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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
Making Financial Aid Accessible to Low-Income Youth – New Report
August 14, 2012
FSG
We hope you'll download our newest report-- Keeping the Promise of Opportunity: Redesigning Financial Aid to Support Post-Secondary Completion Among Low-Income…
Environment
Sustainability fatigue: could healthy competition be the cure?
August 13, 2012
Dane Smith
This post originally appeared on The Guardian's Sustainable Business Blog.
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
A Call to Evaluate Social Innovation…Differently
August 7, 2012
Hallie Preskill
Question: What do the following foundation led initiatives have in common?The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation’s YouthScape program tested strategies for invol…
Collective Impact
If You Want to Understand the Value of Backbone Organizations – Read On!
July 23, 2012
Ellen Martin
Earlier this year, FSG began working with the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) and six backbone organizations in the region that recently received multi-yea…
Collective Impact
United the Collective Impact Way
July 17, 2012
Javier Hernandez
United Ways have been playing an important role in communities, serving as volunteer-led, nonprofit organizations, working for over 125 year in issues such as …
Collective Impact
Early Learning Assessment Game Changer
July 17, 2012
Aimee White
Assessments of kindergarten readiness are fraught with opinions about what should be assessed, how old children should be when assessed, and what the assessmen…
Collective Impact
Social Impact at FSG: Do More Than Consult
July 16, 2012
Valerie Bockstette
I have always been excited about the principles we outlined in our 2011 book “Do More than Give.” So much so that I often wonder how these principles apply to …
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Just Admit It: We Failed!
July 13, 2012
Katelyn Mack
Although most foundations don’t like to admit it, mistakes in philanthropy happen all the time. “Failure” is a dirty word in the social sector. So it’s no surp…
Global Health
Competing by Saving Lives: More Stories of Implementation (Part 3)
July 10, 2012
FSG
In June, FSG and GBCHealth hosted a webinar, on how pharmaceutical and medical device companies can create shared value in global health, building on our paper…
Foundation Strategy
Do We All Need Tattoos? Or Poems? On Why Strategy Matters for Community Foundations
July 10, 2012
Rebecca W. Graves
In our role at FSG, we are professional advocates for strategy as an essential aspect of leadership to advance community solutions. Why does strategy matter? T…

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