Private foundation · EIN 13-1628151 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2024-09-30

Where Carnegie Corporation of New York's grants went

It reported $149M in grants paid across 529 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 73.8% of those dollars to 267 recipient organizations.

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What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
The charter of Carnegie provides that all funds are to be used to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." Grants must be broadly education in nature, but need not be limited to the formal educational systems or institutions. Carnegie makes it a policy to select a few areas in which to concentrate its grants over a period of years. Only proposals presented in Carnegie's format will be considered for funding. Grantseekers who would like to approach Carnegie with a p
Deadlines
Carnegie accepts and requests for funding at all times of the year with no deadlines.
Restrictions
Carnegie currently operates grant programs in four broad areas; Education, International Peace and Security, International Development, and Strengthening U.S. Democracy. Carnegie does not make grants for construction, maintenance of facilities or endowments, and does not make program-related investments. Carnegie does not generally make grants to individuals or to local or regional community service organizations and usually considers only projects that have the potential for national or interna
Website on filing
https://www.carnegie.org

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Grants paid 476 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Neo Philanthropy
New York, NY · EIN 13-3191113
$3,033,300For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state levelSame address 1.00
National Center for Civic Innovation in
New York, NY · EIN 02-0590588
$2,250,000For core support of OpenSciEdSame street 1.00
The Miami Foundation
Miami, FL · EIN 65-0350357
$2,166,700For core support of Press Forward, a national journalism initiative aimed at improving local news coverageSame address 1.00
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations
New York, NY · EIN 13-1887440
$2,083,400As a challenge grant for core support of the Vartan Gregorian Center for Research in the HumanitiesKnown alias 1.00
University of Ghana
Accra, GH · outside the US
$1,800,000As a final grant for support of doctoral and early-career fellowships with expansion to four partner universities in Ghana and the region (Building a New Generation of Academics in Africa (BANGA-Africa) - Phase 4)Foreign
Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
Kampala, UK · outside the US
$1,413,300For doctoral and postdoctoral support focused on women and agricultureForeign
NewSchools Venture Fund
Oakland, CA · no confident EIN match
$1,362,000As a one-time grant for project support of the priorities enumerated in the FY2024-2026 strategic planUnmatched Help match
Institute of International Education
New York, NY · EIN 13-1624046
$1,300,000For the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship ProgramSame address 1.00
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch, SF · outside the US
$1,275,000For Developing Emerging Academic Leaders (DEAL) and the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA)Foreign
Neo Philanthropy
New York, NY · EIN 13-3191113
$1,250,000For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagementSame address 1.00
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (Rw
Kigali, RW · outside the US
$1,200,000For an African research chair program in data science and its applicationsForeign
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
New York, NY · EIN 13-3615533
$1,166,800For core support of the Trust for Civic LifeSame city 1.00
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 74-1563270
$1,166,700For core support of the Voting Rights Litigation Working GroupSame address 1.00
Bscs Science Learning
Colorado Spgs, CO · EIN 84-0622557
$1,100,000As a final general support grantSame address 1.00
Heritage and Arts Foundation
Salt Lake City, UT · no confident EIN match
$1,100,000For support of the inaugural Utah community service fellowship programUnmatched Help match
Immigrant Legal Resource Center
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-2939540
$1,000,000For core support of the New Americans CampaignSame address 1.00
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5598093
$1,000,000For Columbia University's SIPA Institute of Global Politics, Inaugural Carnegie Distinguished FellowsKnown alias 1.00
Amalgamated Foundation
Washington, DC · no confident EIN match
$1,000,000For core support of BuildUS, a collaborative fund aimed at ensuring federal funds are invested in local communitiesUnmatched Help match
Icivics
Cambridge, MA · EIN 38-3796793
$875,000For core support for the CivXNow CoalitionSame address 1.00
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5598093
$875,000As a final grant for a project to the Center for Public Research and Leadership to finalize the Curriculum Implementation Change Framework…Known alias 1.00
International Rescue Committee
New York, NY · EIN 13-5660870
$875,000For support of its reception center for migrants in New York CitySame address 1.00
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, SF · outside the US
$869,900For advancing university transformation through strengthening the early- and mid-career academic pipelineForeign
Federation of American Scientists
Washington, DC · EIN 23-7185827
$850,000For a project on nuclear command and control and artificial intelligenceSame address 1.00
Science for Africa Foundation
Nairobi, KE · outside the US
$850,000For fellowships for early-career scholars in the social sciences and humanitiesForeign
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY · EIN 13-5598093
$840,000For project support of the Public Understanding Capacity Building Cohort of Family AdvocacyKnown alias 1.00
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund
Denver, CO · EIN 05-0620063
$833,300For new school development, innovation, and capacity-building through Fund IVSame address 1.00
Learning Policy Institute
East Palo Alto, CA · EIN 47-2772048
$800,000As a final general support grantExact name 1.00
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3118415
$800,000In support of the Ellis Island Museum Reimagined projectSame address 1.00
Global Impact
Alexandria, VA · no confident EIN match
$800,000For a final grant to conduct a qualitative study of family engagement practices and the launch of a public information campaign on the science of learning.Unmatched Help match
Wested
Alameda, CA · EIN 94-3233542
$769,900As a one-time only grant for a project to develop science performance assessments in grades 3-5 designed for the Next Generation Science St…Exact name 1.00
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Washington, DC · EIN 52-2289435
$758,000For core support of NTI's nuclear programSame address 1.00
Aurora Institute
Arlington, VA · no confident EIN match
$750,000For general supportUnmatched Help match
Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation
Annapolis, MD · no confident EIN match
$729,200Towards the research and learning components related to Maryland's Service Year Option and Maryland CorpsUnmatched Help match
Tides Center
San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3213100
$721,100For building the capacity of school districts and scaling impact through tool development and communications activitiesSame address 1.00
Council on Foreign Relations
New York, NY · EIN 13-1628168
$700,000As a one-time grant for a project on the 2024 electionsSame address 1.00
African Population and Health Research Center
Nairobi, KE · outside the US
$700,000For core support to the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in AfricaForeign
The Aspen Institute
Washington, DC · EIN 84-0399006
$690,000For the Aspen Institute Congressional ProgramSame address 1.00
North American Arab Council for the Social Sciences
New York, NY · EIN 88-2775492
$654,600For a project on knowledge, publics and crisis in the Arab regionSame address 1.00
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, DC · EIN 13-0552040
$633,000For core support to the Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East CenterSame address 1.00
Windward Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 47-3522162
$625,000For core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communitiesSame address 1.00
Transcend
Hastings Hdsn, NY · EIN 30-0878820
$600,000As a one-time grant for Profiles in Collective Leadership InitiativeSame address 1.00
Learning Forward
Richardson, TX · EIN 31-0955962
$600,000As a final grant to support the curriculum-based professional learning network and advance aligned policiesSame address 1.00
The National Bureau of Asian Research
Seattle, WA · EIN 91-1444105
$589,600For a Chinese language fellowship program and a research project on China's conceptions of the Indo-PacificSame address 1.00
Cambiar Education
San Diego, CA · EIN 81-3508420
$583,300As a final grant for core support of LearnerStudioSame street 1.00
Throughline Learning
Providence, RI · EIN 22-3115046
$583,300As a final general support grantSame address 1.00
National Security Archive Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 22-2127884
$560,000For archival programs on U.S.-Russia relations, nuclear security, and cooperative threat reductionSame city 1.00
Wested
Alameda, CA · EIN 94-3233542
$544,400For a project to complete the development of two simulation games based on the Standards for Professional Learning and the design features…Exact name 1.00
America's Voice Education Fund
Washington, DC · EIN 26-2624247
$525,000As a final grant for general supportSame ZIP 1.00
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, DC · EIN 13-0552040
$525,000For core support to the Carnegie Russia Eurasia CenterSame address 1.00
Partnership for African Social and Governance Research
Nairobi, KE · outside the US
$511,400For support of African doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in public policyForeign

27 more lines ($5.03M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    158 recipients in common
  2. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA
    101 recipients in common
  3. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    85 recipients in common
  4. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    82 recipients in common
  5. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
    75 recipients in common
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    72 recipients in common
  7. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    63 recipients in common
  8. Walton Family Foundation Bentonville, AR
    57 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.