$10 million

The gift with which Andrew Carnegie founded the Institution

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More than 1,500

The number of individual donors and foundations that support Carnegie annually

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$229 million

The total of this generosity over the past 15 years

Founded in Philanthropy

Andrew Carnegie founded this institution in 1902 as a home for world-transforming scientific breakthroughs. Today, the generous support of our donors advances his legacy of philanthropy and continues to drive discovery.

Many generous individuals and foundations have since demonstrated a commitment to scientific pursuits that create new frontiers, expand human understanding, and launch the next generation of discoveries. We celebrate your investment in Carnegie Science, which helps our investigators explore beyond traditional boundaries of space, Earth, and life sciences. You’ve empowered Carnegie scientists with a rare ability to take risks and chart new—often, previously unimagined—research paths. Together, we are exploring new vistas of knowledge, and we are proud and thankful that you are our partner in this scientific enterprise.

Your support has helped advance Carnegie’s scientific research exploring how a plant species' adaptation is molecularly encoded in their DNA, advancing the study of ovarian follicle development in its most critical stages, how to map the sky with a high-resolution than ever before, and much more.

The following listings include those who have generously supported Carnegie Science, including individuals and those who have given from private foundations and donor-advised funds. We would love the opportunity to recognize your support. To have your name listed here make a donation today by going to www.carnegiescience.edu/support-our-science. Thank you.

What Our Donors Say

If you are going to give to an organization, you want to make sure that your money is put to good use and applied to great research—that is what Carnegie does.

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What I love about astrophysics is that you don’t get to determine the starting conditions. All we get is a twinkle of starlight—but from that we have figured out everything we have so far about the universe. It really is absolutely fascinating.

Simon Harrison
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Paul and Mary Spiewak
Simon and Charlotte Harrison

Lifetime Giving

Andrew Carnegie seated at a desk with a book, circa 1913 1913

Carnegie Founders Society

When Andrew Carnegie made his original $10 million gift, he did so with the audacious goal of establishing an independent research organization that would increase scientific knowledge for the improvement of humankind. Likewise, members of the Carnegie Founders Society are visionaries who—through their generosity and entrepreneurial spirit—lay the foundations for innovation, ingenuity, and intellectual courage to thrive. With lifetime contributions of $10 million or more, these individuals have empowered Carnegie investigators to pursue the most profound challenges in modern science and truly transform our relationship to the universe and world around us.

Anonymous*

Caryl P. Haskins*

William R. Hewlett*

George P. Mitchell*

*Deceased

Edwin Hubble with pipe

Edwin Hubble Society

Science often requires years of hard work and dedication before major discoveries can be made, and Edwin Hubble Society members make the critical investments that allow our researchers to take calculated risks in pursuit of new knowledge. Carnegie scientist Edwin Hubble, the most famous astronomer of the 20th century, shattered our old concept of cosmology by observing that the universe is vastly larger than we thought and is, in fact, expanding. We are proud to honor the members of the Edwin Hubble Society, who have fostered such extended, paradigm-changing research through their lifetime contributions of $1,000,000 - $9,999,999.

Anonymous (2)

D. Euan and Angelica Baird

Lou and Lore Brown*~

Gordon and Cynthia Burley*~

Michael A. Duffy

William H. Gates III

William* and Cynthia Gayden

Michael* and Mary Gellert

Robert G.* and Alexandra C. Goelet

William T. Golden*

Crawford and Margaretta Greenewalt*

David and Charlotte Greenewalt*

Robert and Margaret Hazen

Margaret and Will Hearst

Richard E. Heckert*

Kazuo* and Asako Inamori

Burton* and Deedee McMurtry

Jaylee and Gilbert Mead*

Cary Queen

Deborah Rose

William J. Rutter

David and Catherine Thompson~

Thomas* and Mary Urban

Dr. Nathalie Valette-Silver*

Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr.*

Michael G. & C. Jane Wilson

*Deceased

~New Member

Vannevar Bush portrait

Vannevar Bush Society

Vannevar Bush, the renowned leader of American scientific research of his time, served as Carnegie's president from 1939 to 1956. Bush believed in the power of private organizations and the conviction that it is good for humans to know. The Vannevar Bush Society recognizes those who have made lifetime contributions of $100,000 - $999,999.

Anonymous (5)

Philip H. Abelson*

Bruce and Betty Alberts

Mary Anne Nyburg Baker and G. Leonard Baker, Jr.

Craig and Barbara Barrett

Daniel Belin and Kate Ganz

Bradley F. Bennett*

Didier and Brigitte Berthelemot

Charles Bestor~

David P. Brown*

Donald and Linda Brown

Richard Buynitzky*

A. James Clark*

Tom and Anne Cori

John Crawford

H. Clark and Eleanora K. Dalton*

John Diebold*

Jean and Leslie Douglas*

Herbert A. Dropkin*

James Ebert*

Jo Ann Eder

Bruce W. Ferguson and Heather R. Sandiford

Stephen and Janelle Fodor

Karen Fries and Richard Tait

Martin and Jacqueline Gellert

Sibyl R. Golden*

Diane Greene and Mendel Rosenblum

Simon and Charlotte Harrison~

Gary K.* and Cary S. Hart

Henrietta W. Hollaender*

Virginia Johns~

Antonia Ax:son Johnson and Goran Ennerfelt

Paul A. Johnson*

Paul and Carolyn Kokulis

Douglas E. Koshland

Gerald D. and Doris* Laubach

Gilbert and Karen Levin*~

Lawrence H. Linden

Michael T. Long

John D. Macomber*

Christopher* and Lois Madison

Christine McCarthy and Michael McCormick~

Steven L. McKnight

Richard A. and Martha R. Meserve

Martin and Jacqueline Gellert

J. Irwin Miller*

Al* and Honey Nashman

Charles J. and Virginia E. Peterson

Alexander Pogo*

Stephen Quake~

Elizabeth M. Ramsey*

Ray and Meredith Rothrock

Vera and Robert Rubin*

Allan R. Sandage*

Leonard Searle*

Laura and Carlton Seaver~

Maxine and Daniel Singer

Allan Spradling and Edie Stern

Frank N. Stanton*

Christopher Stone

Dawn Taylor

Michael W. Thacher and Rhonda L. Rundle~

Tommy Tse

William* and Nancy Turner

Marshall and Deborah Wais

Matthew Weitzman~

Anthony and Susan Wood

Laure Woods

*Deceased

~New Member

The Milky Way visible over a mountain road. Courtesy of Yuri Beletsky.

Second Century Legacy Society

The Second Century Legacy Society recognizes individuals who make special commitments to Carnegie Science in support of scientific research and discovery through their wills, living trusts, estate plans, and other forms of planned giving. Members of the Society carry on the vital tradition of philanthropy upon which Carnegie Science was founded, ensuring that throughout Carnegie’s next 100 years, we have the resources to broaden scientific knowledge and cultivate future generations of leading scientists. Through planned gifts, members meet their charitable and financial goals while creating legacies that support the research areas most important to them. We gratefully acknowledge these dedicated supporters, whose impact will be felt in tomorrow’s research advances.

Anonymous (4)

Philip H. Abelson*

Paul A. Armond, Jr.

Liselotte Beach*

Bradley F. Bennett*

Charles Bestor~

Francis R. Boyd, Jr.*

Lou and Lore Brown*

Gordon and Cynthia Burley*

Sigrid Burton and Max Brennan

Richard Buynitzky*

Cathy Colloff~

Eleanor Gish Crow*

Richard E. Cuellar*

H. Clark and Eleanora K. Dalton*

Hugh H. Darby*

Herbert A. Dropkin*

Jo Ann Eder

Susan Farkas

Nina V. Fedoroff

Raymond C. Fletcher

Julie D. Forbush*

Bevan M. French~

William T. Golden*

Crawford and Margaretta Greenewalt*

David C. Hardy

Mrs. P. Edgar Hare

Gary K.* and Cary S. Hart

Caryl P. Haskins*

Robert and Margaret Hazen

Richard E. Heckert*

Henrietta W. Hollaender*

Neil Hurwitz

Paul A. Johnson*

Paul and Carolyn Kokulis

Mary G. Laufenberg*

Nancy Lee

Gilbert and Karen Levin*

Barbara C. Martin

Al* and Honey Nashman

Charles J. and Virginia E. Peterson

Alexander Pogo*

Elizabeth M. Ramsey*

Holly M. Ruess

Allan R. Sandage*

Frederick Schwarzenbach and Leslie Prussia

Ron Scott

Leonard Searle*

Maxine and Daniel Singer

Frank N. Stanton*

Fay M. Stetzer*

John R. Thomas*

Ian Thompson

Hatim A. Tyabji

William M. White

Robert and Roberta Young

*Deceased

~New Member

Annual Giving

(Gifts received between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022)

Fish teem around a coral reef

Carnegie Champions

Carnegie Champions are donors who contribute $10,000 or more annually to the Institution within the fiscal year. Members of this special community enhance the work of Carnegie researchers within our three divisions through their philanthropic support and by connecting directly with our scientists. Their contributions enable our scientists to channel their intellectual courage, talent, and entrepreneurial spirit to achieve the next big discovery. We are proud to recognize these bold and loyal donors who make supporting science among their top philanthropic values.

$1,000,000 or more

Anonymous

Lou and Lore Brown*

*Deceased

 

 

$100,000 to $999,999

Anonymous (2)

Craig and Barbara Barrett

Simon and Charlotte Harrison

Stephen Quake

David and Catherine Thompson

Michael G. & C. Jane Wilson

$10,000 to $99,999

Anonymous

Charles Bestor

Sigrid Burton and Max Brennan

Cathy Colloff

Alice S. Coulombe

John Crawford

Steven B. Crystal

John P. de Neufville

Michael A. Duffy

Douglas M. Fambrough III

Bevan M. French

Diane Greene and Mendel Rosenblum

Robert and Margaret Hazen

Charles Bowditch Hunter

Virginia Johns

Paul* and Carolyn Kokulis

Thomas and Jessica Korzenecki

Michael T. Long

Julia Sever Lytle

Mary E. Maxon

Christine McCarthy and Michael McCormick

Nentcho Nentchev

Charles J. and Virginia E. Peterson

Ray and Meredith Rothrock

Laura and Carlton Seaver

Stephen Shectman

Paul and Mary Spiewak

Bharti Temkin

David and Catherine Thompson

Ian Thompson

Matthew Weitzman

Marshall and Deborah Wais

*Deceased

Other Individual Giving

$1,000 to $9,999

Anonymous (4)

Louis and Mary Jo Arnold

Cheryl A. Bantz

Robert and Lynne Barker

Charlotte S. Barus

Philip Beachy and Katrin Andreasson

Richard and Kathleen Becker

Joseph A. Berry

Peter C. Brockett and Laureen B. Chang

Rita Colwell

John Cross

Donald and Lucille Crumrine

Nancy Davis

William S. Dickey

Samuel and Barbara Dyer

Jo Ann Eder

Brice and Margaret Eldridge

Sandra and Andrew Faber

William B. Fagan

Oscar and Toby Fitzgerald

Sally Ann Free

David and Carolyn Gambrel

Stuart Gerson and Pamela Somers

Thomas and Josephine Greeley

H. Jason and Dana Harrison

William K. Hart

Tracy Hauri

Marc Hersh

Rush D. Holt and Margaret Lancefield

Toby M. Horn

Eric and Jill Hubbell

Eric Isaacs and Linda Goldwyn

Theodore and Jacqueline Johnson

Bill Key

Marguerite J. Kingston

Richard and Lisa Kornblith

Jim and Laura LaBarge

Katherine N. Lapp

Haozhe Liu

Michael J. MacDermott

Frank and Mona Mapel

James Mattingly and Judith Shure

Michael Miller

Michael B. Moran

John Morrow

John Mulchaey

Charles G. Myers

H. Richard Naslund

Dr. and Mrs. Armand P. Neukermans

Augustus Oemler, Jr.

Raymond and Bette Ann Page

Sheldon and Debora Presser

Jeffery and Dana Puschell

Cary Queen

Aparajit Raghavan and Satyashree Srikanth

Seung Yon Rhee

Benjamin E. Richter

Dr. Shirley M. Ross

Cristián Samper

Frederick Schwarzenbach and Leslie Prussia

Matthew P. Scott

Ron Scott

William and Glenna Shawn

Randolph and Diane Sim

David Singer and Diana Kapp

Paul So

Jordan Sorensen and Erik Lin-Greenberg

Randall Speck and Samantha Nolan

David N. Spergel

Michael Stein and Judy Rhinestine

Patricia Stiehl

Douglas K. Struck

Somu Sundaramurthy

Tetsuo Takanami

Michael W. Thacher and Rhonda L. Rundle

John R. Thomas*

Charles and Geneva Thornton

Scott B. Tollefsen

Michael J. Walter

Alan Wang

Zhiyong Wang and Yanli Yang

Mark Welsh

Robert Williamson and Caryl McNeilly

David and Julianne Worrell

Richard S. Young and Bonnie M. Beamer

Robert and Roberta Young

*Deceased

Under $1,000

Anonymous (2)

George Abdo

Carmen Aguilar

Adrienne Alegre

Emilie M. Allen

Larry Allen

Robert Alschuler

Arthur Aronson

John and Michele Arthur

Ulanda Aung

Andrew Avrick

Benjamin G. Barbin

Alain Baronnet

Mazie Baskin

Michelle Battle

Emile J. Bayle

Philip Beachy and Katrin Andreasson

Michael Bearfoot

Farid Behshid

Harvey E. Belkin

Frederick Bernthal & Heather Lancaster

Tom I. Bonner

Christian Borillo

Kurt R. Borski

Avery Boyce

Dody and Tommy Brager

Charles and Lucille Brown

Dale Burger

Donald M. Burt

Henner Busemann

Michele Byrnes

Christopher Cahill

John A.R. Caldwell

Carol Laikin Carpenter

Dana Carroll

Richard Casey

Wen-Ping Chen

Matthias Chiquet

Asit Choudhuri

Ida Chow

Dan Cisin

William Cleveland

Christine Collins and Dana Berliner

Albert S. Colman

David Conover

Gary Conrad and Charlotte Streng

John and Bette Cooper

Ronald M. Costell

Janet Crampton

Dr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Crotty

Martin Czigler

Stewart Allan Daniels, MD and Nancy Joy Daniels

John E. Davis and Bonnie Freeman

Peter and Jacqueline Davis

Carl and Judith Dawson

Benjamin Dayman

Ken and Jacquelyn* de Graaf

Vannia De La Cuba

Cristine del Amo

David H. and Kunie F. DeVorkin

John DeWitt, Jr.

Laura D. Dominguez

Charles E. and Joan M. Dorgan

Martin Dresner and Lorrie Westerlund

Janice Dunlap

Christopher Edwards

David H. Eggler

Seth and Marion Eisen

Constance B. Elliot

Brian Eriksen and Carlos Muralles

Wallace and Charlotte Ernst

William Fahey

John E. Farhood

Eric J. Fearon

Scott J. Fitzgerald

Carolina Flores-Helizon

Robert and Carole Fontenrose

Richard and Cheryl Freeman

Mary L. Garnett

Edwin Gaynor

William and Barbara Geffen

Mattia Gellera

Thomas Gertmenian and Sally Barngrove

Al Getz and Sara Nieves-Grafals

Mike Giardello

M. Charles Gilbert

Kirsten and Oliver Gildersleeve

Lawrence Giles

Sven Girsperger

Carla Gladstone

William and Gayle Glauz

Eitan Glinert and Laura Lacombe

Ken Globus

David and Koon Goldenberg

William and Margaret Goodwin

Cathy Green

John D. Greenhill

John and Deborah Guest

Robert D. Guy

Dr. Denise Hagan and Grant Frederick

William and Dorothy Hagar

Catherine L. Haight

James T. Haight

Marylee H. Hair-Tinsley

Karsten Halusa

Bret D. Hampton

Joseph Haney

Bradley Hanson and Rhett Judice

Mrs. P. Edgar Hare

Lisa W. Harter

Shan Hays

John and Ann Hess

Frank Hilldrup

William H. and Patricia G. Hohwiesner

Michael H. Horner

Julianna Horvath

Robert F. Howard

Larry and Graciela Huffman

Neil Hurwitz

Robert Ihsen

Bobby R. Inman

Richard P. and Robin J. Jacobson

Darius and Carol Kanga

Milan M. Karol

Peter and Jane Katona

John Keiser

Anonymous

M.B. Kirkham

Melanie Knutsen

Nick Konidaris

David C. Koo

Kirk T. Korista

G. Gary Kowalczyk

Arthur Krieger

Prashant Kulkarni

Steven and Nancy L'Hernault

Ethel Laczko

Jerome Laux

Robert and Marjorie Lawrence

Samuel A. and Mary M. Lawrence

Kurt Lawson and Jill Feasley

Harold H. Lee

Matthew C. Lee

Stuart Lending

Frederick and Suzanne Lepple

Alan E. Levin

Gilbert and Karen Levin*

Jon Lindberg

Felix J. Lockman

Tamar Lolua

Christopher and Catherine Loretz

Christine and Philip Lumb

Bruce and Laurie Lyons

John Macgregor and Connie Stephens

Alec Machiels and Sarah Bennison

Anthony P. Mahowald

Steven R. Majewski

Stephen and Sally Maran

Amanda Marcucci

Janet Marott

Barbara C. Martin

Mario and Nancy Bennett Mateo

David Mauriello

Robert H. and Dorothy A. McCallister

Robert McClelland

Francis McCrackin and Michael Geglia

Francis McCubbin

Jim McDermott and Cynthia Kurtz

Ann McElwain

D. Joel and Mary Mellema

Natasha Metzler

Robert Meyer and Nancy Valentine

John J. Michels

Dennis F. Miller

William G. Minarik

Richard M. Mitterer

John Moore

Joseph F. Moore

Robert A. Morse

Deborah Hursh and Mark Mortin

Gary G. Mrenak

Seanan Murphy

Ralph H. Nafziger

Rodney and Pamela Nakamoto

Lester Newman

Alvin Nieder

Niels Nielsen

John Ray Nooncaster

Jeffrey B. Norman

Donald B. Novotny

Richard and Grace Obermann

Kathie L. Olsen

Peter and Janyce Olsen

John H. and Roberta Overholt

Michael S. Paisner

Kristen Palumbo

Ben and Irene Pandit

Linda Parshall

George H. Pepper

John Petricciani

Marc and Brenda Pfeiffer

Eric Philburn

Stephen Pierce

Emil Polisensky

John Price and Anne Shoemaker

Karen J. Profet

Laura Puckett

Daniel W. Pugh

Jerome and Dena Puskin

Sampath Ramaswami

R. P. Ranganayaki

Bryan Ranharter

Gary and Ana Rasmussen

J. Martin Ratliff and Carol A. Polanskey

Philip T. Reeker

Heidi Reutter

Robert C. and Louise N. Ritchie

Michael Robbins

Janet Rose

Roy Rose

Anonymous

Steven and Margaretta Rothenberg

Bert and Beverly Rude

Tyler Rullman and Teresa Wilkerson

Stuart Sacks

Lawrence E. Sager

Alexander Sandra

Gerald Scheinman and Marsha Seidelman

Kevin C. Schlaufman

Charles Schmitz

Robert L. Schulte

François Schweizer

Jock Scott

Christopher Seagle

Brian Sesterhenn

Anat Shahar and Aaron Kofner

Charles and Inez Sharp

Diane Shaw

Harlan and Beverly Sherwat

Fred Shoup

Stephanie Sigala and James Rhodes

Mary Ellen Simon

Ralph and Kathleen Smith

Robert C. Smith

David E. Snead

David L. Soderberg

Steven S. Spaulding

William Staton

Erich W. Steiner

Lars Stixrude and Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni

Christopher Paul Stoppa

Neil and Leslie Straus

Edward Strobel

Peter Tague and Rhea Smith

James Talens

Barbara M. Taylor

Colin Taylor

Leslie C. Taylor

Anonymous

William Topper

Scott Trager

Martin Trees and Kristen Olson

Albert and Virginia Tucker

John Ulmer and Ann Marie Lee

Robert S. Vance, Jr.

Anne M. Vaughan

Katharine Villard

Daniel and Eloise Vitiello

Richard J. Walker and Mary F. Horan

Zhou Wang and Xiaoyan Cai

Dave Warner

Sam Warner

Richard Wattis

William M. White

Edward White V

David G. Whittingham

James E. Williams

Matthew Williamson

Stewart and Margaret Wills

Robert Wing

Joseph and Alison Winter

Eric Wolman

Neal L. Wood

Margaret D. Woodring

Robert J. Yamartino

Anonymous

Henry A. Yost

Alessandro Zanello and Maria Elena Gutierrez

Robert A. Zarzar

Timothy A. Zimmerlin

Foundations and Corporations

$100,000 to $999,999

The Brinson Foundation

ClimateWorks Foundation

The Ambrose Monell Foundation

The Pew Charitable Trusts

The Rose Hills Foundation

Schmidt Futures

Simons Foundation

Society for Conservation Biology

$10,000 to $99,999

Carnegie Institution of Canada

Heising-Simons Foundation

Richard W. Higgins Charitable Foundation

The Kavli Foundation

The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

The Project Fibonacci Foundation

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Gifts In Honor and In Memoriam

In Honor of Dr. Conel Alexander

Scott J. Fitzgerald


In Memory of Dr. Gordon Davis

Harvey E. Belkin


In Memory of Dr. Roger Helizon

Carolina Flores-Helizon


In Memory of Mr. Michael Gellert

Alec Machiels and Sarah Bennison


In Honor of Mr. Shaun Hardy

Janice Dunlap


In Memory of Dr. Erik Hauri

Tracy Hauri

William G. Minarik


In Honor of Dr. Robert Hazen

Fred Shoup


In Memory of Dr. Matthew Johns

Ronald A. Chong


In Memory of Dr. Francis Boyd, Jr.

Marguerite J. Kingston


In Honor of Dr. John Mulchaey

Sigrid Burton and Max Brennan

Robert Alschuler

Richard and Lisa Kornblith


In Memory of Hatten Yoder

H. Richard Naslund


In Memory of Dr. Charles Prewitt

Christopher Cahill


In Memory of Dr. Vera Rubin

Asit Choudhuri

George H. Pepper


In Memory of Dr. Allan Sandage

Steven R. Majewski


In Memory of Dr. Marilyn Fogel

Carmen Aguilar

Albert S. Colman

Terry and Kim Creque

Beverly J. Johnson

Stephanie Sigala and James Rhodes

Rodney and Pamela Nakamoto


In Honor of Dr. Kristina Tank

Barbara M. Taylor


In Memory of Dr. Nathalie Valette-Silver

Janice Dunlap


In Honor of Dr. Zhiyong Wang

Yanli Yang


In Honor of Dr. Ray Weymann

Kirk T. Korista