Philanthropist’s influence and legacy reaches across the globe

Today, 26 organisations worldwide bear Carnegie’s name. They carry on work in fields as diverse as art, education, international affairs, peace, and scientific research. Although they are considered members of a “family”, these organisations remain independent entities and are related by name only.

Others exist at a more local level including the Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline which, while carrying his name, was not built by Andrew Carnegie himself but was funded later by the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and opened in 1937.

The main international bodies are: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs; Carnegie Dunfermline Trust; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Carnegie Foundation; Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; Carnegie Hall (New York); Carnegie Institution for Science; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Carnegie Mellon University; Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh; The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland; The Carnegie UK Trust; Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (US); Carnegie Hero Fund (Belgium); Carnegies Belonningsfond for Heltemod (Denmark); Foundation Carnegie (France); The Fondazione Carnegie Per Gliatti de Eroismo (Italy); Stichting Carnegie Heldenfonds (The Netherlands); Carnegie Heltefond for Norge (Norway); Carnegiestiftelsen (Sweden); The Carnegie Rescuers Foundation (Switzerland) and The Carnegie Hero Fund Trust (UK).