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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Andrew Carnegie — Peacenik?

Five questions for master biographer David Nasaw

Measuring Impact

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

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

It’s All Good

Social Entrepreneurs Are Combining Profit and Purpose.

The Heinz Family: Many Varieties of Giving

Henry John Heinz once said, “Make all you can honestly; save all you can prudently; give all you can wisely.”

The Haas Family: A Philadelphia Institution

Truly exceptional philanthropists are about as common as four-leaf clovers. So when you find a whole family full of givers, it is like stumbling across an entire field of the green good luck charms.

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