The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a US-based philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911.
Guided by its funder’s vision, the foundation devotes its efforts toward international peace and advancing education and knowledge to support education activities across the United States and, later, the world.
Carnegie Corporation of New York provided USD 23.6 million for development in 2022 through its grantmaking activities. Compared to 2021, this amount represents an increase of 52% in real terms.
In 2022, the Carnegie Corporation of New York channelled its development finance mostly through universities, research institutes or think‑tanks (USD 17.1 million) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society (USD 6 million).
In 2022, Carnegie Corporation of New York provided USD 400 thousand to the multilateral system, representing 1.7% of its development finance, all of which was earmarked for specific purposes. ESCWA of the United Nations was the recipient of the Corporation’s multilateral contribution in 2022.
In 2022, civil society organisations (CSOs) received USD 6.1 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s gross development finance. Of this, 26.4% was allocated to CSOs as core support, while the remainder of 73.6% was earmarked to specific projects or programmes. Most of these contributions were provided to NGOs in donor countries (51.2%) and recipient countries (38.8%).
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In 2022, Carnegie Corporation of New York’s development finance was primarily focused on Africa and the Middle East. USD 18 million was allocated to Africa and USD 4.1 million to the Middle East, accounting respectively for 76.1% and 17.4% of gross development finance. A sum of USD 0.8 million (3.4%) was unspecified by region in 2022.
In 2022, 18.7% of gross development finance was provided in support of the top 10 recipients, most notably Uganda, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Syrian Arab Republic and Egypt.
Least developed countries (LDCs) and other low-income countries (LICs) received USD 3 million (12.6%) of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s gross disbursements in 2022. A majority of 80.7% was unallocated by income group.
Notes: LDC: least developed country; LIC: low-income country; LMIC: lower middle-income country; UMIC: upper middle-income country; MADCTs: more advanced developing countries and territories.
Furthermore, Carnegie Corporation of New York allocated USD 1.7 million of its development finance to land-locked developing countries in 2022.
Support to fragile contexts reached USD 3.6 million in 2022, representing 15.5% of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s development finance.
Notes: HDP: humanitarian-development-peace. The chart represents only gross bilateral contributions that are allocated by country.
In 2022, almost all (96.2%) of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s contributions were allocated to social infrastructure and services, in particular education and support to government and civil society. Humanitarian assistance amounted to USD 700 thousand.
In 2022, Carnegie Corporation of New York committed the largest shares of its contributions to quality education (SDG 4), peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) and partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. Support for gender equality and women’s empowerment amounted to USD 1.4 million.
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The methodological notes provide further details on the definitions and statistical methodologies applied, including core and earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations, the Sustainable Development Goal focus of private development finance, channels of delivery, unspecified/unallocated allocations, the gender equality policy marker, and the environment markers.