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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…

- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
Saving Business from Itself
August 24, 2016This blog was originally published on sharedvalue.org. Greedy. Dishonest. Destructive. Exploitive.
New Systems Thinking Tool: Trend Mapping
August 18, 2016This post is a part of a blog series in which we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinking and practice.This mo…
Spotlight on EYElliance: 4 Questions with Elizabeth Smith
August 16, 2016Many people take their eyeglasses for granted. And yet, 2.5 billion people around the world, largely in developing countries, live with poor vision because the…
The Art and Science of Place-Based Philanthropy: Themes from a National Convening
August 10, 2016FSG managing director Hallie Preskill recently co-authored an article on new trends in place-based philanthropy.The Foundation Review article “The Art and Scie…
Striving for Equity in Access to and Use of Specialty Care
August 3, 2016This post originally appeared on Health Affairs Blog. In 2015 the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation launched a grant-making initiative called Specialty Care for …
Corporations Can Accelerate Solutions to the Worldwide Refugee Crisis
August 1, 2016The current volume of worldwide refugees is staggering—20 million people are categorized as refugees out of 60 million displaced from their homes according to …
Why “Neutrality” May Not Be the Right Way to Describe Backbone Leaders
July 25, 2016This blog was originally published by the Collective Impact Forum.
Measuring Blended Learning Impact
July 20, 2016This post was originally published by Raise Your Hand Texas.
It’s Time to Wake Up
July 18, 2016We now all know of the killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, like so many other black men, women, and children before them. Along with the shooting o…