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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…

U.S. Health
Striving for Equity in Specialty Care
June 3, 2016
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Over the past year, FSG has partnered with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to explore the critical challenge of eliminating systemic health disparities for…
Education & Youth Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
5 Leading Practices for Evaluating Ecosystem Investments
June 1, 2016
Katelyn Mack Masha Lisak
Everyone in philanthropy seems to be talking about how funding programs alone won’t solve big social problems. Many organizations are shifting from program inv…
Global Development Inclusive Markets
Resilience—What Does This Buzzword Really Mean?
May 30, 2016
Laura Amaya
Over the past few years, resilience has emerged as a buzzword in the global development sector. The United Nations defines it as the ability to withstand unexp…
Gender Global Health
Menstrual Health and Gender Equity
May 27, 2016
FSG
Menstrual Hygiene Day, which brings awareness to the issue of menstrual hygiene management, is on May 28. Menstruation is a monthly challenge for billions of w…
Shared Value
What’s Next for Shared Value?
May 25, 2016
Justin Bakule
This post originally appeared on the Shared Value Initiative's website.The Initiative wrapped up our 6th annual Shared Value Leadership Summit last week. As th…
Corporate/CSR
Social Impact Through Employee Engagement
May 23, 2016
Chile Hidalgo
At FSG, our clients often ask how a corporation’s societal engagement programs—such as employee giving, volunteering, sustainability initiatives, and shared va…
New Systems Thinking Tool: Ecocycle Mapping
May 20, 2016
Rebecca W. Graves Cara Priestley
This post is a part of our systems thinking tools blog series where we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinkin…
Collective Impact
Advancing the Practice of Collective Impact
May 16, 2016
John Kania Mark Kramer
This post is adapted from our response to Tom Wolff’s editorial, both of which were posted on the Collective Impact Forum's website on May 4, 2016. Our thanks …
Foundation Strategy Global Health
Spotlight on The Elton John AIDS Foundation: 4 Questions with Mohamed Osman
May 11, 2016
Mohamed Osman
While great progress has been made against HIV/AIDS in the past few decades, there are still 16 million people living with HIV today, with the scale of the epi…
Shared Value
Announcing the Shared Value Summit Livestream
May 9, 2016
Meghan Ennes
We are busy getting ready for the Shared Value Leadership Summit this week. Joining shared value pioneer and returning Summit speaker Michael Porter are leader…

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