• How and when can my organization announce the receipt of our Carnegie Corporation of New York grant?
• How do we contact the Office of Public Affairs?
• Do we need permission to convene a press briefing about our Carnegie Corporation of New York -funded work?
• How do we respond to press inquiries about our Carnegie Corporation of New York grant?
• When and how do we credit Carnegie Corporation of New York?
• Can we use Carnegie Corporation of New York's logo?
• What is the policy for use of Carnegie Corporation of New York's name and logo?
• Is there a style to which we should conform when referring to Carnegie Corporation of New York in our communications?
• Does Carnegie Corporation of New York have preferred boilerplate language we should use to describe the foundation?
• Can we link to the foundation's Web site?
• How can we get our work featured on Carnegie Corporation of New York's Web site?
• Will Carnegie Corporation of New York publicize the fact that we have received this grant?
• If we supply photos, video segments or other media about our work, can they be used on the Carnegie Website?

Public announcements, including press releases, about the receipt of your Carnegie Corporation grant and/or grant renewal do not require approval from the foundation. However, the foundation does request a copy of the announcement prior to its release.  The foundation also requests advance copies of all subsequent news releases about your project's activities.

The Office of Public Affairs contact information is available on the News page.

While you do not need permission, in order to avoid conflicts with other Carnegie Corporation-sponsored programs or to possibly include a foundation officer in the planning of your event, you should inform your Carnegie Corporation program officer or the Office of Public Affairs well in advance of the planned press briefing.

We encourage you to proactively engage the media about your work.  If journalists or bloggers have questions that are more appropriate for Carnegie Corporation to answer, such as why your project was funded, please direct those inquiries to the Office of Public Affairs at (212) 207-6273.

The recommended language to credit Carnegie Corporation support in a press release, publication, Web site, etc. is:

For materials where full support is provided by the Foundation "Support for this (program, conference, publication, initiative, Web site, article, etc.) was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York."

For materials where only partial support is provided by the Foundation: "Support for this (program, conference, publication, initiative, Web site, article, etc.) was provided in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York."

Use of the Foundation's name and logo (other than on the Foundation's stationery and approved forms, and in the text of routine correspondence and documents) must be approved in advance. The clearing point for such permissions is the Office of Public Affairs.

Requests should: identify the proposed use; medium (signage, published material, Internet, Power Point, etc.) in which the logo would appear; file format requested (.eps, .gif, .jpg, .tiff); and the primary audience.

The Office of Public Affairs, in conjunction with the grantee's program officer, will respond to all requests.

If permission for use of the foundation's logo is granted for use on the Internet, that permission is contingent on the inclusion of a link from the logo to www.carnegie.org, and removal of the logo and link once the grant is complete.

The name, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the logo are the property of Carnegie Corporation of New York.  Any use of the name or logo, inluding use on such items as printed literature, signage, exhibits and displays, publications, interactive media, Web sites, sponsored program literature and signage, joint publications, letterhead, news releases and/or announcements, must be cleared with the Office of Public Affairs.

Permission to use the foundation's name and/or logo is at the sole discretion of Carnegie Corporation, based on factors including how it would be used, in what setting and the implied relationship represented by the logo.

Requests for permission to use the Carnegie Corporation logo must be submitted to the Office of Public Affairs and approved by the appropriate program officer.  If usage is permitted, the logo must be reproduced in its approved colors and formats in accordance with style guidelines that will accompany the appropriate logo files.

In written documents, the name "Carnegie Corporation of New York" may be presented in different fonts and point sizes as long as the initial letter of each word, except 'of,' is capitalized.

• The definite article 'the' is not used when referring to the foundation.
• "The XYZ Organization announced a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York."
• On first reference, please use the foundation's full name. When it starts a sentence or when helpful, use "Carnegie Corporation of New York."
• Use "Carnegie Corporation" (without the definite article "the") on second and subsequent references.
• Avoid using 'Carnegie' or 'CCNY.'
• Never use 'Carnegie Foundation.'

Please include the following boilerplate paragraph at the end of your press release:

About Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to do "real and permanent good in this world."

Carnegie Corporation encourages grantees and other organizations to link to the foundation's Web site. Use of the foundation's logo as part of that link requires permission from the Office of Public Affairs.  In nearly all cases, permission will be granted, as long as the logo is positioned only as part of the link and is not used to imply a different, broader relationship between Carnegie Corporation and the site.

An important goal of Carnegie Corporation's Web site is to ensure that our various audiences are kept up-to-date on the work of our grantees.

If your Carnegie Corporation-supported work: results in a publication or video; has generated print or electronic media coverage; creates and posts important new content to your website; issues a press release; convenes a meeting that you believe is suitable for the foundation to present on its own Web site, please contact the Office of Public Affairs.

Carnegie Corporation will post the grant information to its Web site, including the name of the organization, amount and purpose of the award as well as the duration of the grant.  The foundation rarely announces the grant by disseminating news to the media and other audiences.

We encourage grantees to submit high-quality images that depict the ultimate beneficiaries of their work. We have found that photographs that "tell a story" help us to convey the nature of our grantees work. Images, for example, of attendees at a conference on education reform are of little value. Whereas, images of young people in an education setting, are much better.

Please contact the Office of Public Affairs before sending images.  Please understand that we cannot use all images we receive, or may not be able to use those we selected immediately.