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Partner Stewards ($5,000,000+)
Ballmer Group • 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 • The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet • Green Climate Fund • Hastings/Quillin Fund • IKEA Foundation • Jacqueline Novogratz & Chris Anderson • Mastercard Foundation • Norad • Reckitt • Andrea E. Soros • UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Leadership Partners ($1,000,000+)
Anonymous • Ashla Foundation • Autodesk Foundation • Kathleen Chew Wai Lin & Yeoh Seok Hong • Conrad N. Hilton Foundation • Gates Foundation • Giving Wings • Government of Canada • IDB Lab • Malin Ströman & Sebastian Knutsson • The Lam Nguyen-Phuong Family • Craig & Kirsten Nevill-Manning • Open Society Foundations • Quadrature Climate Foundation • Shaiza Rizavi & Jon Friedland • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Soros Economic Development Fund • Steven Ross & Shelley Scherer • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation • Takeda • Target Foundation • UK Aid from the UK government via the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform • UBS Optimus Foundation
Keystone Partners ($500,000+)
Barclays • Distributed Power Fund • FMO Finance for Development • Fundación Bancolombia • Asiff Hirji & Sarah Wigglesworth • Rebecca G. Kinney • Osprey Foundation • PFC S.p.A. Societa Benefit • Stone Steps Foundation • The C&C Tremann Foundation • Woodcock Foundation
Sustaining Partners ($250,000+)
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals • The Amit J. and Vicky L. Patel Foundation • Anonymous • Matthew Courey • DREAMS Asia Limited • Fahad Ghaffar • Fondation La Gara • Fundación Santo Domingo • Leomi Foundation • Ann MacDougall & Jules Kaufman • PayPal • Public Benefit Innovation Fund at Digital Harbor Foundation • SWIFT • Matthew & Anupama Tate
Senior Partners ($100,000+)
Ainslie Foundation • Anonymous (5) • Diana Barrett • Brook and Shawn Byers • Howard P. Colhoun Family Foundation • Dalio Philanthropies • Godley Family Foundation • Lucille Foundation • Midas Safety • The Millby Foundation • The Robert & Kate Niehaus Foundation • SAP • The Seneca Trust • ServiceNow
Associate Partners ($50,000+)
Margo Alexander • Caroline Ankarcrona • Anonymous • Bank of America • C. Hunter Boll • Cazenove Capital • Crabby Beach Foundation • Murray Dalziel • Rebecca Eastmond • Egan Family Charitable Fund • Joe Gebbia Helmsley Charitable Trust • David and Theresa Kester • Nate Laurell & Kris McCoy • The Lawrence Foundation • Lubetzky Family Foundation • Sean Phelan & Audrey Mandela • Reinhardt Family Fund • The Resnick Foundation • Craig & Jennifer Staub
Development Partners
Dulari Amin • Anonymous (3) • Arch Capital Group • Santiago Ardissone • Amy Blackwell • Brenneke Family Fund • Karen Brown • Ninan Chacko • Daniel Chapman • Katherine Collins • The Columbus Foundation • Tom Cooper • Corporación Andina de Fomento • Andy Darrell • Shirin Sultan Dossa Foundation • Carlos Feged • Minal & Sheryl Fofaria • Bert & Candace Forbes • Fox Family KALB Foundation • Ann & Tom Friedman • The Global Bridge Foundation • Addie Guttag • Hamilton and Traci Hill • Holzer Family Foundation • The HOPE Charitable Foundation • Hopelab • Candi and Erik Hurst • Anu and Naveen Jain • Marshall & Carlyle Jones • Randy Kaufman • L.F.H Foundation • Lamenza Corporation • The Lampl Family Foundation • Felipe Medina • Arch Meredith & Nora Atkinson • Taylor Milsal & Danny Hillis • The Dennis and Pamela Mudd Charitable Foundation • 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 • Benjamin Ross • Elizabeth A Sheehan Charitable Fund • Steve Silberstein • Solberg MFG • Mark & Amy Tercek Foundation • Visionary Women • Andrew West & Sylvia Brown
Builder’s Pledge Partners*
Anonymous • Onni Eriksson • David Kidder • Una Terra • Navgeet King Zed
Planned Giving Partners**
Anonymous (3) • Margo Alexander • Warren & Susan Jason • Randy Kaufman • Robert Pierson • James and Marlene Winker Charitable Trust
Pro Bono Partners
Bain & Company • Cleary Gottlieb Seen & Hamilton LLP • EY • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP • Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP • Paul Hastings LLP • Posse Herrera Ruiz LLP • White & Case LLP • YTL Foundation
*Builder’s Pledge Partners pledge a meaningful portion of proceeds from their personal shares in future exit proceeds from a company or fund. Acumen Our Partner community
** 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, 2025
