August 18, 2005 | Read Time: 1 minute
The Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, a biennial award that honors philanthropists who inspire others, will be presented in October to six individuals and families. Recipients include two American families who made their money in technology, the Packards and the Hewletts.
Those families founded the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Flora Family Foundation, which was created in part to help the next generation of the Hewlett family learn about the impact of philanthropy.
The Cadbury family, which made its fortune selling chocolate candy, will also receive the Carnegie medal for the philanthropic work of its two charitable foundations, which promote civil rights, racial justice, and peace and democracy.
Three individuals will also be honored: Agnes Gund, an arts benefactor in New York; Sir Tom Farmer, a Scottish businessman who has raised money for victims of the war in Kosovo; and His Highness the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, who has signifcantly expanded the scope of nonprofit organizations founded by his grandfather.
