The Associated Press: Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge winners use AI and resident input to improve city services
February 24, 2026
The twenty-four winners range from Boise, Idaho, where they are using geothermal energy to lower residents’ heating bills, to Beira, Mozambique, where they are relocating fishermen and their families from flood-prone coastal homes to safer inland houses.
Read moreThe Financial Times: Michael Bloomberg tops up climate spending to beyond $3bn
January 27, 2026
Billionaire behind eponymous financial data terminals becomes more influential in funding as others retreat
Read moreDevex: Polio eradication secures nearly $2B in pledges at Abu Dhabi summit
December 8, 2025
The pledges include both new and previously announced funding, and are expected to reduce the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s funding gap from $1.7 billion to about $440 million.
Read moreForbes: Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Is Creating A Charter School-To-HBCU Pipeline For Black Students
December 4, 2025
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the education nonprofit City Fund announced a $20 million initiative to fund two public schools in Alabama, one at Stillman College and one at Tuskegee University, that will create direct pipelines into HBCUs and promote career success.
Read moreSmart Cities World: How cities are turning public art into a civic solution
November 17, 2025
Eight US cities are showcasing public art projects designed to bring their communities together as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge.
Read moreAFP: Bloomberg Invests $100 Million In Reducing Methane Leaks
November 6, 2025
Bloomberg Philanthropies has been supporting satellite operations that monitor for methane leaks from oil, gas and coal operations, and partnering with organizations like Carbon Mapper that publicize these leaks and alert those responsible so they can take action.
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal: To Find Workers, Hospitals Are Training Teenagers
October 12, 2025
Health systems are joining with local high schools to create employee pipelines.
Read moreForbes: A Billion People Need Vision Care. What A New Bloomberg Effort Will Do
September 28, 2025
The goal of the initiative is to improve vision care around the world. This will consist of providing more vision screenings, corrective lenses like eyeglasses and contact lenses and cataract surgeries as well as improving the data available to make proper vision-related decisions. Bloomberg called poor vision “an enormous obstacle to success in school and careers” and said that “in most cases, it can be easily fixed.”
Read moreNewsweek Op-Ed: The High Seas Treaty Just Passed. Now It’s Full Steam Ahead
September 26, 2025
By Patricia E. Harris and Juan Carlos Navarro
After 20 years of difficult negotiations, 73 countries including the European Union ratified a treaty to establish environmental protections on international waters, areas of the ocean that have been unregulated throughout history—a vast Wild West beyond the reach of national governments. This will finally give countries shared governance over the two-thirds of our ocean.
Read morePolitico: AI powers a new smart-city wave
July 31, 2025
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced it was adding 15 municipalities to its City Data Alliance, which launched in 2022 with a $60 million investment to provide tech support and training for local governments utilizing AI. Bloomberg Philanthropies connected DFD with mayors of four cities in this new cohort.
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