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Other Carnegie Organizations
Each of the organizations established by Andrew Carnegie has its own funds and trustees and is independently managed.
US Agencies
Carnegie
Council for Ethics in International Affairs
(170 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10021) The Carnegie Council's
mission is to be the voice for ethics in international policy. The
Council convenes agenda-setting forums and creates educational opportunities
and information resources for a worldwide audience of teachers and
students, journalists, international affairs professionals, and
concerned citizens.
Carnegie
Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 1895
The history of Carnegie Museums is book-ended by two periods of
growth and diversification. The first was a decade of furious expansion,
starting with the founding of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh in
1895.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, 1900
The establishment of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh was forecast
in a letter dated November 25, 1881 from Andrew Carnegie to the
Mayor of Pittsburgh in which Mr. Carnegie offered to donate $250,000
for a free library.
Carnegie Mellon University
(5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213), formed from the 1967 merger of Mellon Institute and Carnegie Institute of Technology, which was founded in 1900 as Carnegie Technical Schools and later became an independent university.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
(1530 P Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005), 1902, which conducts scientific research, primarily in astronomy, biology, and the earth sciences, and related educational activities.
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
(425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1640, Pittsburgh, PA 15219), 1904, for recognition of heroic acts performed in peaceful walks of life in the United States and Canada.
The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
(51 Vista Lane Stanford, CA 94305), 1905, a private operating foundation
primarily engaged in education policy studies.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
(1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036), 1910, a nonprofit organization, conducting programs of research, discussion, education and publication on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy.
Carnegie also
established the following philanthropic agencies outside the United
States:
The
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
(Andrew Carnegie Birthplace, Moodie Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland,
KY12 7PL), 1901, for assistance to students, for expansion of the
Scottish universities, and for stimulation of research.
The
Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
(Andrew Carnegie Birthplace, Moodie Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland,
KY12 7PL), 1903, for betterment of social conditions in Carnegie’s
native town. The trust maintains the Andrew
Carnegie Birthplace Museum.
The
Carnegie Foundation
(Carnegie-Foundation, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, The Netherlands,
Fax: +31-70-302-4130)
The Carnegie Foundation is the owner of the Peace Palace at the
Hague, which was founded in 1903 with a gift of over one million
dollars from Andrew Carnegie.
The
Carnegie Hero Fund Trust
(Abbey Park House, Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
KY12 7PB), 1908, for recognition of heroic acts performed in peaceful
walks of life in Great Britain and Ireland.
Carnegie Hero Funds in Europe, established
during 1909–11 in France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, the
Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Italy. (The fund in Germany
is no longer active.)
The
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust
(Andrew Carnegie House, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK KY12 8AW), 1913.
Early initiatives included building libraries and adult education
colleges across the UK and Ireland. Current interest in strengthening
democracy, civil society, sustainable rural communities and citizen
action around climate change and social justice. Runs independent
Commissions of Inquiry and action and research programmes. Engages
in pan European foundation collaboratives. Leading advocate for
progressive social change philanthropy.
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