Carnegie Corporation of New York
Historical FunderNew York, New York · EIN 13-1628151 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$174.4M
Organizations funded591
Typical grant$225,000
Total assets$4.8B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $131,300 and $333,300.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2024):
| Contact | Nicole Howe-Buggs |
|---|---|
| Address | c/o of Carnegie Corp of NY 437 Madi, son Avenue, New York NY 10022 |
| Phone | 2123713200 |
| grantsinfo@carnegie.org | |
| Form and materials | The charter of the Carnegie Corporation of New York ("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's policy is 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 make a request for funding are encouraged to submit a letter of inquiry. Carnegie's letters of inquiry can be found on its grants portal: https://carnegie.fluxx.io. If the project described in the letter fits Carnegie guidelines, the sender will be contacted and asked to submit a proposal in Carnegie's format. A request to submit a proposal is not an indication of an intention or commitment to award a grant. |
| 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. It does not make grants for construction, maintenance of facilities or endowments, and does not make program-related investments. It 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 international impact. Questions can be addressed to Nicole Howe-Buggs, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
73% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | For core support of Four Freedoms Fund, a donor collaborative on immigrant civic integration at the state level | $2,166,700 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | As a one-time only grant in support of humanitarian assistance in Sudan | $2,000,000 |
| National Center for Civic Innovation | New York, NY | As a final core support grant to OpenSciEd | $2,000,000 |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | For support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program | $2,000,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement and voting rights | $1,750,000 |
| Common Sense Media | San Francisco, CA | For project support for digital citizenship resources, library pilot, and annual summit sponsorship | $1,550,000 |
| US Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Washington, DC | For project support to expand the National Civics Bee Competition | $1,500,000 |
| Bard College | AnnandaleonHudson, NY | For support for the expansion of Bard High School Early Colleges in New York City | $1,200,000 |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | For the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program | $1,200,000 |
| The Institute for Citizens & Scholars | Princeton, NJ | For a project to support the Civic Spring Fellowship to address a significant civic participation opportunity gap nationwide | $1,195,800 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | For the dissemination of the Corporation's work | $1,185,873 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | For support of an initiative to reinvigorate civic education in America | $1,170,000 |
| NewSchools Venture Fund | Oakland, CA | As a one-time grant for project support of the priorities enumerated in the FY2024-2026 strategic plan | $1,167,000 |
| Charter Fund Inc | Denver, CO | For one time support of Fund IV and Fund V | $1,166,700 |
| National Education Opportunity Network | New York, NY | For support to expand National Education Equity Lab's model to serve an additional 26,000 additional high school students over three years | $1,166,700 |
| The American Exchange Project | Chestnut, MA | For general support | $1,166,700 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | For project support of College Access and Civic Engagement Programs for Teens with an emphasis on Immigrant Youth and English as a Second… | $1,050,000 |
| North American Arab Council for the Social Sciences | New York, NY | For social science research, training, and networks. | $1,050,000 |
| African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (Rw | Kigali, RW | For an African research chair program in data science and its applications | $1,000,000 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | For Columbia University's SIPA Institute of Global Politics, Carnegie Distinguished Fellows | $1,000,000 |
| Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | For project support for an initiative on civic education in New York City Public Schools | $1,000,000 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | For general support | $1,000,000 |
| African Population and Health Research Center Inc | Nairobi, KE | For core support to the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa | $950,000 |
| GreatSchools | Oakland, CA | For project support to integrate public library data onto their platform, allowing users to better understand the broader educational… | $940,000 |
| King's College London | London, UK | For core support to the African Leadership Centre | $925,000 |
| King's College London | London, UK | For core support to the African Leadership Centre | $925,000 |
| Cognia Inc | Alpharetta, GA | As a final grant to develop, pilot, and bring to market a set of interim science assessments aligned with OpenSciEd courses in high school… | $900,000 |
| University of Ghana | Accra, GH | As a final grant for support of doctoral and early-career fellowships with expansion to four partner universities in Ghana and the region… | $900,000 |
| University of Pretoria | Hatfield, SF | As a final grant for Future Africa's early-career leadership fellowship program to build transdisciplinary research skills | $900,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | For core support of Opportunity Insights | $875,000 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | As a final grant for core support of the Heartland Fund, a funder collaborative working to strengthen civic engagement in rural communities | $875,000 |
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center | San Francisco, CA | For core support of the New Americans Campaign | $833,300 |
| Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | Los Angeles, CA | For core support of the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group | $833,300 |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | Matching Gift Program | $778,162 |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Johannesburg, SF | For advancing university transformation through strengthening the early- and mid-career academic pipeline | $767,500 |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Washington, DC | For continued support for the Wilson China Fellowship program for early career scholars | $767,000 |
| American Councils for International Education Inc | Washington, DC | For support to displaced and at-risk Ukrainian and Russian scholars | $750,000 |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc | Washington, DC | For a project on avoiding miscalculation in an era of great power rivalry | $750,000 |
| Civic News Company | New York, NY | For core support of Chalkbeat | $750,000 |
| International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology | Nairobi, KE | For strengthening doctoral and postdoctoral training in applied science, engineering, and technology in Africa | $750,000 |
| Queens Library Foundation Inc | Jamaica, NY | For project support of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for adult immigrants, and teen programming that supports economic &… | $700,000 |
| University of Cape Town | Rondebosch, SF | For Developing Emerging Academic Leaders (DEAL) and the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) | $700,000 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | For support to the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation | $630,000 |
| iCivics Inc | Cambridge, MA | For core support for the CivXNow Coalition | $625,000 |
| CitySchools Collaborative | Washington, DC | For general support of CityTutor's model | $600,000 |
| International Music and Performing Arts Charitable Trust Scotland | Edinburgh EH AD, UK | As a one-time grant for the design and programming of the Dunard Center Concert Hall | $600,000 |
| International Research and Exchanges Board Inc | Washington, DC | As a final grant for improving university research administration in sub-Saharan Africa | $600,000 |
| Munich Security Conference | Munich, GM | For support of the Middle East Consultation Group meetings | $600,000 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | Seattle, WA | For a Chinese language fellowship program and a research project on China's relations with its neighboring countries | $590,000 |
| Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) | Kampala, UG | For doctoral and postdoctoral support focused on women and agriculture | $586,700 |
| Education Design Lab | Washington, DC | For project support of the Community College Growth Engine | $585,000 |
| Big Picture Learning | Providence, RI | For support of the Big Picture Learning network of schools | $583,300 |
| Brooklyn Public Library | Brooklyn, NY | For project support of Navigation and Career Support for newcomers and English as a Second Language (ESL) program for adult immigrants… | $583,300 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | Arlington, VA | For core support of the PBS NewsHour | $583,300 |
| National Public Radio Inc | Washington, DC | For general support | $583,300 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | For support of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society's research on polarization and electoral reforms | $583,300 |
| Thomas Jefferson Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | For support of its project to rebuild civic infrastructure and engagement in museums in coordination with the Educating for American… | $583,300 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | For core support to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies | $583,000 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | For core support to the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies | $572,000 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | For enhancing publicly engaged scholarship in the Arab region | $562,600 |
Showing the 60 largest of 591 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | For support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellowship program | $4,200,000 |
| Miami Foundation | Miami, FL | For core support of Press Forward, a national journalism initiative aimed at improving local news coverage | $2,833,300 |
| iCivics Inc | Cambridge, MA | For general support | $2,544,000 |
| Charter Fund Inc | Denver, CO | For one time support of Fund IV and Fund V | $1,833,300 |
| National Education Opportunity Network | New York, NY | For support to expand National Education Equity Lab's model to serve an additional 26,000 additional high school students over three years | $1,833,300 |
| The American Exchange Project | Chestnut, MA | For general support | $1,833,300 |
| TEACHMEducation | Cambridge, NY | For project support of the launch of teacher apprenticeships in New York State | $1,750,000 |
| African Population and Health Research Center Inc | Nairobi, | For core support to the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa | $1,650,000 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | For project support of the development of teaching pathways | $1,500,000 |
| Cognia Inc | Alpharetta, GA | As a final grant to develop, pilot, and bring to market a set of interim science assessments aligned with OpenSciEd courses in high school… | $1,500,000 |
| International Crisis Group | New York, NY | For core support to the Africa Program | $1,500,000 |
| National Security Archive Fund Inc | Washington, DC | For the National Security Archive | $1,425,000 |
| Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa | Dakar, | For strengthening African universities through excellence in research, civic engagement, and higher education studies | $1,400,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs Of America | Atlanta, GA | For support of the Think, Learn, Create Change program | $1,250,000 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative focused on nonpartisan voter engagement and voting rights | $1,250,000 |
| Federation of American Scientists | Washington, DC | For a project on nuclear command and control and artificial intelligence | $1,150,000 |
| Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | As a one-time grant in support of the United in Sound: America at 250 Initiative | $1,000,000 |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies Inc | Washington, DC | For core support to CSIS Africa Initiatives | $1,000,000 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | For core support of the Institute for Global Politics | $1,000,000 |
| Community High School Foundation Inc | Redwood City, CA | For support of licenses for expanded access to Futre for 5,000 low-income students | $1,000,000 |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | New York, NY | For support of the Open Source Observatory, an AI-driven library of translated Chinese resources | $1,000,000 |
| Freedom Reads | Hamden, CT | For general support | $1,000,000 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | For general support | $1,000,000 |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | For support of its youth-focused democracy and civic education program | $1,000,000 |
| Narrative 4 Inc | New York, NY | For project support for the next phase of the Focus City Strategy | $1,000,000 |
| National Democratic Institute for International Affairs | Washington, DC | For a cross-partisan dialogue for democracy | $1,000,000 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc | Washington, DC | As a final grant for core support of NTI's nuclear program | $1,000,000 |
| TrustAfrica | Dakar, | As a one-time grant for the West Africa Democracy Fund | $1,000,000 |
| University of Baltimore Foundation | Baltimore, MD | For support of Carnegie scholarships for University of Baltimore near completer students | $1,000,000 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | As a final grant for the Bridging the Gap Project | $1,000,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | For core support of the Trust for Civic Life | $972,200 |
| NewSchools Venture Fund | Oakland, CA | As a one-time grant for project support of the priorities enumerated in the FY2024-2026 strategic plan | $971,000 |
| Breakthrough New York | New York, NY | For support of programming for three middle school cohorts of Breakthrough New York scholars | $950,000 |
| King's College London | London, | For core support to the African Leadership Centre | $925,000 |
| Big Picture Learning | Providence, RI | For support of the Big Picture Learning network of schools | $916,700 |
| African Technology Policy Studies Network | Nairobi, | For support for advancing artificial intelligence capacity in African higher education | $900,000 |
| Alliance for Excellent Education | Washington, DC | For support of the State Policy Center | $900,000 |
| University of Ghana | Accra, | For support for the African Humanities Association (AHA) for enhancing humanities research in Africa | $900,000 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | For support for the Alliance for African Partnership, fostering supporting graduate student environments in African universities, and an… | $895,000 |
| The Institute for Citizens & Scholars | Princeton, NJ | For a project to support the Civic Spring Fellowship to address a significant civic participation opportunity gap nationwide | $854,200 |
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington DC, DC | For core support of BuildUS, a collaborative fund aimed at ensuring federal funds are invested in local communities | $833,300 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | For support of an initiative to reinvigorate civic education in America | $830,000 |
| Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Chicago, IL | For general support | $825,000 |
| National Bureau of Asian Research | Seattle, WA | For a Chinese language fellowship program and a research project on China's relations with its neighboring countries | $825,000 |
| Squash and Education Alliance | New York, NY | For project support of the Carnegie Scholarships and Community Engagement Initiatives in selected regions | $805,000 |
| Bill of Rights Institute | Arlington, VA | For project support to expand debate programs to foster civic skills | $750,000 |
| Braven | Chicago, IL | For core support of Braven New York | $750,000 |
| Makerere University | Kampala, | As a final grant for competitive fellowships for early-career academics at Makerere University and four Ugandan partner public universities | $750,000 |
| Mdrc | New York, NY | For core support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education | $750,000 |
| National 4-H Council | Washington, DC | For project support of the Beyond Ready Program | $750,000 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | For project support of College Access and Civic Engagement Programs for Teens with an emphasis on Immigrant Youth and English as a Second… | $750,000 |
| North American Arab Council for the Social Sciences | New York, NY | For social science research, training, and networks. | $750,000 |
| Propel America | Boston, MA | For general support | $750,000 |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | For next generation dialogue, research, and outreach on China | $750,000 |
| WGBH Educational Foundation | Boston, MA | As a one-time only grant for an educational game on topics related to nuclear security issues | $750,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | For Russia Matters | $700,000 |
| Teach Democracy | Los Angeles, CA | For a project to scale student-led civic engagement through the Civic Action Project and the National Youth Board | $700,000 |
| University of the Witwatersrand | Johannesburg, | For advancing university transformation through strengthening the early- and mid-career academic pipeline | $662,600 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | For support of its reception center for migrants in New York City | $625,000 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | For core support of Opportunity Insights | $625,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $174,390,015 | 990 |
| 2023 | $148,879,954 | 781 |
| 2022 | $147,909,206 | 756 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Jun 25, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202641769349100209
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-1628151
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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