Carnegie Corporation of New York, established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 and endowed with $135,000,000, expends its annual income in grants to institutions and agencies whose activities aim at the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States and of the British Dominions and Colonies. During 1937-38, the corporation trustees appropriated a total of $3,830,135 for: library interests, $571,600; adult education, $180,500; fine arts and museums, $646,125; research and publication, $554,660; general educational purposes in schools, colleges, universities, etc., $1,877,250. The amount appropriated since 1911 totals $171,882,563.
The five other separately administered Carnegie organizations in the United States, which were founded by Mr. Carnegie for specific purposes before the establishment of the corporation, with endowments now ranging from $10,000,000 to $30,000,000, followed their established programs as described regularly in their annual publications.
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh.
(1896), which comprises an institute of technology, a museum of fine arts, a music hall, a museum of natural history, a public library, and a library school, announced gifts from outside sources, including $200,000 from Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and $300,000 from the Maurice Falk Foundation. The annual international art exhibit at the museum again attracted wide attention.
Carnegie Institution of Washington.
(1902), devoted to scientific research, expended $1,484,436 in its program of encouraging investigation, research and discovery and the application of knowledge to the improvement of mankind, specifically by work in astronomy (Mt. Wilson Observatory), terrestrial magnetism, geophysics, animal and plant biology, and historical research (especially in Yucatan). President John C. Merriam announced his intention of retiring in December 1938; the Trustees elected Dean Vannevar Bush, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to be his successor.
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
(1904), established to recognize heroic acts performed in the United States of America, the Dominion of Canada, the Colony of Newfoundland, and the waters thereof, by persons the nature of whose duties in following their regular vocations does not necessarily require them to perform such acts, made 58 awards of medals, or of funds for worthy purposes, in recognition of acts of heroism, thus bringing the total number of awards since 1904 to 3,023, and the total of money grants to $5,692,303.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
(1910), established to serve the purpose indicated by its name, expended $672,805 in its efforts to further friendly understanding among the nations of the world. Continued progress was made also in the study of Canadian-American relations, the findings of which are being reported in 44 volumes, published chiefly by Yale University, Ryerson, and Oxford Presses, made possible by Corporation grants to the Endowment.
In addition, there are four separately endowed and locally administered Carnegie Trusts in Great Britain.
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust.
(1913), in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, with £2,000,000 endowment, the income available for improvement of the well-being of the masses of people of Great Britain and Ireland, by such means as are embraced within the meaning of the word 'charitable' according to Scottish or English law, made grants totaling £167,800 in connection with its five-year program of aid in land settlement, rural social services, urban and general social services, music, adult education, museums and libraries. Chairman of Trustees. The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine; the Secretary. Lt. Col. J.M. Mitchell.
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.
(1901), Edinburgh, with £2,000,000 endowment, the income of which is to be used (a) in improving and extending opportunities for scientific study and research in the universities of Scotland, and (b) in aiding deserving and qualified youth of that country to attend, and enjoy the advantages of, those universities, assisted 3,534 students to pay fees through grants totaling £51,797, and made grants totaling £51,460 to university centers at St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh. The number of beneficiaries of former years who have since voluntarily repaid advances for class fees now totals 1,023; the amount refunded totals £39,578. The Secretary is James Robb, LL.D.
Carnegie Dunfermline Trust.
(1903), with £750,000 endowment, the income 'to be used in attempts to bring into the monotonous lives of the toiling masses of Dunfermline more of sweetness and light,' expended £37,615 in maintaining and improving Pittencrief Park and Glen: its new concert hall; in continuing to support the swimming pond, gymnasium, playing field, institutes and clubs: also, in its medical welfare work. Chairman of trustees. James Currie Macbeth, B.L.: Secretary. J. W. Ormiston.
Carnegie Hero Fund Trust.
(1908), endowed with £250,000, with the same Board of Trustees as the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, the income being used to recognize heroic acts 'in Great Britain and Ireland and the adjacent islands pertaining thereto, including the Channel Islands, and the territorial waters surrounding said countries and islands.' More than 4,100 names are now on the Roll of Heroes, and some 1,100 widows, children, and other annuitants are listed on the Trust Register as recipients of cash assistance. Officers are the same as for Carnegie Dunfermline Trust.
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