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 individuals, families, and institutions, the Medal Awards ceremony and its 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 name2001Walter Annenberg2001Leonore Annenberg2001Brooke Astor2001Irene Diamond2001The Gates Family2001The Rockefeller Family2001George Soros2001Ted Turner2003Kazuo Inamori2003The Sainsbury Family2005 Aga Khan2005The Cadbury Family2005Tom Farmer2005Agnes Gund2005The Hewlett Family2005The Packard Family2007Eli Broad2007 The Heinz Family2007The Mellon Family2007The Tata Family 2009Michael R. Bloomberg2009The Koç Family2009Betty and Gordon Moore2009Joan and Sanford Weill2011The Crown Family2011The Danforth Family2011 Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller2011 Fred Kavli2011Evelyn and Leonard Lauder2011Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder2011Li Ka-shing2011Pamela and Pierre Omidyar2011The Pew Family2011The Pritzker Family2013 Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned2013 Tom Hunter 2013Marilyn H. and James H. Simons2013 Dmitry Zimin2013 Janet Wolfson de Botton2015 Paul G. Allen2015 Charles F. Feeney2015 Hanne and Jeremy Grantham2015 The Haas Family2015 Joan and Irwin Jacobs2015 Jon M. Huntsman, Sr.2015 Robert B. Menschel and Richard L. Menschel2015 David M. Rubenstein2017Mei Hing Chak2017Marguerite & H. F. “Gerry” Lenfest2017Azim Premji2017Julian Robertson2017Jeff Skoll2017Kristine McDivitt Tompkins2017Shelby White2017Sir James D. Wolfensohn2019Anne G. Earhart2019Mellody Hobson and George Lucas2019Marie-Josée Kravis and Henry R. Kravis2019Morton L. Mandel2019Robert F. Smith2019Leonard Tow2019Sir Ian Wood2022Manu Chandaria2022Dolly Parton2022Lyda Hill2022Lynn Schusterman2022Stacy Schusterman2022World Central Kitchen2025Carol Colburn Grigor2025Barbara and Amos Hostetter Jr.2025Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer and Joseph Neubauer2025Comic Relief
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