Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Founded	1905; 119 years ago (1905)
Founder	Andrew Carnegie
Focus	Education
Location	Princeton, New Jersey (original) and Stanford, California (current)
Area served	Global
Method	Donations, Grants, Reports
Key people	Andrew Carnegie, Henry Pritchett, Abraham Flexner, Clark Kerr, Ernest L. Boyer
Revenue (2017)	$15,797,428[1]
Expenses (2017)	$15,709,366[1]
Website	www.carnegiefoundation.org

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is a U.S.-based education policy and research center. It was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of the United States Congress. Among its most notable accomplishments are the development of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA), the Flexner Report on medical education, the Carnegie Unit, the Educational Testing Service, and the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.