embedding Gender Equity in Our Work
December 6, 2018
Abhishek Khanna Laura Amaya
Applying a gender equity lens is critical in designing interventions that lead to better outcomes for all. We recognize, however, that many organizations embed…
Collective Impact Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
To Improve the Lives of Students, Two Communities Learn to Relate Differently
November 27, 2018
David Garfunkel Peter Senge Jessica Pizarek
This essay was first published by Carnegie Corporation of New York. It is part of a series written by leading education practitioners in response to a Carnegie…
Environment Foundation Strategy Strategic Learning & Evaluation
How Community Foundations Can Better Coordinate Responses to Disasters
November 5, 2018
Nikhil Bumb Renee Wizig-Barrios LaMecia Butler
Last month, Hurricane Michael devastated and left a trail of destruction along Florida and Georgia. Two months ago, Hurricane Florence left the Carolinas under…

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