GIVING BIG
May 01, 2020
2 minutes
Timeline photo illustrations by RYAN OLBRYSH
1889
Andrew Carnegie, who funded 3,000 libraries, publishes an essay “The Gospel of Wealth.” In 1911 he establishes the Carnegie Corporation of New York with a mandate “to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.”
1913
and create the Rockefeller Foundation focused on global health, including the development of the vaccine to prevent yellow fever.
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