FSG (social impact consultancy)
| Formation | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Mark Kramer, Michael E. Porter |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Services | Strategy Consulting |
| Website | fsg.org |
FSG is a global nonprofit organization that provides strategy, evaluation, and research consulting services to foundations, corporations, nonprofits/NGOs, and governments.[1] FSG works on social issues including education, global development, global health, and U.S. health.[1] FSG has offices in the United States (Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C.), Switzerland (Geneva), and India (Mumbai).[2]
FSG’s clients include foundations such as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and Communities Foundation of Texas, as well as corporations such as General Mills and Toyota.[3]
History[edit]
FSG was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2000 as Foundation Strategy Group by Mark Kramer and Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter.[4] Initially a for-profit organization, FSG focused on providing strategy consulting services to foundations.[4]
Over time, Foundation Strategy Group began to offer services to corporations, nonprofits, and governments and shortened its name to FSG.[4]
FSG became a nonprofit organization in 2006.[1]
In 2009, the organization launched a strategic learning and evaluation division led by Hallie Preskill, former President of the American Evaluation Association.[4]
FSG integrated the former Monitor Inclusive Markets India team from Monitor Deloitte in 2015, establishing an office in Mumbai, India.[5]
In 2018, FSG announced the appointment of two new co-CEOs: Greg Hills and Lauren Smith, MD, MPH.[6]
Thought Leadership[edit]
FSG has written hundreds of reports, articles, and blogs on social change as well as hosted videos and free webinars that can be accessed on its website. Notable thought leadership includes “Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value,”[7] “Catalytic Philanthropy,”[8] “Creating Shared Value,”[9] and “Collective Impact.”[10] Since 2015, FSG has also worked with Fortune to develop their annual Change the World list of companies working to solve social problems through business practice.
Initiatives[edit]
As part of its nonprofit mission, FSG supports a variety of learning communities.
- Shared Value Initiative: Created in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative and the Rockefeller Foundation, the Shared Value Initiative was launched in 2012 to drive the adoption and implementation of shared value strategies by organizations around the world.
- Collective Impact Forum: Created in partnership with the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions in 2013, the Collective Impact Forum is jointly managed by both organizations and supports the efforts of those practicing collective impact in the field by providing in-person convenings and resources for practitioners
- Impact Hiring Initiative: The Impact Hiring Initiative was created in 2016 to create and support a learning community of employers and workforce partners who are interested in innovating best practices in hiring, retention, and advancement of opportunity youth and other populations facing barriers to employment.
- CF Insights: Created in partnership with the Council on Foundations, CF Insights benchmarks community foundation operating performance. In 2015, the initiative was transitioned from FSG to Foundation Center.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fsg, Inc. - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Contact | FSG". FSG. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Clients | FSG". FSG. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The FSG Story | FSG". FSG. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Monitor Inclusive Markets India merges with FSG as new report shows scale of impact investing in South Asia - Alliance magazine". Alliance magazine. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Leadership Changes at Commonfund and FSG; Make-a-Wish America CEO Departing". The Chronicle of Philanthropy. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Philanthropy's New Agenda: Creating Value". Harvard Business Review. 1999-11-01. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Catalytic Philanthropy (SSIR)". Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Creating Shared Value". Harvard Business Review. 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ↑ "Collective Impact (SSIR)". Retrieved 2018-07-20.
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