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Acumen 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 • Andrea Soros Colombel • The ELMA Foundation • Green Climate Fund • Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies • Hastings/Quillin Fund • IKEA Foundation

Leadership ($1,000,000+)

Anonymous • Ballmer Group • Barclays • Kathleen Chew Wai Lin & Yeoh Seok Hong • Giving Wings • Government of Canada • Conrad N. Hilton Foundation • IDB Lab • Mahvash & Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation • Craig & Kirsten Nevill-Manning • The Lam Nguyen-Phuong Family • Shaiza Rizavi & Jon Friedland • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Robin Hood • The Rockefeller Foundation • Steven Ross & Shelley Scherer • Skoll Foundation • Malin Stroman & Sebastian Knutsson • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation • Takeda • Target Foundation • The Three Dogs Foundation • UBS Optimus Foundation • UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) • USAID

Keystone Partners ($500,000+)

Anonymous (2) • Autodesk Foundation • The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust • Johnson & Johnson • Rebecca G. Kinney • Osprey Foundation • PFC S.p.A. Societá Benefit • Schmidt Futures • Stone Steps Foundation • Woodcock Foundation

Sustaining Partners ($250,000+)

Anonymous (2) • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals • Bank of America • Matthew Courey • Dalio Philanthropies • Distributed Power Fund • DREAMS Asia Limited • Fahad Gaffar • FMO Finance for Development • Fundacion Bancolombia • Fundacion Santo Domingo • Futura Foundations • C. Hunter Boll • Mustafa Kassam • Lucille Foundation • The Amit J. and Vicky L. Patel Foundation • The Resnick Foundation • Matthew & Anupama Tate

Senior Partners ($100,000+)

Anonymous (2) • Ainslie Foundation • Margo Alexander • Diana Barrett • Amy Blackwell • Brook and Shawn Byers • Colhoun Family Foundation • The David Cock Foundation • Rebecca Eastmond • Environmental Defense Fund • Four Acre Trust • Hopelab • David and Theresa Kester • Peter and Seimie Kim • Nate Laurell & Kris McCoy • MolinaCares Foundation • Cristina Nestares • The Robert & Kate Niehaus Foundation • Open Society Foundations • Verdele Polson • Progress Charitable Foundation • SAP • The Seneca Trust

Associate Partners ($50,000+)

Anonymous • The 5L2F Foundation • Caroline Ankarcrona • Crabby Beach Foundation • Murray Dalziel • Roberta & Steve Denning • Bert & Candace Forbes • EY • Joe Gebbia • Global Development Incubator • Godley Family Foundation • The Hermine & David B. Heller Foundation • Asiff Hirji and Sarah Wigglesworth Family Foundation • Koha Foundation • The Lodestar Foundation • The Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa • Nussey Foundation • James and Melissa O’Shaughnessy • Sean Phelan and Audrey Mandela • Primark • The Someland Foundation • Craig & Jennifer Staub • The Barry and Mimi Sternlicht Foundation

Development Partners

Anonymous (6) • Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC Philanthropic Fund • Arch Capital Group • Santiago Ardissone • Azurit Foundation • Angelique Tulip Fund, Adam Bendell & Tracy Masington • Suzanne Biegel • Black Knights Foundation • Blue Yak Foundation • Brenneke Family Fund • Karen Brown • The C&C Tremann Foundation • The California Healthcare Foundation • Niko Canner • Cristian Cardoner • Jennifer Cast & Liffy Franklin • Daniel Chapman • Chobani • James Chowdry • Olivia Chowdry • Katherine Collins • CommonSpirit Health • Elizabeth Comstock • The CO3 Fund • Tom Cooper • Andy Darrell • Deloitte LLP • The Dennis and Pamela Mudd Charitable Foundation • the ella fund hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation • Minal & Sheryl Fofaria • Fox Family KALB Foundation • Ann & Tom Friedman • The Gem Foundation • The Global Bridge Foundation • Golden Circle Group • Akhil Gupta • Addie Guttag • Hamilton and Traci Hill • Charlie Hess • The HOPE Charitable Foundation • Invest Salone with funding from UK aid • Anu and Naveen Jain • Warren & Susan Jason • The John P. and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation • Marshall & Carlyle Jones • The Joshua Mailman Foundation • Kamath Family Foundation • Randy Kaufman • Eram Khan • Carrie Kreifels • Lamenza Corporation • The Lampl Family Foundation • The Lawrence Foundation • L.F.H. Foundation • Dr. Michelle and Mr. Daniel Lubetzky • Lynda Sun Lee Charitable Fund, a Donor Advised Fund of U.S. Charitable Gift Trust • Robert McCarthy Jr. Fund • MEDA • Felipe Medina • Arch & Shelly Meredith • Microsoft • Taylor Milsal & Danny Hillis • Motwani Jadeja Foundation • The New York Community Trust Lion and Hare Fund • New Pluralists Collaborative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors • Samuel Nolley and Maureen O’Brien • John Novogratz and Alison Dally • Mr. Warren Packard and Dr. Patricia Chang • Michael & Sarah Peterson • RBC • Wendy Reed • Martine & Bina Rothblatt / United Therapeutics Corp • Ms. Constance M. Ryan Charitable Fund • Kaustuv Sen • Shirin Sultan Dossa Foundation • Solberg MFG • Annaliese Soros • Nathan M Spengler • Steve Silberstein • Stiller Family Foundation •  Mark & Amy Tercek Foundation • Michelle Wilson • Andrew West & Sylvia Brown • Visionary Women

Builder’s Pledge Partners*

Anonymous • Onni Eriksson • Navgeet King Zed • Una Terra

Planned Giving Circle**

Anonymous (2) • Warren & Susan Jason • The James and Marlene Winker Charitable Trust

Pro Bono Partners

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

Affiliate Partners***

The National Lottery Community Fund • The Rank Foundation • Open Value Foundation (Fundacion Valor) • Jeanne & Randy Work

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

*** Affiliate Partners are donors who independently fund regional Acumen Academy entities.

Active Partners as of December 31, 2023