May 6, 1999
Carnegie's Views on Giving: No Longer Gospel
"The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship." Thus begins "Wealth" (later named "The Gospel of Wealth"), Andrew Carnegie's 1889 manifesto that launched a century of organized philanthropy.
Though still cited by historians and scholars of foundation philanthropy as the defining document of American charity, the gospel according to Mr. Carnegie
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