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

Stories About the World of Giving

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A Great-Grandmother, A Great Giver

Rather 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.

Ted Turner: Big Dreams for a Better World

As a media tycoon, Ted Turner knows all about staying in the news. At the age of 78, Turner remains a steady presence, featuring regularly across the press in a variety of incarnations.

Philanthropy’s Fight Against Climate Change

Where there is a will, there is a way. The U.S. federal government recently announced it will pull out of the landmark Paris agreement, but environmentalist Carl Pope remains hopeful.

Advancing Global Peace: Hillary Clinton and William J. Burns in Conversation

From informed and provocative perspectives, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former U.S. Secretary of State, discussed the outlook for advancing global peace during a conversation with William J. Burns, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Andrew Carnegie — Peacenik?

Five questions for master biographer David Nasaw

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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