Acumen Fund Inc
EIN 13-4166228 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 48 grants · $5.5m
Who it funds most
12 of its 54 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Acumen Fund Inc's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202523169349309452
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $217.5m | — | $34.2m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $210.8m | — | $30.2m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns5 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202523169349309452 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202443209349318104 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202333199349302213 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202223199349318632 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202143199349324699 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Acumen Fund Inc made 69 grants across 2020–2024, totalling $7.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 69
- Total, as filed
- $7.6m
- Years
- 2020–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| SOCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND ADVISORS LLC | 1 | $1.0m |
| 60 DECIBELS INC | 2 | $742.9k |
| ACUMEN CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC | 2 | $712.3k |
| REFUGEE INVESTMENT NETWORK INC | 2 | $485.0k |
| ID INSIGHT INC | 1 | $472.3k |
| CLIMATE POLICY INITIATIVE INC | 1 | $374.3k |
| BURN MANUFACTURING CO | 2 | $259.1k |
| MYVILLAGE LLC | 1 | $245.0k |
| BIOLITE INC | 3 | $202.5k |
| BOULDER CARE INC | 2 | $200.0k |
| HEALTHIFY INC | 1 | $200.0k |
| CLIMB CREDIT INC | 2 | $185.0k |
| CONSEJOSANO INC | 1 | $150.0k |
| EARNUP INC | 1 | $150.0k |
| ESUSU FINANCIAL INC | 1 | $150.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34 | $4.5m |
| 2021 | 10 | $725.4k |
| 2022 | 3 | $338.0k |
| 2023 | 14 | $1.1m |
| 2024 | 8 | $850.4k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-134166228. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified