I was encouraged to break all the rules but to take the best of philanthropy, the best of investing, and the best of development finance, and experiment with new ways to create this venture capital model of using philanthropy to… — 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
“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 Image
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 loses about 13 billion dollars a year to the disease. Five dollars can save a life. We can send people to the moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“We are connected, but the weave is sometimes fragile. (192)” — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“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 Image
I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
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 Image
