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- Carnegie urged his wealthy peers to provide for themselves and their dependents and then make it their “duty” to use the rest of their funds for their communities. They should apply their “wisdom, experience, and ability to administer” to lift up “poorer brethren” who “would or could not do for themselves.”
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The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, bestowed by the Carnegie family of institutions since 2001, seeks to inspire a culture of giving by recognizing outstanding philanthropists who reflect the values of Andrew Carnegie and his philosophy of giving—that the surplus wealth of the few should be administered “for the good of the people.”.
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The Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie’s most famous essay, was written in 1889 and describes the responsibility of philanthropy by the new upper class of self-made rich. The central thesis of Carnegie’s essay is that the wealthy entrepreneur must assume the responsibility of distributing his fortune in a manner that assures that it will be ...
Celebrating the Recipients of the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. Selected by the international family of Carnegie institutions, this year’s medalists — and the first-ever Carnegie Catalyst Award winner — are helping to make the world smarter, cleaner, healthier, and more equitable. READ MORE
Andrew Carnegie may be the most influential philanthropist in American history. The scale of his giving is almost without peer: adjusted for inflation, his donations exceed those of virtually everyone else in the nation’s history.
The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy honors Mr. Carnegie’s philanthropic achievements by recognizing the achievements of other philanthropists whose work: Reflects his breadth of vision and sense of private obligation to the public good; Is of significant dimension and has been sustained over time;
Carnegie believed that philanthropy was a commitment to be undertaken during one’s lifetime. In his 1889 essay on philanthropy, known today as The Gospel of Wealth, he proposed that those who had created their own fortunes were the best authority to oversee the investment of their wealth for the benefit of society, providing ‘the ladders ...
Carnegie’s essay The Gospel of Wealth, written in 1889, laid the foundation for modern philanthropy (“scientific philanthropy,” as he called it). A second essay, The Best Fields for Philanthropy, written later that same year, provided specific examples of what he thought would be the best places for millionaires to bestow their surplus ...
