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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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Flying through Interference

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Global Health
Five Favorite Global Health TED Talks
January 23, 2012
Daron Sharps
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of TED, the renowned conference and resulting website that distribute “riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.” F…
Collective Impact
Forging Ahead with Collective Impact in 2012
January 19, 2012
John Kania
Last fall I launched the Collective Impact blog, and as we enter 2012, I can’t help but be inspired and invigorated by all the thinking, writing, doing, and le…
Foundation Strategy
Community Foundations and Impact Investing of DAFs
January 18, 2012
Christine Kendall
On January 9th, Wall Street Journal blogger Veronica Dagher posted an article highlighting the opportunity for philanthropic donors with Donor Advised Funds (D…
Education & Youth
The Need for Need-Based Aid
January 17, 2012
Amber Johnson Binkley
Many low-income college students will still receive up to $5,500 in Pell grants during the 2012-2013 academic year, thanks to federal budget negotiations that …
New Year, New Ways of Seeing
January 11, 2012
Leslie Crutchfield
I love it when a writer inspires you to view familiar things in a new light. Lucy Bernholz’s review of the book Philanthropy in America: A History by Olivier …
Global Health
The Global Fund: Too Important to Fail
January 10, 2012
Owen Ryan
Ten years ago, the world’s wealthiest nations made an unprecedented commitment to save the lives of the world’s poor by creating The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
The Intersection of Strategy & Evaluation: Philanthropy’s Sweet Spot
January 9, 2012
Hallie Preskill
Though I am an optimist by nature, I have long been concerned about the schisms that exist between strategy and evaluation, in most organizations, and how this…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Purpose-Filled Evaluations
January 3, 2012
Katelyn Mack
Happy New Year from FSG’s Strategic Learning and Evaluation blog! As I welcomed 2012, I sat with friends around a table for an annual New Year’s Day brunch. Ea…
Education & Youth
9 States Get the Gift of $500M for Early Learning
December 21, 2011
Rajni Chandrasekhar Dronamraju
A growing emphasis on greater standards for quality early education is emerging from the Obama Administration’s ‘Race to the Top’ Early Learning Challenge (RTT…
Collective Impact
Collective Impact Thinking in 2011
December 19, 2011
FSG
The FSG team and our colleagues at nonprofits and foundations around the country have been thinking quite a bit about collective impact this year. Here is a re…

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