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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…

Corporate/CSR
Change Your Corporate Mindset
June 10, 2021
Dane Smith
Over the course of the last year, it seems like almost every company in the U.S., and many around the world, have made statements to indicate their support of …
Equity
The Chauvin Verdict
April 21, 2021
FSG
We applaud the verdict in the Chauvin trial and hope it brings a measure of comfort to the family of George Floyd and those who loved him. But we know that acc…
Corporate/CSR Economic Development Equity Gender Global Health U.S. Health
International Women’s Day 2021: A Moment to Reflect, Be Thankful, and Recommit to Advancing Gender Equity
March 8, 2021
Talia Alongi Harshika Gupta Julie Jeanneret Flynn Lebus Bobbi Silten
2020 will forever be remembered as the year COVID-19 laid bare the burdens of women. While different from one context to another, “the negative effects are dis…
Global Health Inclusive Markets
Viable Sanitation Enterprises—The Linchpin in Sanitation Markets
February 17, 2021
Abhishek Khanna
Shukla Shauchalay is located in a bustling market in Samastipur in Bihar, India. The entrepreneur first got involved in the sanitation business a decade ago as…
Gender Inclusive Markets
Investing in Women: A Powerful Approach for Investors in India
February 4, 2021
Sujata Rathi Flynn Lebus Laura Amaya
Gender-lens or gender-smart investing refers to investments that achieve greater social and financial return on investment by focusing on businesses that are o…
Corporate/CSR Foundation Strategy Nonprofits/NGOs U.S. Health
Uniting to Protect Democracy for All
January 7, 2021
Greg Hills
Like most of you, I’m still processing what happened yesterday at the U.S. Capitol. I was glued to the TV. Horror. Disbelief. Sadness. Resolve.
Collective Impact Corporate/CSR Economic Development Education & Youth Foundation Strategy Global Development Global Health Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking U.S. Health
End of Year Reflections 2020
December 17, 2020
Greg Hills
“During these unprecedented times…” That’s a phrase I hope to never read again, and not simply because it’s such a cliché. The very notion of an unprecedented …
Inclusive Markets
Running on Empty: Challenges Faced by Private Pit Emptiers in Urban Uganda
October 26, 2020
Vignesh Shankar Rahul Singh
By 2050, over two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. However, water and sanitation services are often unable to keep pace with populati…
Inclusive Markets
Developing a Market-Based Approach to Sanitation in Uganda
October 22, 2020
Puneet Goenka Vignesh Shankar
Household sanitation is a longstanding development priority for the government of Uganda. There has been a significant reduction in open defecation (from 12% i…
Corporate/CSR Foundation Strategy
SSIR Blog: What Investors Need to Know to Embrace Catalytic Capital
October 20, 2020
Harvey Koh
In a post on Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG's Harvey Koh writes about how the catalytic capital questions of development finance institutions, private …

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