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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…

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Foundation Strategy U.S. Health
How Health Foundations Can Address the Impacts of COVID-19 on Social Determinants of Health
April 8, 2020
Melissa Oomer Abigail Ridgway Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Foundation Strategy Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Learning in a Time of Crisis
April 7, 2020
Hallie Preskill Joelle Cook
Many philanthropic organizations are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing rapid-response funding mechanisms, resources, and revised grant policie…
Education & Youth Foundation Strategy U.S. Health
Quakes and Tremors: What Foundations Can Do to Safeguard Childhood Wellbeing in the Wake of a Pandemic
March 31, 2020
Ursula Wright
The world is experiencing a series of quakes and tremors caused by a global pandemic. The quakes are the unprecedented shocks and strains we are witnessing in…
Foundation Strategy
Pandemics and Perpetuity
March 26, 2020
Joelle Cook
As I write, Congress seems likely to approve a two-trillion dollar economic stimulus bill in response to COVID-19. Entire states are being ordered to shelter i…
Foundation Strategy
Foundations: Use Your Balance Sheet to Help
March 23, 2020
Mark Kramer
During this massive economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, government and media attention is focused on the impact on businesses, financial markets…
Foundation Strategy Global Health U.S. Health
COVID-19⁠—Seven Things Philanthropy Can Do
March 2, 2020
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
As governments, businesses, and individuals scramble to respond to the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic, those of us who work in the social sector rightly ask wh…
Foundation Strategy
The Importance of Framing for Foundations Engaging on Equity
February 4, 2020
John Harper
A senior leader from a small family foundation recently told me the story of when her organization first began conversations about racial equity and its role i…
Corporate/CSR Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
Top Reads from 2019
December 16, 2019
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH Greg Hills
As FSG enters its 20th year of supporting social impact funders and leaders across sectors, we are appreciative of our clients and partners around the world. Y…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Three Ways Funders Can Be Co-Strategists
November 26, 2019
John Harper
Last week, a few of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of attending Change Philanthropy’s Unity Summit, a biennial gathering that now brings together more th…
Foundation Strategy Systems Thinking
Advancing Systems Change with Southeastern Council of Foundations
November 19, 2019
Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH Ursula Wright Abigail Ridgway
Last week, FSG was pleased to join the 50th-anniversary Southeastern Council of Foundations conference for a workshop with representatives from 60 foundations …

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