BUILDING POWER
THROUGH KNOWLEDGE SHARING and collective insights
At KSG, we believe that building and sharing collective wisdom is a key component of shifting power to the community. Join us as our team shares reflections on current events, policies, data analysis, and new approaches to creating true economic opportunity and systems that allow all of us to thrive.
Protecting Critical Resources in the Era of Volatility
By Lauren Young, Sr. Social Impact Strategist Introduction The nonprofit and philanthropic sectors are operating amid sustained volatility unlike anything experienced in recent decades. Federal funding instability, administrative uncertainty, workforce pressures,...
When Do We Actually Do What the Community Has Already Told Us?
By Dr. Erica Henderson, CEcD | Principal & CEO In St. Louis, residents have been telling us what they need for as long as anyone has been asking. They told us before Mill Creek Valley was demolished in 1959, displacing 20,000 Black residents and erasing a...
The federal funding story no one is telling
By Ann Fisher-Jackson | Chief Strategist There are two versions of every federal funding cut. The one that gets covered, and the one that lands. The covered version happens in Washington. It has a number, a bill name, a roll call, and a margin. It gets analyzed in two...
Built to Break or Built to Last?
By Dr. Erica Henderson, CEcD | Principal & CEO Across the country, civic systems are under strain, not because of a lack of commitment or competence, but because they were never designed for sustained volatility. Public funding shifts with little warning. Federal...