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The Acumen Fellowship Program

We equip leaders to build the change they dare to dream

Fellowship Graduates in Action

Learn how Acumen Fellows solve problems of poverty

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Around the Globe

Colombia

Emerging leaders use bottom-up approaches to create change—restoring the social fabric for a new post-conflict Colombia.

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Around the Globe

Colombia

Emerging leaders use bottom-up approaches to create change—restoring the social fabric for a new post-conflict Colombia.

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East Africa

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, and South Sudan

Emerging entrepreneurs and change agents represent the best and brightest in a diverse range of cultural, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds.

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India

APPLICATIONS OPEN

Dynamic leaders from nearly every walk of life who have impacted their sector and are deeply committed to creating meaningful change in India.

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Pakistan

Bold leaders building radical new solutions to bridge divides and create a society that works for all.

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Southeast Asia

Extraordinary leaders harnessing the strength of Southeast Asian diversity to tackle the region’s most pressing social issues and create a more equitable future.

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Spain

A community of leaders working to create systemic and sustainable change in Spain.

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United Kingdom

A community committed to solving problems of poverty in the United Kingdom

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West Africa

Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia

Entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and organization-builders from both public and private sectors model a new type of leadership grounded in hope and dignity.

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Today, I am strong enough to do this work no matter what. That feeling came through the Acumen Fellowship.”

Ashweeta Shetty,

Acumen India Fellow

About the Fellowship

Overview

Acumen invests in social entrepreneurs across the capital continuum and accompanies them on the journey to create transformational change. At Acumen Academy, we identify and prepare these leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.

Who are we looking for

We look for individuals who see problems as opportunities, who dare to dream and take action, who are idealistic in their pursuits and grounded in the hard work it takes to get there, who believe that change in the world starts with changing ourselves, and who have the humility to know that none of this is possible going at it alone.

The Fellowship Experience

A transformative, cohort-based leadership program for extraordinary individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and a commitment to solving problems of poverty.

Curriculum to strengthen your leadership

Learn to negotiate across differences, motivate yourself and others, challenge traditional ways of working, and reshape the people, organizations, and systems around you.

Community to accompany you on the journey

Test new skills with your cohort in real time, and build long-lasting peer relationships to support you.

Tools to build and scale

Join a global alumni network of more than 1,600 peers and get access to resources, mentoring, and social and financial capital.

Featured Fellows

Gayatri Jolly

Founder of MasterG

Radha Karnad

Public Health Clinician for Jhpiego

Sarah Matindi

Operations Manager at East Africa Playgrounds

Haroon Yasin

Founder of Orenda

Kibret Tuffa

Founder of Tebita Ambulance Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical

Julian Facundo Rinaudo

Coordinator of Red Etnósfera

Meet the Foundry

Leadership in Action

Acumen Fellow Shad Begum ('17) calls for women around the world to find their political voice

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