Philanthropists with Big Impact Giving that is hands-on, savvy, proactive, transformational READ MORE 2019 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honorees Earhart, Anne G.Hobson, Mellody and George LucasKravis, Marie-Josée and Henry R.Mandel, Morton L.Smith, Robert F.Tow, LeonardWood KT GBE, Sir Ian About the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Stories About the World of Giving AllForging the FutureGivingHeroImpactsThe PhilanthropistsAll Forging the Future GivingHero Impacts The Philanthropists Great ScotsCarnegie Pride on Display at New York’s Tartan Day Festivities Read more Great Scots › Bringing Sesame Street to LifeThe beginning of the iconic children’s program Sesame Street can be traced to an apartment in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park. Read more Bringing Sesame Street to Life › A Great-Grandmother, A Great GiverRather than sending Mother’s Day cards to her friends and family, this #GivingHero gave support in their names to strengthen the bond between mothers and their newborns. Read more A Great-Grandmother, A Great Giver › One Woman Creates a Movement in AfricaFiona was the first in her family to finish high school and continue on to university. Now she leads a pan-African network of rural philanthropists on track to grow to more than 130,000 women. Read more One Woman Creates a Movement in Africa › Eli Broad: Building a Better FutureBuilding homes, building art collections, building futures. Building has long been a path to success for Eli Broad. Read more Eli Broad: Building a Better Future › Fred Kavli: A Laser-Like FocusA global benefactor of scientific inquiry, Fred Kavli embodied Andrew Carnegie’s observation that the “scientific man of today lives in an atmosphere of wonder, arousing all his higher powers and compelling reverence.” Read more Fred Kavli: A Laser-Like Focus › Load More In the News