Carnegie Results
Carnegie Results highlights the work of current foundation-supported nonprofit organizations as well as projects that have produced reports, results or knowledge of particular importance.
Recent Carnegie Results
The Truth Behind Suicide Terrorism: A Carnegie Scholar’s pioneering research project aims to dispel myths and reshape policy.
This is an account of Carnegie Corporation’s support for one scholar’s research, which opened up new terrain in policy relevant work and continues to influence decision makers at the highest level. Five years after being...
The Immigration Advocates Network: An Online Collaboration led by Pro Bono Net Provides Immigration- Related Resources
This is the story of how coalitions of organizations with a shared goal can collaborate online to provide learning and information resources that alone, they might never be able to offer. Pro Bono Net’s Immigration...
Research, Scholarship and Collaboration: Legacies of Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Higher Education in the Former Soviet Union (HEFSU) Initiative, 1998–2008
The Corporation sponsored major international programs focused on improving U.S.-Soviet relations and promoting cooperation in areas such as arms control and nuclear non-proliferation. Building on these earlier...
Media Grantmaking Strategies: When the Impact is in Question
This is an analysis of media grantmaking to support nonprofit issues. It is also the story of a first-time grantmaker who can say, in the end, that the grantee did what it was supposed to do but the strategy was a failure
VolunteerMatch: An Online Service Helps Everyone Find A Great Place to Volunteer
At the height of the dot-com boom, Jay Backstrand, a young Silicon Valley insider with a social conscience, first witnessed the power of the Internet to get big groups of people involved in vital community causes. He...
Boston Review: A Small Political and Literary Magazine Dramatically Increases Its Visibility and Impact
Celebrating more than three decades of publication, Boston Review continues to fine-tune itself as a nexus for people seeking cutting-edge ideas in a forum that encourages dialog about politics and culture. Recently, the...
Four Freedoms Fund: A Pioneering Foundation Partnership Advocates for Immigrants
Results looks at how a collaborative of major funders now in its fifth year is powering up grassroots immigrant groups in 28 states. Grown from five member foundations to eight, they have found a new way to work as a team: sharing ideas, learning...
The Collegiate Learning Assessment: A Tool for Measuring the Value Added of a Liberal Arts Education
While America’s colleges and universities have been the envy of the world, there is a growing understanding that other nations are not only catching up with the United States but also competing effectively in offering higher education oriented...
The Aspen Institute Congressional Program: A Nonpartisan Success Story
This is an analysis of a bipartisan congressional project first funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, which is dedicated to educating lawmakers, now has numerous supporters; yet with a leadership...
