Causes: Education, Libraries

Mission: The Mission of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is to serve as an outstanding library, theater and historic site that informs, entertains and engages its community and the region.

Target demographics: engaging people "twinkle to wrinkle" in lifelong learning, entertainment, and enrichment.

Direct beneficiaries per year: more than 40,000 toddlers through senior library visitors, more than 15,000 audience members in Music Hall performances and thousands more that visit the Civil War room or take part in community or private programming in the 35,000 sq. ft. facility.

Geographic areas served: Carnegie, PA

Programs: quality library services and programs; outstanding performances including musicals, opera, drama, comedy, dance, chamber music, jazz, rock, film and celebrity speakers; tours of the rare Civil War, the Captain Thomas Espy Post No. 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic; special Civil War programming and paranormal investigations!The historic landmark Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall has served its community since 1901.The Library was built with money provided by Andrew Carnegie. Although the famed industrialist’s name is internationally associated with libraries and he ultimately went on to nearly 2,500 of them, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall (ACFL&MH) is one of only four endowed libraries built by the philanthropist in the United States. (The others are in Braddock, Homestead and the sadly demolished Duquesne Carnegie library. )