Acumen revolutionizes poverty solutions with Patient Capital, training leaders, investing in businesses, and impacting 648M lives globally.
Acumen: Entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators breaking the cycle of poverty globally, impacting 668M lives through transformational investments.
Acumen remuneration policy Acumen determines the salaries of its employees based on comparable pay in comparable markets, for comparable accountabilities, experience, and education. Compensation is structured around clearly defined levels of accountability, each with an associated pay band informed by market data within local geographies.
Acumen East Africa invests in education, agriculture, and energy to empower local entrepreneurs and improve livelihoods for a brighter future.
Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach Initiative reaches target raise of $250 million as Amplify completes final close H2R’s energy access investment coalition strengthens with a new $7.8 million commitment to its debt fund from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
Acumen India team has $42.5M deployed, 46 companies supported, reaching 94M lives through energy, agriculture, and dignified work solutions.
Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a global organization that fights poverty and builds dignity through patient investment in companies and leaders; sharing knowledge and insights based on impact achieved; and creating partnerships to scale what works.
Acumen West Africa has deployed $14M, reaching 58M lives through energy, agriculture, and youth employment solutions.
Acumen is one of Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies. Inclusion recognizes 25 years of Patient Capital and Acumen’s work improving more than 700 million lives.
Jacqueline Novogratz Founder and CEO of Acumen, a global non-profit, social impact and moral leadership champion who transforms lives worldwide.
About us Acumen is a global force of entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and social innovators working together to break the cycle of poverty.