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+)
Aman Foundation • Andrea Soros Colombel & Eric Colombel • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Lundin for Africa Foundation • The Robert & Kate Niehaus Foundation • Raj & Asha Rajaratnam • Amy Robbins • The Sapling Foundation* • The Three Dogs Foundation*
Leadership Partners
($1,000,000+)
Abraaj Capital Employees • The Alexander Family Foundation* • Blood Family Foundation • C. Hunter & Pamela T. Boll* • Peter & Devon Briger Foundation • d.o.b foundation • Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition • Google.org • LF Foundation • Partridge Foundation • Mahvash & Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation • Skoll Foundation • Catherine & Niklas Zennström
Keystone Partners
($500,000+)
Anonymous (2) • Cisco Systems Foundation* • Sidney E. Frank • Julius Gaudio & Chandra Jessee • W.K.Kellogg Foundation* • Lehman Brothers • Catherine S. Muther • Phalarope Foundation*
Sustaining Partners
($250,000+)
Anonymous (2) • DCD America, Inc • Nathan Laurell • Gib & Susan Myers • Nike Foundation • Nandan Nilekani • GV Prasad • The Edmond & Benjamin de Rothschild Foundations • The Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation, Inc • John L.Thornton • George W. & Patricia A. Wellde* • Woodcock Foundation
Senior Partners
($100,000+)
Anonymous (3) • Diana Barrett • Bruce Campbell • The Dow Chemical Company • Fiona & Stanley Druckenmiller • Goldman Sachs • Tim Hodgson & Linda Netten • IDEO • Irving Foundation • Jill & Ken Iscol • David and Anita Keller Foundation • Kingdom Foundation • KL Felicitas Foundation • Lodestar Foundation • William E. Mayer • The MCJ Foundation • Miles Morland • The One Foundation • Michael & Sarah Peterson • The Rockefeller Foundation* • Salesforce.com Foundation • Select Equity Group Foundation • Sheirah Foundation • Jose & Trish Suarez • Shaukat Tarin • The Tokyo Foundation • Tudor Investment Corporation • Jay & Eileen Walker
Associate Partners
($50,000+)
Anonymous • 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 • Farrokh Captain • Citi Foundation • The ClaraFund • Jay & Randi Coen Gilbert • The Cohn Family Foundation • Simone & Tench Coxe • Mr. & Ms. Wesley R. Edens • Liz & Ed Ellers • Ann & Thomas L. Friedman • I Jerome Hirsch • The globalislocal Fund • Charles & Susan Harris • Alan Hassenfeld • Lyndon Haviland • Maggie Kaplan • Charles and Roberta Katz Family Foundation* • Peter Kellner • Dr. Anjali Gupta & Rajan Kundra • Howard Lee Morgan • Joe & Amy Novogratz • Liebe & Bill Patterson • Tino Puri • Resnick Family Foundation, Inc. • David Ring & Stuart Harrison • Roll International Corporation • Rural India Support Trust • Harriet Mouchly-Weiss • Kashif Zafar
Development Partners
($10,000+)
Anonymous (4) • Adessium Foundation • Ravi Akhoury • Dwight Anderson • AOL Time Warner Foundation • Ralph & Dorothy Bahna • David & Keira Barry • Better World Fund • Katherine Collins • Thomas Cooper • Credit Suisse • The Dar Mac Foundation • Laurent Demuynck & Maia Ming Fong • Francis K. Dibner Fund • Matthew Dontzin • Glenn & Eva Dubin • Wes Fuller • Katherine Fulton & Katharine Kunst • Shamaya Gilo • Leslie Gimbel • GOOD Magazine • Lesley Goldwasser & Jonathan Plutzik • Grassroots.org • Leith Greenslade & Dominic Wilson • GSRD Foundation • Paul Hastings • Marten Hoekstra • George & Joan Hornig • The Jim Hornthal Family Foundation • Hunter Douglas • Munib & Kamila Islam • Christine A. Jacobs Family Foundation • Laird Norton Family Foundation • Laura & Gary Lauder* • Geraldine Laybourne • Lemelson Foundation • Louie-Marsh Family Fund • Rachael McAdams • Jennifer R. McCann* • Bill & Betsy Meehan • Geeta & Krishen Mehta • Neerj Mehta & Jennifer Mehta • Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc. • Murray Metcalfe & Nancy Lukitsh • Peter F. Moore • Morgan Stanley • Nathan Cummings Foundation • New York Life Insurance Company • John & Tina Novogratz • Gerry Ohrstrom • Petersmeyer Family Foundation • Sean Phelan & Audrey Mandela • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Puricom Water Industrial Corporation • Pzena Investment Management, LLC • Rory Riggs • Gary Rindner • Doug & Christine Rohde • David Rose • William Rosenzweig & Carla Fracchia • S and P Goodwill Fund • Malik & Najmi Sarwar • John Schaetzl • Schering Plough • Dhiren & Katie Shah • Lindsay & Brian Shea* • Romita Shetty & Nasser Ahmad • Sharique Siddiqui • The Silver Family Foundation • Jonathan & Jennifer Soros • Masahiko Sumiya • Susquehanna Foundation • David and Peggy Tanner Philanthropic Fund • Dan Toole & Beth Verhey • Mr. & Mrs. James R. Treptow • UBS Financial Services Inc • Denise & Ira Wagner • Jeffrey C. & Suzanne C. Walker • White & Case LLP • Anita & Byron Wien • Syed Ali Zaidi
Founding Partners
The Alexander Family Foundation • Apex Foundation • C. Hunter & Pamela T. Boll • Cisco Systems Foundation • I Jerome Hirsch • Charles and Roberta Katz Family Foundation • W.K.Kellogg Foundation • Laura & 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 & Brian Shea • Andrea Soros Colombel & Eric Colombel • TOSA Foundation • George W. & Patricia A. Wellde • William H.A. Wright II
