International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Acumen Fund Inc
NEW YORK, NY
Total revenue
$46.4M
Total expenses
$34.2M
Net assets
$204.1M
Grants received
$83.5M
255 grants
EIN
134166228
Tax year
2024
Mission
Acumen's mission is to change the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies, leaders and ideas.acumen is a global force of entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and social innovators working together to build a world based on dignity. We were founded by jacqueline novogratz on the radical idea that business, when cultivated with moral imagination, can break the cycle of poverty. We invest in transformational companies, build sustainable markets, and prepare leaders with the tools they need to create a more just and inclusive future. Since 2001, we have scaled companies and shaped markets in some of the hardest-to-reach communities on the planet, impacting over half-a-billion lives.
Programs
2 programs
Insights & impact:the goal of the insights and impact teams at acumen is to support the mission of solving problems poverty through data-driven strategies. We do this by building models, sharing the insights from our work and holding ourselves and our peers accountable. Our impact measurement and management framework helps us define and measure our impact, including breadth and depth of impact. Through 2024, acumen has reached over 719 million lives impacted through our patient capital and for-profit investments.
Fellows & leadership programs:we prepare leaders with the tools, capital and community they need to build scalable solutions to poverty. Our recently launched-learning engagement platform offers a full-service space for entrepreneurs and fellows to engage with each other. Acumen academy's has grown to more than 1800 fellows, has awarded 99 early-stage grants to foundry members and facilitated over 1.3 million online course sign-ups. Through academy organizations and companies, we have reached 71 million lives impacted.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
28 listed
JACQUELINE NOVOGRATZ
CEO & DIRECTOR
$393K
39.5 hrs/wk
CARLYLE SINGER JONES
PRESIDENT
$352K
39.5 hrs/wk
LYNN ROLAND
BOARD SECRETARY/GENERAL COUNSEL
$284K
35 hrs/wk
JACQUELINE WOO
CFO (THRU 8/9/24)
$194K
39.5 hrs/wk
SHAIZA RIZAVI
BOARD CHAIR (THRU 03/31/24)
—
1 hrs/wk
JUAN CARLOS MORA URIBE
DIRECTOR (FROM 10/2/24)
—
1 hrs/wk
HANS TAPARIA
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
ANDREA SOROS COLOMBEL
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
THULASIRAJ RAVILLA
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
KAREN PATERSON
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
KIRSTEN NEVILL-MANNING
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
CRISTINA LJUNGBERG
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
NATE LAURELL
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
C HUNTER BOLL
DIRECTOR (THRU 3/31/24)
—
1 hrs/wk
MATTHEW COUREY
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
KATHLEEN CHEW WAI LIN
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
NATE LAURELL
BOARD CHAIR (FROM 4/1/24)
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1 hrs/wk
MARGO ALEXANDER
DIRECTOR (THRU 3/31/24)
—
1 hrs/wk
AMRITA BHANDARI
CHIEF OF INSIGHTS & STRATEGY
$293K
40 hrs/wk
YASMINA ZAIDMAN
CHIEF OF DEVELOPMENT & PARTNERSHIPS
$282K
40 hrs/wk
KATHERINE PARKER
CHIEF OF ACADEMY
$270K
40 hrs/wk
CATHERINE C NANDA
DIRECTOR, ACUMEN AMERICA
$252K
0JIWOO CHOI
CHIEF OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
$247K
40 hrs/wk
JULES SAMAIN
MANAGING DIRECTOR, H2R
$231K
40 hrs/wk
AMON ANDERSON
DIRECTOR, ACUMEN AMERICA
$220K
0ALEXANDRA GORDON
CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS
$207K
40 hrs/wk
SANDRA HALILOVIC
DIRECTOR OF INVESTMENTS, H2R
$201K
40 hrs/wk
SARAH BIEBER
DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT & PARTNERSHIPS
$197K
40 hrs/wk
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RECRUITING
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EVENT PLANNING
Grants received
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