Philanthropists with Big Impact

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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

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Philanthropy is in the Building

A Nigerian woman follows in the footsteps of a great philanthropist after living in his childhood home.

Athletes Pursuing Philanthropy

Sports Stars are Using Their Platforms to Raise Money for Hurricane Relief.

Vartan Gregorian Receives Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence from Mayor Bloomberg

He ranks with the outstanding immigrants of America who have risen to great heights in designing the intellectual landscape of this country. Especially noteworthy is his special commitment to the arts, education and humanity through philanthropy.

Fiona & Stanley Druckenmiller: Let the Gifts do the Talking

It is a characteristically direct comment. “I think it’s a bit ironic how much praise philanthropists get because …

Andrew Carnegie’s “Dinosaur Diplomacy” Continues to Inspire

Dippy, the world’s most famous dinosaur skeleton, may call Pittsburgh home, but a full-scale plaster copy of the huge beast is wowing crowds in the U.K.

One Woman Creates a Movement in Africa

Fiona 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.

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