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.