Carnegie Corporation of New York

Carnegie Corporation of New York

The headquarters of Carnegie Corporation at 437 Madison Avenue in Manhattan
Formation	June 9, 1911; 112 years ago (1911-06-09)
Founder	Andrew Carnegie
Type	Foundation
Tax ID no.	13-1628151
Legal status	Nonprofit organization
Purpose	To promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding
Headquarters	437 Madison Avenue, New York, U.S.
Region	Global
Methods	Grant-giving
Fields	Education, democracy, international peace, higher education in Africa
President	Louise Richardson
Chair of the Board	Thomas Kean
Revenue (2018)	$253 million[1]
Expenses (2018)	$180 million[1]
Endowment (2018)	$3.5 billion[1]
Website	carnegie.org

The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world.^[2]

Since its founding, the Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped establish institutions including the United States National Research Council, Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (formerly known as the Russian Research Center),^[3] the Carnegie libraries, the University of Chicago Graduate Library School, and the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop). It also has funded the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), and the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS). According to OECD, Carnegie Corporation of New York's financing for 2019 development increased by 27% to US$24 million.^[4]