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- Foundation Strategy
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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- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
A Call for Philanthropy to Invest in Rural America
October 10, 2018The overwhelming focus of welfare programs in the United States is urban, but the fact that a rural child is more than twice as likely as an urban child to liv…
Collective Impact: “A Really Good Thing Happening in America”
October 9, 2018In his column in the New York Times, David Brooks writes about StriveTogether and the concept of collective impact that FSG’s Mark Kramer and John Kania named …
Three Lessons for Creating More Sustainable Smallholder Supply Chains
October 4, 2018The sustainability of smallholder supply chains is top of mind for corporate leaders in the food and agriculture sectors, whether they are consumer-facing comp…
Companies Changing Colombia through Shared Value
September 28, 2018The Empresas INspiradoras list recognizes companies operating in Colombia that are adopting a shared value approach. FSG worked closely with Colombian National…
How Corporate Foundations and CSR Initiatives are ‘Being the Change’
September 17, 2018As corporate philanthropy and CSR initiatives experiment with new and more strategic ways to maximize impact on the issues they care about, organizations are i…
What Business Leaders Wish NGOs Knew about Transformative Partnerships
September 13, 2018As a leader of an NGO, you know that public, nonprofit, philanthropic, and private actors must work together to make progress on the most pressing global issue…
The Gender Diversity and Inclusion Imperative: An Interview with Inez Murray
September 11, 2018The Global Banking Alliance for Women (GBA) is a peer learning network of financial services providers working around the world to tap into the power of the wo…
Are the Elite Hijacking Social Change?
September 5, 2018In the fall issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG’s Mark Kramer reviews Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharad…
Applauding the Changemakers Behind Fortune’s Change the World List
August 30, 2018In a new article published by Fortune, FSG's Bobbi Silten discusses the annual "Change the World" list, which highlights 57 companies that are reinventing thei…
New Harvard MOOC: Lauren Smith on How Businesses Can Support a Culture of Health
August 14, 2018While the United States is one of the world’s wealthiest nations, it is far from the healthiest.Our nation’s high burden of disease affects businesses every da…