Carrie Steele Logan (c. 1829 – November 3, 1900) was an American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States.

[2] Steele Logan's experiences as a "seventeen year-old slave mother undoubtedly influenced her understanding of the difficulties of negotiating life with limited resources.

[4] "It is appointed to me in my old age to accomplish what I believe to be a great and glorious work," she wrote, "and one that shall live long after my poor frail body has dropped into the dust whence it came.

[7] The Community Chest in Atlanta and many other African American advocacy groups and newspapers, such as the Savannah Tribune promoted the opportunity to donate to the orphanage.

[8] Along with a charter from the state of Georgia, donations from the city's growing black middle class, and her own funds, she opened the orphanage in Atlanta in 1889.

[3] She died of a stroke on November 3, 1900,[12] aged 71 years, and her memorial service was "One of the largest funerals I have ever seen," according to H. R. Butler, an eyewitness, who counted at least 3,000 attendees.