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Partner Stewards ($5,000,000+)

Chris Anderson & Jacqueline Novogratz • The CH Foundation • The Challenge Fund for Youth Employment, managed by the Palladium Group, Randstad and VSO, and funded by the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs • The ELMA Foundation • Green Climate Fund • Hastings/Quillin Fund • IKEA Foundation • Andrea E. Soros • UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

Leadership Partners ($1,000,000+)

Anonymous • Ballmer Group • Kathleen Chew Wai Lin & Yeoh Seok Hong • Gates Foundation • Giving Wings • The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet • Conrad N. Hilton Foundation • IDB Lab • Norad • OSF/Soros Economic Development Fund • Shaiza Rizavi & Jon Friedland • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Steven Ross & Shelley Scherer • Malin Stroman & Sebastian Knutsson • The Nguyen-Phuong Family • Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation • Takeda • Target Foundation • The Three Dogs Foundation • UBS Optimus Foundation

Keystone Partners ($500,000+)

Anonymous • Autodesk Foundation • Fundacion Bancolombia • Barclays • Rebecca G. Kinney • Osprey Foundation • PFC S.p.A. Societa Benefit • Stone Steps Foundation • The C&C Tremann Foundation • James and Marlene Winker Charitable Trust • Woodcock Foundation • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Sustaining Partners ($250,000+)

Anonymous (2) • Apple, Inc. • Ashla Foundation • Matthew Courey • Dalio Philanthropies • Distributed Power Fund • DREAMS Asia Limited • Fahad Ghaffar • FMO Finance for Development • Fundación Santo Domingo • Futura Foundations • Government of Canada • C. Hunter Boll • The Amit J. and Vicky L. Patel Foundation • The Resnick Foundation • Rumah Foundation • Schmidt Futures • Matthew & Anupama Tate • YTL Foundation

Senior Partners ($100,000+)

Anonymous (3) • Ainslie Foundation • Diana Barrett • Sunita & Ernst Baur • Amy Blackwell • Brook and Shawn Byers • The David Cock Foundation • Colhoun Family Foundation • Rebecca Eastmond • Asiff Hirji & Sarah Wigglesworth • Lucille Foundation • Eduardo Marques • The Millby Foundation • The Robert & Kate Niehaus Foundation • Verdele Polson • SAP

Associate Partners ($50,000+)

Anonymous • Caroline Ankarcrona • Margo Alexander • Bank of America • Crabby Beach Foundation • Murray Dalziel • Joe Gebbia • Giving Wings • Godley Family Foundation • The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust • David and Theresa Kester • Nate Laurell & Kris McCoy • Lubetzky Family Foundation • James and Melissa O’Shaughnessy • Primark • The Reinhardt Family Fund • Craig & Jennifer Staub • The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht Foundation

Development Partners

Anonymous (4) • Arch Capital Group • Santiago Ardissone • Black Knights Foundation • Brenneke Family Fund • Karen Brown • The California Healthcare Foundation • Daniel Chapman • James Chowdry • Olivia Chowdry • Katherine Collins • The Columbus Foundation • Elizabeth Comstock • Tom Cooper • Andy Darrell • Minal & Sheryl Fofaria • Bert & Candace Forbes • Fox Family KALB Foundation • Ann & Tom Friedman • The Gem Foundation • The Global Bridge Foundation • Addie Guttag • Hamilton and Traci Hill • Taylor Milsal & Danny Hillis • Daniel Hui • Candi and Erik Hurst • Anu and Naveen Jain • Marshall & Carlyle Jones • Randy Kaufman • Carrie Kreifels • The Lampl Family Foundation • Lamenza Corporation • The Lawrence Foundation • L.F.H Foundation • Ann MacDougall & Jules Kaufman • Robert McCarthy Jr. Fund • Felipe Medina • Arch & Shelly Meredith • The Dennis and Pamela Mudd Charitable Foundation • New Pluralists Collaborative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors • Samuel Nolley and Maureen O’Brien • Nussey Foundation • Gerry Ohrstrom • Bob and Sharon Olwig • Mr. Warren Packard and Dr. Patricia Chang • Michael & Sarah Peterson • Scott M. Pinkus • Wendy Reed • Ms. Constance M. Ryan Charitable Fund • Elizabeth A Sheehan Charitable Fund • Steve Silberstein • Solberg MFG • Annaliese Soros • Stiller Family Foundation • Shirin Sultan Dossa Foundation • Mark & Amy Tercek Foundation • Visionary Women • Andrew West & Sylvia Brown • Michelle Wilson • Shaun Zacharia

Builder’s Pledge Partners*

Anonymous • Onni Eriksson • Navgeet King Zed • Juan David Alexander Myrann • Una Terra

Planned Giving Partners**

Anonymous (3) • Warren & Susan Jason • Randy Kaufman • Margo Alexander • Robert Pierson

Pro Bono Partners

AlphaSights • William Charnock • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP • EY • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP • Paul Hastings LLP • Posse Herrera Ruiz LLP • White & Case LLP

*Builder’s Pledge Partners pledge a meaningful portion of proceeds from their personal shares in future exit proceeds from a company or fund. 

** Planned Giving Partners have included Acumen in their estate planning with a gift estimated at $10,000 or more.

Active Partners as of December 31, 2024