Carnegie Corporation of New York



Carnegie Corporation of New York was founded by a steel baron-turned-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in November 1911. During that time, the Corporation was the largest single philanthropic trust that had ever been established.


The vision of the Corporation is to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.


They aim to benefit the people of the United States. Their goal is doing real and permanent good in this world and deemed that its efforts should create ladders on which the aspiring can rise.

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Here's What We Know About Meghan Markle's Giving
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Simons Foundation

Archewell's work spans a range of issue areas that mostly track with Meghan's charitable interests before her marriage.Meghan served as patron to four organizations: the National Theatre, the...more

Asia's rich donate through companies, not mega-foundations - Fortune
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Rockefeller Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Archewell's work spans a range of issue areas that mostly track with Meghan's charitable interests before her marriage.Meghan served as patron to four organizations: the National Theatre, the...more

Carnegie Reporter Magazine Highlights the Power of Local Leadership
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York

Archewell's work spans a range of issue areas that mostly track with Meghan's charitable interests before her marriage.Meghan served as patron to four organizations: the National Theatre, the...more

Abhijit Banerjee : Awards
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, his research partner and wife, and colleague Michael Kremer received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for their experimental...more

Homa Naficy : Awards
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York

Whenoma Naficy arrived in Hartford, Conn., from Paris as an 18-year-old in the 1990s, she had no idea she'd become a US citizen a decade later. But her path to citizenship wasn't an easy one, she...more

Premal Shah : Awards | Carnegie Corporation of New York
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York

Whenoma Naficy arrived in Hartford, Conn., from Paris as an 18-year-old in the 1990s, she had no idea she'd become a US citizen a decade later. But her path to citizenship wasn't an easy one, she...more

Nv's Election Protection Program Eases Access to Voting Information
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York

A new poll found nearly nine in 10 women of color say voting in the 2024 election is extremely or very important.The number of abortions in New Mexico increased by 220% over a 15-month period ending...more

Big Philanthropy to the Rescue? Think Again.
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation

America's mega-donors are putting their money where their mouth is in an effort to save our democracy, the New York Times reports. "Big Philanthropy is casting itself in the role of superhero,"...more

New Support for State and National Service from Carnegie Corporation of New York
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York

"In recent years the fragility of our democracy has been exposed to a degree that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago," Dame Louise Richardson, president of the Carnegie Corporation of...more

Carnegie Corporation of New York Contributes $5 Million to National Initiative Focused on ...
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Ford Foundation

September 7, 2023 – Carnegie Corporation of New York announced today that it is joining a coalition of 22 philanthropic donors as part of...more



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Wealthy Resource Generation: Tax Us More!


Resource Generation, a group of young people who grew up wealthy, wish to give something back. They published a letter this week that implies advocacy and participation in structural change that will ultimately improve the resourcing of schools in Pennsylvania.




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