GIVING BIG
May 01, 2020
2 minutes
Timeline photo illustrations by RYAN OLBRYSH
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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.”
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1913
and create the Rockefeller Foundation focused on global health, including the development of the vaccine to prevent yellow fever.
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