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8 unusual facts about Carnegie Corporation of New York


Afrocentric education

The value of Schomburg's personal collection was recognized, and it was purchased by the New York Public Library in 1926 with aid of a Carnegie Corporation grant.

Australian Council for Educational Research

ACER was established with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, a foundation itself established "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding".

Carnegie Foundation

Carnegie Corporation of New York, a grantmaking foundation in the United States associated with libraries among other projects

Doctor of Arts

The Carnegie Foundation was the first to fund ten universities with seed money to initiate the degree, and D.A. programs (though far fewer in number than those of the Ph.D.) are currently offered in many different disciplines at universities in the United States and in other parts of the world.

Enfield Highway

A public library, built with the aid of a grant from the Carnegie Foundation was opened Enfield Highway in 1910.

Errors and Expectations

This research—funded in part by the Carnegie Foundation grant—coupled with her own experience provides the foundation of the book which seeks both to inform basic writing instructors and provide them with a means for approaching their students’ areas of weakness.

Governor's School of North Carolina

The first session was funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and an association of business leaders from Winston-Salem, NC.

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

The Carnegie Foundation, the John D. Rockefeller family, and other northern philanthropists provided generous support for his idea.


International Center for Transitional Justice

Their initial five-year proposal received funding support from the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Andrus Family Fund.

The New York Times Company

Jointly with the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the American Library Association, The New York Times Company sponsors an award to honor librarians "for service to their communities."


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