# Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy

The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy is a private award for philanthropy, bestowed every second year to multiple people by the Carnegie family of institutions. In recent years the medal has been presented in New York.

## About the Medal

The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy was inaugurated on December 10, 2001. This award, created at the centennial observance of Andrew Carnegie’s official career as a philanthropist, is given to one or more individuals who have dedicated their private wealth to the public good.

## Mission statement

The Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy honors Mr. Carnegie’s philanthropic achievements by recognizing the achievements of other philanthropists whose work:
* Reflects his breadth of vision and sense of private obligation to the public good;
* Is of significant dimension and has been sustained over time;
* And has had a significant impact internationally or on a particular field, nation, or group of people.
In addition to providing international recognition to such individuals, families, and institutions, the Medal awards ceremony and associated events stimulate what Mr. Carnegie called “the business of benevolence” by widening the circle of international donors and advancing his driving commitment to giving.
The medal is awarded to philanthropists with vision for bold, broad, and permanent change, a long track record of giving, and who have also made an impact on their chosen field or community.

## The award process

Each awards cycle, the Carnegie family of institutions nominates candidates for the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. These nominations are then reviewed by a selection committee composed of four members of the steering committee that organized the inaugural medal — Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland — along with two additional Carnegie institutions, which rotate onto the committee each award cycle. William Thompson, great-grandson of Mr. Carnegie and former Chair of the Carnegie UK Trust, is honorary chair of the committee. Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, chairs the committee.
Each Medal recipient receives a bust of Andrew Carnegie — an original work of art cast in bronze and created specially for the award — and a bronze medal.

## Selected recipients

| year | name |
| 2001 | Walter Annenberg |
| 2001 | Leonore Annenberg |
| 2001 | Brooke Astor |
| 2001 | Irene Diamond |
| 2001 | The Gates Family |
| 2001 | The Rockefeller Family |
| 2001 | George Soros |
| 2001 | Ted Turner |
| 2003 | Kazuo Inamori |
| 2003 | The Sainsbury Family |
| 2005 | Aga Khan |
| 2005 | The Cadbury Family |
| 2005 | Tom Farmer |
| 2005 | Agnes Gund |
| 2005 | The Hewlett Family |
| 2005 | The Packard Family |
| 2007 | Eli Broad |
| 2007 | The Heinz Family |
| 2007 | The Mellon Family |
| 2007 | The Tata Family |
| 2009 | Michael R. Bloomberg |
| 2009 | The Koç Family |
| 2009 | Betty and Gordon Moore |
| 2009 | Joan and Sanford Weill |
| 2011 | The Crown Family |
| 2011 | The Danforth Family |
| 2011 | Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller |
| 2011 | Fred Kavli |
| 2011 | Evelyn and Leonard Lauder |
| 2011 | Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder |
| 2011 | Li Ka-shing |
| 2011 | Pamela and Pierre Omidyar |
| 2011 | The Pew Family |
| 2011 | The Pritzker Family |
| 2013 | Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned |
| 2013 | Tom Hunter |
| 2013 | Marilyn H. and James H. Simons |
| 2013 | Dmitry Zimin |
| 2013 | Janet Wolfson de Botton |
| 2015 | Paul G. Allen |
| 2015 | Charles F. Feeney |
| 2015 | Hanne and Jeremy Grantham |
| 2015 | The Haas Family |
| 2015 | Joan and Irwin Jacobs |
| 2015 | Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. |
| 2015 | Robert B. Menschel and Richard L. Menschel |
| 2015 | David M. Rubenstein |
| 2017 | Mei Hing Chak |
| 2017 | Marguerite & H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest |
| 2017 | Azim Premji |
| 2017 | Julian Robertson |
| 2017 | Jeff Skoll |
| 2017 | Kristine McDivitt Tompkins |
| 2017 | Shelby White |
| 2017 | Sir James D. Wolfensohn |
| 2019 | Anne G. Earhart |
| 2019 | Mellody Hobson and George Lucas |
| 2019 | Marie-Josée Kravis and Henry R. Kravis |
| 2019 | Morton L. Mandel |
| 2019 | Robert F. Smith |
| 2019 | Leonard Tow |
| 2019 | Sir Ian Wood |
| 2022 | Manu Chandaria |
| 2022 | Dolly Parton |
| 2022 | Lyda Hill |
| 2022 | Lynn Schusterman |
| 2022 | Stacy Schusterman |
| 2022 | World Central Kitchen |