Philanthropy

When President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act last week, city leaders heralded the new law’s massive investment in addressing climate change, including billions of federal dollars municipalities can tap into for climate…
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Spreading ideas is what Bloomberg Cities is all about. And it’s at the core of so much of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Government Innovation programming for city leaders—from the replicable ideas emerging from the Mayors Challenge to…
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Think of the last impulse purchase you made when you were in the checkout aisle at the grocery store. Was it a bottle of soda? A bag of chips? As it turns out, food and beverage manufacturers pay retailers millions of dollars to…
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Municipal Leaders: This is your moment. Unprecedented levels of funding are now available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Acts (IIJA), and other sources in response to the COVID-19…
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By David Andersson, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Arts Team In East Baltimore’s Johnston Square, community members are seeking safer streets. The residential neighborhood sits just outside Baltimore’s central business district, and…
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Mayors are busy people, as Amarillo, Texas, Mayor Ginger Nelson can attest. “As mayors, often our days are full of budget projections, crisis meetings, emails, media interviews—we’re spinning a lot of plates,” she says. One…
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The investments will add 10 new countries to our existing clean energy work in seven countries and the European Union. We’re building on our previous efforts to move the world away from coal and accelerate a global clean energy…
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The health of the world’s ocean is critical to fighting climate change, protecting biodiversity, and sustaining the livelihoods of billions. Last week at the UN Ocean Conference, we joined ​our Vibrant Oceans Initiative partners and…
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Over the past decade, city leaders have grown increasingly more sophisticated in their use of data to inform decisions, improve services, and deliver impact for residents—an evolution that was especially clear at the height of the…
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As global leaders aim toward limiting the planet’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius,  scientists warn extreme rainfalls, stronger storms, and hurricanes intensifying at faster rates will become more frequent. A warming world and…
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Ever since COVID-19 first took its grip on the globe, many of the world’s leaders have turned to Israel for guidance. That’s because the country—led in many cases by city-driven innovations—has been on the cutting edge of recovery…
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Our founder Mike Bloomberg and CEO Patti Harris introduce the 2021 Annual Report, highlighting our work over the last year in the arts, education, the environment, government innovation, public health and through the Greenwood…
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