He visited the Prince of Sweden and the British Prince of Wales. Thomas Edison asked Carver to work for him at the salary of more than $100,000 a year. The car manufacturer Henry ford also made him a generous offer. But Carver was not interested in money; he stayed on at the Tuskegee Institute with a monthly salary of $125.
In 1940, he gave all his life saving of $33,000 to the George Washington Carver Foundation to provide opportunities for African Americans to study in his field, because for Carver, “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom…” Carver died in 1943.