Philanthropy
Private efforts to increase public good
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| 2024 | Bloomberg Philanthropies donated $1 billion to make medical school free for most students and increase financial aid for nursing, public health, and other graduate programs at Johns Hopkins University. |
| August 2024 | Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools: $175 million each to Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine, and $75 million to Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science. |
| February 2024 | Bloomberg Philanthropies announced plans to invest in Kyiv's digital services, focusing on addressing mental health needs of residents following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| September 2023 | Michael Bloomberg announced an additional $500 million commitment to Beyond Carbon to 'finish the job on coal'. |
| April 2023 | Pledged $50 million to support 'The New York Climate Exchange', a $700 million international center for climate solutions set to open in 2028. |
| 2022 | Bloomberg Family Foundation provided $387.9 million in development finance, distributed across NGOs, civil society, multilateral organizations, universities, research institutes, and think tanks. |
| September 2022 | Launched Beyond Petrochemicals campaign with an $85 million pledge to halt permits and construction of plastics and petrochemical plants. |
| June 2022 | Bloomberg Philanthropies and eight other foundations announced a $1 billion commitment to support ocean conservation and marine protection. |
| May 2022 | Bloomberg announced the launch of a $50 million national program called the Local Infrastructure Hub to help cities and towns access federal infrastructure funding. |
| May 2022 | Announced a $242 million expansion of clean energy transition efforts to 10 countries during the Sustainable Energy for All forum in Kigali, Rwanda. |
| April 2022 | Announced three grants totaling $200 million in support of public charter schools, with recipients including Harlem Children's Zone's Promise Academy and Success Academy. |
| November 30 2021 |
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday raised $2.7 billion in the U.S., continuing its trend of increasing charitable donations.
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| March 2021 | Bloomberg Philanthropies donated $150 million to Harvard University to create the Bloomberg Center for Cities to support mayors. |
| 2020 | Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an additional $240 million commitment to fight road traffic deaths worldwide through 2025, focusing on speed management, infrastructure design, and vehicle safety. |
| December 1 2020 |
GivingTuesday
Twelve countries officially participated in the national movement for the first time: Chile, Ghana, Guam, Ireland, Lebanon, Nigeria, Paraguay, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Korea, and Turkey.
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| December 1 2020 |
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday saw 34.8 million people participating, a 29% increase over 2019, with total giving increasing to $2.47 billion in the United States, representing a 25% increase from the previous year.
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| September 2020 | Expanded Beyond Coal campaign into Asia, launching Korea Beyond Coal, and marked the closure of the last coal-burning power plant in Austria. |
| May 5 2020 |
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday Now was organized in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with people responding with activity in 145 countries and $503M in online donations contributed in the U.S. alone.
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| March 2020 | Bloomberg Philanthropies led a group of foundations in creating a $75 million Response and Impact fund to support arts and nonprofit organizations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Michael Bloomberg pledged to donate the majority of his wealth, which was estimated at more than $54 billion at the time. |
| 2019 | Launched a program to prevent drowning in Bangladesh, focusing on childcare and monitoring solutions for children. |
| December 3 2019 |
GivingTuesday
Annual GivingTuesday event held, with the GivingTuesday Data Collaborative estimating $511 million in online donations and $1.97 billion in total online and offline donations.
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| December 3 2019 |
GivingTuesday
Facebook announced donation matching of the first $7 million starting at 8 AM EST, ultimately raising $120 million during the event and an additional $20 million in fundraisers during the preceding week.
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| July 2019 |
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday became an independent nonprofit, spinning off from its former parent organization 92nd Street Y.
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| June 2019 |
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday split from 92nd Street Y to become an independent organization, with Asha Curran appointed as CEO.
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| January 2019 | Bloomberg Philanthropies announced five new winners of the Public Art Challenge: Anchorage, AK, Camden, NJ, Coral Springs, FL, Jackson, MS, and Tulsa, OK. |
| 2018 | Bloomberg Philanthropies and OceanX committed $185 million over four years to protect the oceans. |
| 2018 | Bloomberg announced a landmark $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins University, making admissions need-blind for perpetuity, which was the largest private donation in modern times to higher education. |
| 2018 | Bloomberg Philanthropies unveiled a new round of the Public Art Challenge. |
| 2018 | Nine U.S. cities (Denver, Durham, Fort Collins, Georgetown, Huntington, Los Angeles, New Rochelle, Philadelphia, and South Bend) were announced as winners, with projects addressing homelessness, climate change, and the opioid crisis. |
| November 27 2018 |
GivingTuesday
GivingTuesday raised approximately $400 million, with $62.6 million through Blackbaud, $125 million through Facebook (with $7 million matched), and additional contributions from PayPal ($98 million), DonorPerfect ($35.2 million), and Classy ($15.4 million).
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| June 2017 | Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the next round of the innovation contest focusing on American cities. |
| June 2017 | After President Trump announced plans to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies unveiled America's Pledge, a network of governors, mayors, and businesses to honor the nation's climate commitment. |
| May 2017 | Michael Bloomberg announced the Partnership for Health Cities initiative at the United States Conference of Mayors, offering technical support to improve city residents' health. |
| 2016 | Bloomberg gave Harvard $32 million to create the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, providing training to mayors and their aides on innovative municipal leadership. |
| December 2016 | Pledged $1.7 million to the American Talent Initiative, a program run by the College Excellence Program at the Aspen Institute and Ithaka S+R. |
| December 2016 | Bloomberg Philanthropies reached a total of $1 billion in its campaign to reduce tobacco use, especially in low- and middle-income countries. |
| November 2016 | Mike Bloomberg announced São Paulo, Brazil as the winner of the $5 million Mayors Challenge grand prize for a project helping farmers connect to urban markets. Four other cities (Medellín and Bogotá in Colombia, Santiago in Chile, and Guadalajara in Mexico) received $1 million each. |
| October 18 2016 | Bloomberg Philanthropies donated $50 million to the Museum of Science in Boston, marking the largest gift in the institution's 186-year history. |
| October 4 2016 | Marriott International opens its first hotel in Rwanda, employing 27 women trained by Relationship Coffee Institute and Women for Women International (Bloomberg Philanthropies' local partners), and procuring artisanal products made by these women for hotel guests. |
| September 23 2016 | During the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, Bloomberg Philanthropies announces a $10 million grant to the Relationship Coffee Institute to support women's economic development initiatives in Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo, aiming to provide business training and international market connections for 20,000 women. |
| July 16 2016 | Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs hosted Current: LA Water, a citywide public art biennial supported by a $1 million Bloomberg Philanthropies grant, featuring local artists creating public art pieces about water resources. |
| June 21 2016 | Bloomberg Philanthropies officially launched health partnerships with the first 18 participant countries, including China, India, Brazil, and several others. |
| January 20 2016 | Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the 2016 Mayors Challenge for Latin American and Caribbean cities to submit government innovation proposals. |
| 2015 | Bloomberg Philanthropies was recognized as the 10th largest foundation in the United States by the Foundation Center. |
| June 23 2015 | Bloomberg Philanthropies announced four winning projects from 237 nationwide submissions for the Public Art Challenge, with each project receiving $1 million to support public art installations. |
| April 2015 | Bloomberg Philanthropies launched What Works Cities, a $42 million national initiative to help 100 mid-sized American cities better use data and evidence to improve government effectiveness, with 27 U.S. cities participating. |
| April 8 2015 | Bloomberg Philanthropies increased support for the Beyond Coal campaign with a $30 million pledge to accelerate closing and replacing half of U.S. coal power plants with clean energy by 2017. |
| March 23 2015 | Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the four-year, $100 million Data for Health initiative in partnership with the Australian government, aiming to improve public health data collection in 20 low and middle-income countries. |
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