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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Recent News from Carnegie Corporation of New York


Andrew Carnegie: Forging Philanthropy
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Museum of American Finance will open an exhibit on Andrew Carnegie's life and work, with a spotlight on his love of Scotland, his business life and his philanthropic activities presented in...more

Rich US groups that funded environmentalists also gave to Canadian government
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation, Hewlett Foundation

The Illinois-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation gave $695000 to the World Wildlife Fund Canada and $300000 to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The purpose...more

Motorola Foundation Joins CTEq
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Motorola Foundation

Motorola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Motorola, has joined Change the Equation (CTEq), an initiative led by corporations where they cultivate widespread literacy in Science, Technology,...more

Muslim Initiatives Receive Grants From American Foundations
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Henry Luce Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation

The Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement has received funding from the mainstream American foundations that bankroll countless apolitical organizations. The Carnegie...more

Emmett D. Carson on Disclosing Information
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Emmett D. Carson, the CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundatin, published a column on the Chronicle of Philanthropy addressing the new Florida Law on disclosing certain demographic data about board...more

Glass Pockets
Foundation: Arkansas Community Foundation, California Community Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, California Endowment, Commonwealth Fund

Glass Pockets is a nonprofit that catalogs foundations' online transparency and accountability practices. They have identified 23 practices so far where they can base their evaluation on the...more

Philanthropy Can Play a Role in International Peace
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation, Ford Foundation

Philanthropic efforts are known to influence the overhaul of the health care system. However, it is less known to the public that it plays a role in producing a nuclear arms-control treaty between...more

Foundations Matching Federal Grants
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Lumina Foundation, Robertson Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ford Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Wallace Foundation

Several Foundations are offering upto half a billion dollars to match federal grants that encourage education reform which will take the pressure off schools scrambling to find matching dollars they...more



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