Jacqueline Novogratz engagement report

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• Apr 19, 20269.8x their median

  My father, who died a week ago, would write daily emails to his seven children and their spouses. "Good morning, everyone!" he would write, and then share details of the day — the weather, small and big victories among the siblings, local news. One thing you could always count on was his ending: Count your blessings. As I've gotten older, I've come to understand that simple phrase more deeply. Appreciate the moment. Appreciate the people around you. Focus not on what you do not have, but on what you do. Lift up other people. Love one another. Simple ideas, all encompassed in three words that I will hold close, cherish, and try to live by for the rest of my life: Count Your Blessings.

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• Sep 3, 20262.7x their median

  We lost another giant yesterday, a leader who taught us how to be strong and powerful and feminine and not apologize for any of it. A woman who reminded us that one person can change the world if she knows how to bring others with her. Gloria Steinem knew hardship, and she turned it into resolve. Her curiosity and empathy underpinned a lifetime of unrelenting work toward equality. She was courageous. As a teenager in the mid-70s, I found my own resolve to be called Ms. and not Miss. Thank you, Gloria. And she was a listener. Even in her 90s, she made room to listen, gathering in her home, understanding that change starts with being heard. "We are all one human family, and we are responsible for one another," she said. It's the same conviction I see in so many of the leaders Acumen has been privileged to back and to learn from — people who understand that dignity isn't something you're given, it's something you insist on, for yourself and for everyone else. Gloria showed us what it looks like to spend a life that way. We're grateful for it, and we'll carry it forward.

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• Sep 27, 20261.5x their median

  To be of use — and I dare say, to be effective at making change — requires us to go beyond ourselves, to think about other people's success and not only our own. It can feel thankless, and sometimes it just is. You give your energy to outcomes you don't own and won't be credited for. Until something shifts inside you. Not in the work — in you. Time and events change how you see, and sometimes how you are seen. You look up one day and find you are not the person who set out. The best gift I've received from the people who make up Acumen is hearing them say this work made them more human. They came thinking the task was to help others flourish. And it was. But they were changed too. Isn't that the better story?

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• Aug 30, 2026

  When I heard the news that @DollyParton died, like so many of us, I shed a tear. The outpouring of tributes, of people singing and posting favorite quotes, reminded me that she was not just a superstar songwriter and performer but a businesswoman, a leader, a role model. When women my age were too often trained to play it safe and make ourselves smaller, Dolly stood apart as being bigger than life. Never political, she nonetheless lived her values, respecting everyone for who they were on the inside regardless of race or ethnicity or religion or any other kind of external marker. And she was unafraid to state those values out loud. Dolly Parton, a woman of massive talent and wealth, always stood up for the underdog. Mostly, she gave fully of herself, supporting young singers, investing in the overlooked hills she came from, donating proceeds from her music to buy books — 300 million and counting — for children the world forgets. She started the Imagination Library in honor of her father, who could not read or write and whom she called the smartest man she knew. Dolly knew the meaning of dignity. She lived it. She knew who she was and where she came from, and she shared her gifts joyfully until the day she died. I still want to be more like Dolly. When I was a child, imagining I might one day become a nun given the good they did, never did I dream that a half century later, one of the icons of true goodness to touch my heart would sing her heart out wearing rhinestones, a blonde wig, three-inch heels, and always, always, lipstick. May all of us channel our inner Dolly. And may all of you do something nice for someone while being unafraid to wear a little glitter and a smile to open the hearts of anyone you meet. We'll miss you, Dolly. Thank you for the inspiration, the love, for all of it.

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• Mar 15, 2026

  After spending time in five countries in eleven days — the UK, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam — in the midst of war, uncertainty and a fraying sense of trust, I'm reminded of the quiet power of human connection. Of showing up. Of bringing yourself fully. Human connection offers the chance to come alive. When we truly attend to one another, we remember how much we need each other — and how deeply our lives are intertwined. Our horizons expand even as the connections, when they are real, deepen our sense of grounding and belonging to something larger. Wherever we stand, may we find the courage to be the soul of that place. Happy Sunday. 🙏 P.S. Writing this on a 25-hour journey home to NYC on my 36-hour birthday (!). I feel deeply nourished by the diversity of souls I'm lucky to know, the new people I met and the extraordinary hospitality and grace I encountered. So much gratitude to the team and all who gave so generously of themselves.

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• May 24, 2026

  Purposeful work is love in action.  Don’t let cynics discount you for pursuing ideals.  If you are serious about those ideals and willing to do the work, it will be hard enough without the naysayers.  And in the hard times, just remember that the more you lean into love, the more it expands.

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• Jul 26, 2026

  As the world seems to spin faster and faster, our impulse too often is to react first and reflect later. In the worst cases, we skip the reflection altogether. My work investing in leaders taught me to listen more than speak, and I found a parallel in patient capital investing. Before we fund, our aim is to ensure that what we're seeing is true and necessary. Our commitment is to ask the hard questions but never belittle. It is to ensure that our investments result in expanding dignity. None of it is easy. And the kindness can be toughest of all, especially when the last thing you feel like doing is being kind. In your life, where do these gates serve you best? And what kinds of practices help reinforce these ideas?

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• Jul 12, 2026

  Divine chaos is love unleashed against broken systems. It is neither sugary nor treacly but sharp enough to cut through. And it is strong enough to risk failure and keep moving. We need more people willing to dance across the world — willing to try, willing to give everything, expecting nothing back. We were put on this earth to love. There are a thousand ways to make it manifest.

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• May 31, 2026

  Robert Ingersoll wrote those words about Abraham Lincoln more than a century ago, yet they feel painfully relevant today. I meet so many young people who have lost faith that real leaders exist. They look around and see too many powerful people making decisions based on what is good for themselves, not others. Too many choosing self over service, certainty over humility, greed over generosity. I get the weariness, the cynicism, even the fear. But cynicism is the best friend of the status quo. This past month, meeting leaders across the UK, Switzerland, Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, and Ethiopia reminded me that good leaders are everywhere. Everywhere I went, I found individuals grounded in moral imagination and determined to be of use — leaders whose actions are rooted not in "I" but in “we.” I met people willing to hold values in tension: compassion and accountability, ambition and humility, courage and restraint. People who give more than they take. Some have gained significant power, yet are not corrupted by it. Power, perhaps more than pain, reveals who we are at our core. I wish I could show you all those for whom it reveals generosity and love. The work of our time is not only to call out the misuse of power. It is to recognize, strengthen, and stand with those who use power to serve. From them, I derive more hope for this weary world than I can say.

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• Jul 5, 2026

  I love the Declaration of Independence. Written by flawed, idealistic people — some of whom didn't yet live by their own words, yet who aspired to be, and be part of, something better. It would take two centuries, punctuated by wars, amendments, movements, you name it, for "all men" to begin to mean "all people." And there are some today who fear we could lose it all. I'm not one who fears. I see instead an idea so big it ultimately will include all of us. Indeed, my work has been motivated by the dream of extending the idea that all people are created equal to every person on the planet. And so when I celebrate 250 years of America, I will also celebrate the ideas of human freedom and equality — two ideas that have changed the world and require all of us to cultivate and nurture.

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