Grantee Resources

Public announcements, including press releases, about the receipt of your foundation grant and/or grant renewal do not require approval from the foundation. However, we do request a copy of the announcement prior to its release. The foundation also requests advance copies of all subsequent news releases about your project’s activities.

You may either call 1.212.207.6273 or email communications@carnegie.org.

While you do not need permission, in order to avoid conflicts with other foundation-sponsored programs, or to possibly include a foundation officer in the planning of your event, you should inform your foundation program officer or the foundation’s Communications office well in advance of a planned press briefing.

We encourage you to engage the media about your work proactively. If journalists or bloggers have questions that are more appropriate for the foundation to answer, such as why your project was funded, please direct those inquiries to our foundation office.

The recommended language to credit support from the foundation in a press release, publication, website, etc., is:

• For materials where the foundation provides full support: “Support for this [program, conference, publication, initiative, website, article, etc.] was provided by a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.”
• For materials where the foundation provides only partial support: “Support for this [program, conference, publication, initiative, website, article, etc.] was provided in part by a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.”

The name “Andrew Carnegie Foundation” and our logo are the property of the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. Any use of our name or logo, including use on such items as printed literature, signage, exhibits and displays, publications, interactive media, websites, sponsored program literature and signage, joint publications, letterhead, news releases and/or announcements, must be cleared with the with the appropriate program officer or the foundation’s Communications office.

Permission to use the foundation’s name and/or logo is at the foundation’s sole discretion based on factors including how they would be used, in what setting, and the implied relationship represented.

Requests for permission to use the foundation’s logo must be submitted to our Communications office and approved by the appropriate program officer. If usage is permitted, the logo must be reproduced in its approved colors and formats in accordance with style guidelines that will accompany the appropriate logo files.

In written documents, the name “Andrew Carnegie Foundation” may be presented in different fonts and point sizes as long as the initial letter of each word is capitalized. Please also note:

• The definite article “the” is only used in running text and always lowercased, e.g., “The XYZ Organization announced a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation”.
• On first reference, please use the foundation’s full name.
• Use “Carnegie” (without the definite article “the”) or “the foundation” (lowercased) on second and subsequent references.
• Do not abbreviate the foundation’s name as “ACF”.
• Do not use “Carnegie Foundation.”

Please include the following boilerplate paragraph at the end of your press release:

The Andrew Carnegie Foundation was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. Today the foundation works to reduce political polarization through philanthropic support for the issues that Carnegie considered most important: education, democracy, and peace.

The foundation encourages grantees and other organizations to link to our website. Use of the foundation’s logo as part of that link requires permission from our Communications office. In nearly all cases, permission will be granted as long as the logo is positioned only as part of the link and is not used to imply a different, broader relationship between the foundation and the site.

An important goal of the foundation’s website is to ensure that our various audiences are kept up to date on the work of our grantees. Please contact our Communications office if your foundation-supported work results in a publication or video; generates print and/or online media coverage; creates and posts important new content to your website; issues a press release; convenes a meeting that you believe is suitable for the foundation to present on its own website.

Yes, we post grant information to our website including the name of the organization, the amount and purpose of the award, and the duration of the grant. The foundation rarely announces the grant by disseminating news to the media and other audiences.

We encourage grantees to submit high-quality images that depict the ultimate beneficiaries of their work. We have found that photographs that “tell a story” help us to convey the nature of our grantees’ work. For instance, photos of attendees at a conference on education reform are of little value — but images of young people in an education setting are much better. Please contact our Communications office before sending images and understand that we cannot use all images we receive, or may not be able to use those we selected immediately.

Please submit all reporting requirements through our grants portal.

If you have questions about reporting requirements, please email grantsinfo@carnegie.org.

Resources

• Financial Report Template (Standard/Expenditure Responsibility)
• Project Budget Template (Standard)
• Project Budget Template (Expenditure Responsibility)

Grant amendment requests should be submitted via the grantee portal. Please email your primary program contact and grantsinfo@carnegie.org, including your Grant ID number, if you need technical assistance. Please reference the guidelines below for required amendment materials.

Budget Revisions

• The Andrew Carnegie Foundation does not require a formal amendment process for budget revisions. However, if you need to modify your project budget by moving funds across line items, please contact and alert your primary program contact.

Carryover Requests

• Explain why funds will remain unspent when the grant expires;
• Include the projected or actual amount of unspent grant funds.

No-Cost Extension Requests

• Include the new ending date for the grant;
• Include a brief justification for the no-cost extension request.

Grant Transfer from Grantee Institution to Another Institution

• Explain why the transfer is necessary;
• Include the specific date when the proposed grant transfer will occur;
• Include a final financial report from the original grantee (accounting to the day before the proposed transfer) that notes the amount of unspent grant funds that will be transferred;
• Include a letter from the head of the original grantee institution or official authorized to sign on behalf of the grantee institution relinquishing the grant, including the amount of unspent grant funds to be transferred, a specific date of when the transfer will occur, and identifying the new institution as payor;
• Add the EIN of the new institution to verify tax status;
• Add the contact information for the person completing the online form;
• Add the contact information for the new project administrator/financial officer (if applicable);
• Submit ACH payment instructions for the new institution (if applicable) via the link in the online form; and
• Include a budget for the use of remaining grant funds.

Repurpose Amendment Requests

• If there are remaining funds at the end of the grant period, the foundation will allow for 10 percent or less of grant funds for proposals that are $200,000 or less, or $20,000 or less for proposals greater than $200,000 to be repurposed for another charitable purpose;
• Include a brief explanation about the remaining funds.

Grant Agreement Signing Instructions