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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…

Education & Youth U.S. Health
New Resource: Seven Principles for Investing in Early Care and Education
May 4, 2016
Valerie Bockstette
Recent research and advocacy efforts have led funders, politicians, and the business community to agree that the first years of a child’s life can determine th…
Shared Value
The Shared Value Summit–A Community Affair
April 28, 2016
Justin Bakule
When describing the history of our Shared Value Summit, I always begin the story in the same way: “Our first summit was a modest affair…and I’m not being modes…
Systems Thinking
Tools for Supporting Systems Thinking and Change
April 21, 2016
Marcie Parkhurst
Earlier this month, my colleagues Srik Gopal and Hallie Preskill described the characteristics of complex systems and introduced a framework for applying syste…
Collective Impact
How Do You Successfully Put Collective Impact into Action?
April 21, 2016
Sheri Brady Jennifer Splansky Juster
This content originally appeared on the Collective Impact Forum's website. Collective Impact Principles of Practice
Collective Impact Education & Youth
Four Insights for Creating Outcomes for Opportunity Youth
April 15, 2016
Kimberly Shin Tiffany Chang
Launched in August 2015, the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative is creating the nation’s largest employer-led coalition focused on helping young people build ski…
Inclusive Markets
Harnessing the Impact Potential of Technology Entrepreneurs
April 13, 2016
Harvey Koh Nidhi Hegde Chandrima Das
FSG’s newest office, located in Mumbai, houses our inclusive markets team, which works to develop and scale inclusive business models to create new opportuniti…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
Putting Systems Thinking into Practice
April 11, 2016
Srikanth "Srik" Gopal Hallie Preskill
Several leading thinkers such as Brenda Zimmerman, Frances Westley, and Michael Quinn Patton (in Getting to Maybe), David Peter Stroh (in Systems Thinking for …
Corporate/CSR
CSR Executives Test New Framing to Describe Their Giving Strategies
April 5, 2016
Greg Hills
As a consultant, sometimes it’s hard to know if the frameworks we create resonate with practitioners who are actually doing the work. So it was a powerful mome…
Collective Impact Education & Youth
Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
March 31, 2016
FSG
A new report from the Wallace Foundation and the Teachers College at Columbia University, Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaboratio…
Insurance, Social Impact, and Profit
March 25, 2016
Nina Jais
When you think about insurance companies, do you think about social impact? It’s likely not the first thing that comes to mind, but FSG client Skandia has real…

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