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Andrew Carnegie Foundation

The Andrew Carnegie Foundation is a private foundation established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." In June 2026, the foundation changed its name from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to better reflect its mission.
Since its founding, the Foundation 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), 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 the OECD, Carnegie Corporation of New York's financing for 2019 development increased by 27% to US$24 million.
Carnegie Corporation of New York's president is Louise Richardson and the chairman of its board of trustees is Janet L. Robinson.