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- Foundation Strategy
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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- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
How the California Health Care Foundation is Closing the Innovation Gap
November 30, 2017Despite being the nation's largest health insurer, Medicaid remains largely overlooked by investors and entrepreneurs, who typically focus on developing soluti…
What Have We Learned About Learning in the Past 10 Years?
November 27, 2017As a member of the evaluation community, and in my work as an advisor to foundation clients including Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit, the Kresge Foundat…
Building Shared Understanding to Improve Outcomes for Staten Island’s Children and Families
November 16, 2017As those who have tried to do it before know, convening members of the community around a common issue can be difficult. People often enter the conversation wi…
The State of Evaluation and Learning in Philanthropy
October 10, 2017This summer, I had the good fortune to join a group of 27 funders and evaluators from across the country in Chicago. We discussed the current state of evaluati…
DACA Recipients Are Mobilizing, Is Philanthropy Ready to Help?
September 8, 2017The last few days have been very difficult for many of us after the Trump’s administration decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA…
The Democracy Fund and FSG on Understanding Trust to Strengthen Democracy
August 31, 2017In a new blog post from the Democracy Fund, Srik Gopal, vice president of strategy, learning, and impact at the Democracy Fund, and FSG’s Francesca Mazzola dis…
New in SSIR: Collective Impact without Borders
August 29, 2017Since publishing the original collective impact article in 2011, the majority of FSG’s work supporting cross-sector collaboration has been focused on communiti…
How the Orange County Community Foundation is Increasing Youth Resilience
August 28, 2017ACT Anaheim, an initiative designed to address the needs of at-risk youth and families with a focus on 13-18 year-olds, was formed in 2013 by The Disneyland Re…
Business of Giving Podcast: What’s it like to work at FSG?
July 12, 2017The Business of Giving, a radio show and podcast hosted by Denver Frederick, recently visited our Washington, DC office to discuss what it’s like to work at F…
How Funders Can Support Immigrant Communities in Today’s Environment: A Conversation with Farmworker Justice and Vista Community Clinic
June 29, 2017In the months since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the well-being of immigrant populations is a growing concern for city and state governments, civil soc…