As both developed and developing nations search for alternative sources of energy in response to the growing energy crisis, we at Acumen… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Where micro-finance focuses on small loans to individual, low-income women, think of Acumen Fund more like a venture capital fund. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Through the Fellows Program, Acumen Fund prepares future global leaders with the tools necessary to drive significant social change. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“If you move through the world with only your compassion, then you walk on only one leg. But if you move through the world… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but in its… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
The older I get, the more determined I feel to do whatever I can to help release that human potential somehow. Not in a… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
“Honorata's story reminds me of the extraordinary power of the human spirit to withstand almost anything. Her story also speaks to the power of… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
Monsters will always exist. There's one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
“If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
“If we have learned anything, it is the horror that can happen when people don't think for themselves, but instead follow authority blindly.” — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
“Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you. No one expects you to get it right in the beginning, and… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
