Carnegie foundation grant

Established by Andrew Carnegie through the Carnegie Corporation, the grant money is provided successful applicangs for education with the goal of creating "ladders on which the aspiring can rise". The corporation was founded in 1911 with an endowment of $135 million dollars, the largest single philanthropic trust ever established. Grants are for varying possibilities including foreign study. Artist recipients include Agnes Addison, Augusta Savage, Norman Lewis and John Fabian Carlson. Sources: AskART database; http://carnegie.org/grants/grants-database/