FSG
For General Operating Support
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/15/2014
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Founded in 2000, FSG is a leading social sector consulting firm and producer/disseminator of knowledge on nonprofit and philanthropic practice. The firm combines consulting experience with research and original thinking to develop insights, frameworks and tools. FSG has expanded substantially in recent years and now organizes its knowledge work in four areas: (1) collective impact, (2) catalytic philanthropy, (3) shared value (business pursuit of profit and social benefit), and (4) strategic learning and evaluation. FSG has recently developed standalone initiatives for collective impact and shared value to further drive their reach and more effectively bridge from theory to application in practice.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.fsg-impact.org
Address
500 Boylston Street, Suite 600, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
FSG is a global nonprofit consulting firm that partners with foundations and corporations to create equitable systems change. They combine consulting services with research and original thinking to develop insights, frameworks, and tools. FSG’s knowledge work spans five approaches: (a) collective impact, (b) catalytic philanthropy, (c) shared value (business pursuit of profit and social benefit), (d) strategic evaluation, and (e) inclusive markets (business models that create new opportunities and better lives for the global poor). This grant is for general operating support as part of the Knowledge for Better Philanthropy strategy.
for general operating support
FSG continues to drive some of the most important conversations about the practice of social change. The January 2011 cover story of the Harvard Business Review was co-written by the organization's founders, Mark Kramer and Michael Porter, and offers a new way to think about cross-sector collaboration. During a time of significant expansion and growth at FSG, the Hewlett Foundation has offered general operating support to the organization. The investment has paid off with the launch of FSG's new Strategic Learning and Evaluation Center, the first entity designed to bring together the skill sets of evaluation and management consulting.
