Title: Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie | Columbia University Libraries
Headings: Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie
Philanthropy of Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Trusts and Institutions

Content: There were only a few public libraries in the world when, in 1881, Carnegie began to promote his idea. He and the Carnegie Corporation subsequently spent over $56 million to build 2,509 libraries throughout the English-speaking world. Carnegie set about disposing of his fortune through innumerable personal gifts and through the establishment of various trusts. Each of the organizations established by Andrew Carnegie has its own funds and trustees and is independently managed. Carnegie Trusts and Institutions
Carnegie Corporation of New York, founded in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is the largest and the most broad in scope of the Carnegie philanthropic organizations. Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, founded in 1914 as The Church Peace Union, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to research and education in the field of ethics and international affairs. The Carnegie Dunfermline Trust was established in 1903, for betterment of social conditions in Carnegie’s native town. The trust maintains the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, founded in 1910, is a nonprofit organization, conducting programs of research, discussion, education and publication on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy. 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.