Investing in Innovation
Acumen Fund's community of investors is an innovative group of problem solvers who are revolutionizing the way the world measures the return on an investment. They believe that combining investment capital with financial acumen, entrepreneurial approaches and targeted management assistance will yield the highest social return on philanthropic dollars. Our investors are diverse and borderless, proving that it truly takes a global community of individuals and institutions to help solve the world's toughest problems.
2007-2008 Acumen Fund Stewards
($5,000,000+)
Andrea Soros Colombel and Eric Colombel • Lehman Brothers • Lundin for Africa Foundation • The Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation • The Novogratz-Caceres Family Foundation* • Raj and Asha Rajaratnam • Amy Robbins • The Sapling Foundation*
Leadership Partners
($1,000,000+)
The Alexander Family Foundation* • Blood Family Foundation • C. Hunter and Pamela T. Boll* • Peter and Devon Briger Foundation • d.o.b foundation • Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Google.org • Jim and Sandra Leitner • Partridge Foundation • Mahvash and Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation • Skoll Foundation • Catherine and Niklas Zennström
Keystone Partners
($500,000+)
Anonymous • Cisco Systems Foundation* • W.K.Kellogg Foundation*
Sustaining Partners
($250,000+)
Anonymous • DCD America, Inc • Sidney E. Frank • Nathan Laurell • Catherine S. Muther* • Gib and Susan Myers • Nike Foundation • Nandan Nilekani • Phalarope Foundation* • GV Prasad • The Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation, Inc • John L.Thornton • George W.and Patricia A. Wellde* • Woodcock Foundation
Corporate Circle
($100,000+)
The Dow Chemical Company • IDEO
Senior Partners
($100,000+)
Anonymous (2) • Diana Barrett • Shawn and Brook Byers • Bruce Campbell • The Coca-Cola Company • Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller • Goldman Sachs • GOOD Magazine • I Jerome Hirsch • Tim Hodgson and Linda Netten • Jill and Ken Iscol • David and Anita Keller Foundation • Kingdom Foundation • KL Felicitas Foundation • The One Foundation • William E. Mayer • The MCJ Foundation • Miles Morland • The Edmond & Benjamin de Rothschild Foundations • Salesforce.com Foundation • Select Equity Group Foundation • Sheirah Foundation • Shaukat Tarin • Schwartz Family Foundation • Tudor Investment Corporation • Jay Walker
Associate Partners
($50,000+)
Sherry Agar • Syed Babar Ali • Herb Allen III • William W. Allen • Apex Foundation* • Atticus Trust • Karin Helene Bauer • Rod Berens • The Brinson Foundation • Peter Cain • The ClaraFund • Jay and Randi Coen Gilbert • The Cohn Family Foundation • Simone and Tench Coxe • Mr. and Ms. Wesley R. Edens • Liz and Ed Ellers • Ann and Thomas L. Friedman • The globalislocal Fund • Julius Gaudio and Chandra Jessee • Charles and Susan Harris • Alan Hassenfeld • Lyndon Haviland • Maggie Kaplan • Charles and Roberta Katz Family Foundation* • Peter Kellner • Dr. Anjali Gupta and Rajan Kundra • Howard Lee Morgan • Joe and Amy Novogratz • Liebe and Bill Patterson • Michael and Sarah Peterson • Tino Puri • David Ring and Stuart Harrison • Kashif Zafar
Development Partners
($10,000+)
Anonymous (2) • Adessium Foundation • Ravi Akhoury • Dwight Anderson • AOL Time Warner Foundation • David and Keira Barry • Better World Fund • Citigroup • Credit Suisse • The Dar Mac Foundation • Matthew Dontzin • Glenn Dubin • ExxonMobil Foundation • Generation Investment Management LLP • Katherine Fulton • Shamaya Gilo • Leslie Gimbel • Lesley Goldwasser and Jonathan Plutzik • Grassroots.org • Leith Greenslade and Dominic Wilson • Paul Hastings • Marten Hoekstra • George and Joan Hornig • The Jim Hornthal Family Foundation • Christine A. Jacobs Family Foundation • The Kite Fund • Kroll • Laird Norton Family Foundation • Laura and Gary Lauder* • Geraldine Laybourne • Jennifer R.McCann* • Bill and Betsy Meehan • Geeta and Krishen Mehta • Neerj Mehta & Jennifer Mehta • Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc. • Murray Metcalfe and Nancy Lukitsh • Peter F. Moore • Morgan Stanley • Nathan Cummings Foundation • New York Life Insurance Company • John and Tina Novogratz • Gerry Ohrstrom • Petersmeyer Family Foundation • PriceWaterhouse Coopers • Puricom Water Industrial Corporation • Pzena Investment Management, LLC • Rory Riggs • Gary Rindner • Doug Rohde • David Rose • William Rosenzweig and Carla Fracchia • Malik and Najmi Sarwar • John Schaetzl • Dhiren and Katie Shah • Lindsay and Brian Shea* • Romita Shetty and Nasser Ahmad • Sharique Siddiqui • The Silver Family Foundation • Masahiko Sumiya • Susquehanna Foundation • David and Peggy Tanner Philanthropic Fund • Dan Toole and Beth Verhey • Mr. and Mrs. James R. Treptow • UBS Financial Services Inc • Denise and Ira Wagner • Harriet Mouchly-Weiss • White & Case LLP • Anita and Byron Wien • Syed Ali Zaidia
Founding Partners
The Alexander Family Foundation • Apex Foundation • C. Hunter and Pamela T. Boll • Cisco Systems Foundation • I Jerome Hirsch • Charles and Roberta Katz Family Foundation • W.K.Kellogg Foundation • Laura and Gary Lauder • Jennifer R.McCann • Catherine S. Muther • The Novogratz-Caceres Family Foundation • Phalarope Foundation • The Sigrid Rausing Trust • The Rockefeller Foundation • The Sapling Foundation • Lindsay and Brian Shea • Andrea Soros Colombel and Eric Colombel • TOSA Foundation • George W.and Patricia A. Wellde • William H.A. Wright II
