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Acumen

EIN 13-4166228International New York Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Acumen raises charitable donations to invest in companies, leaders and ideas to change the way the world tackles poverty

Founded in 2001, Acumen Fund is a global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. We seek to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Our investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services - like health, water, housing and energy - through innovative, market-oriented approaches. We believe that pioneering entrepreneurs will ultimately find the solutions to poverty. We use philanthropic capital to make disciplined investments - loans or equity, not grants -that yield both financial and social returns. Any financial returns we receive are recycled into new investments.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.27Overall score
out of 100

93.32Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$30,363,773

Total expenses · USD$19,444,682

Program expenses

$14,914,071.09 recorded amount

76.7%

Fundraising expenses

$2,119,470.34 recorded amount

10.9%

Administrative expenses

$2,391,695.89 recorded amount

12.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.08 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Jacqueline Novogratz
Recorded compensation: $351,901.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 1.80%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Acumen
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 2001, Acumen Fund is a global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. We seek to prove that small amounts of philanthropic capital, combined with large doses of business acumen, can build thriving enterprises that serve vast numbers of the poor. Our investments focus on delivering affordable, critical goods and services - like health, water, housing and energy - through innovative, market-oriented approaches. We believe that pioneering entrepreneurs will ultimately find the solutions to poverty. We use philanthropic capital to make disciplined investments - loans or equity, not grants -that yield both financial and social returns. Any financial returns we receive are recycled into new investments.
`ein` EIN	13-4166228
`tot_exp` Total expenses	19444682.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.12300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.08
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.109
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.767
`fscore` Financial score	93.32
`leader` Recorded leader	Jacqueline Novogratz
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	351901.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.018000000000000002
`motto` Tagline	Acumen raises charitable donations to invest in companies, leaders and ideas to change the way the world tackles poverty
`name` Charity name	Acumen
`tot_rev` Total revenue	30363773.0
`score` Overall score	95.27
`state` State code	NY
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	14914071.094
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	2119470.338
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2391695.8860000004

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-4166228
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: New York (NY)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.