Philanthropists with Big Impact

Giving that is hands-on, savvy, proactive, transformational

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2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honorees

Earhart, Anne G.

Hobson, Mellody and George Lucas

Kravis, Marie-Josée and Henry R.

Mandel, Morton L.

Smith, Robert F.

Tow, Leonard

Wood KT GBE, Sir Ian

About the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy

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Measuring Impact

How do you measure good? That is the challenge facing the philanthropic sector. In storybooks it is easy, of course.

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It’s All Good

Social Entrepreneurs Are Combining Profit and Purpose.

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Andrew Carnegie — Peacenik?

Five questions for master biographer David Nasaw

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Pathbreaker: Charting Andrew Carnegie’s Life and Legacy in the Hall That He Built

A new exhibition follows the remarkable journey of the young factory boy who used his prodigious gifts to become the most prominent philanthropist of his time

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Dmitry Zimin: Russian for Philanthropy

Dmitry Zimin is many things. A Russian, a scientist, a businessman, and a philanthropist.

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Bringing Sesame Street to Life

The beginning of the iconic children’s program Sesame Street can be traced to an apartment in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park.

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