Forbes: Death Toll On World’s Roads Is Too High, WHO Finds
October 20, 2015
The report was funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, which since 2007 has committed more than $250 million to help low- and middle- income countries adopt effective road safety measures.
“Thanks to stronger laws and smarter infrastructure, nearly half a billion people in the world are better protected from road crashes than were just a few years ago – and we have the opportunity to do much more, especially when it comes to enforcing laws,” Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and three-term former Mayor of New York, said in a statement.
Read moreTIME: Mexicans Begin to Slim With the Help of the Soda Tax
October 12, 2015
As the tax completes its second year, activists and big soda are now arguing over how much effect it has on the health and habits of Mexicans. A study funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, and involving top academics from Mexico and the United States, finds there was a dip of 6% in the purchase of taxed sweetened beverages in 2014. This dip increased over the year, leading to 12 percent by December.
Read moreThe Washington Post: Why the United Nations should press for higher taxes on tobacco, by Michael R. Bloomberg and Margaret Chen
October 2, 2015
For the first time, the global sustainable-development goals being negotiated at the United Nations treat tobacco use — and the chronic diseases it causes — as a development issue. It’s long overdue.
Read moreThe Chronicle of Philanthropy: Bloomberg Helps Launch Website to Improve Coordination in Africa
September 17, 2015
A new website developed by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the King Baudouin Foundation, and the Foundation Center allows nonprofits and donors to track philanthropy’s impact in Central Africa.
The site, called Equal Footing, uses maps that show where grants to support women, their families, and their local communities have been made in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda. It includes profiles of more than 1,000 foundations and nonprofits active in the area and includes reports on how various economic-development projects have fared.
Read moreThe Huffington Post: Putting Focus on a Deadly — but Preventable — Problem
September 16, 2015
Since 2007, Bloomberg Philanthropies has been helping cities and countries adopt effective road-safety measures, such as reducing drunk driving, increasing seatbelt use, investing in public transportation, and making improvements to roads where there are frequent crashes.
Read moreThe Huffington Post: The Arts Receive Capacity Building of an Unprecedented Scope
September 15, 2015
By investing in arts-management training for small- and mid-size arts organizations through AIM, Bloomberg Philanthropies is helping to secure the future of these organizations to ensure that they continue to drive economic growth and shape the cultural identity of communities and cities around the country for years to come.
Read moreCNN: Bloomberg Philanthropies names first 8 cities in What Works Cities program
August 5, 2015
The initiative, called What Works Cities, was announced in April. On Wednesday, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the first eight recipients: Chattanooga, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; Kansas City, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky; Mesa, Arizona; New Orleans; Seattle; and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The cities won’t receive money directly. Instead, the $42 million will be given to five organizations: Results for America; the Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University; the Government Performance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School, Sunlight Foundation, and the Behavioral Insights Team.
Read moreThe Huffington Post: What City Halls Across America Say About Using Data and Evidence
August 4, 2015
By James Anderson
We launched What Works Cities to help 100 mid-size U.S. cities get better at using data and evidence to improve results for residents. Over three years, the effort will help mayors adopt best practices as they open up city data, use data to drive better performance, and rely on evidence to make better policy and funding choices.
An impressive 112 cities from 40 states and Washington, D.C. applied during the initial application period — and tomorrow, we’ll announce the first group of cities we’re investing in. Our commitment through it all is to share what we’re learning.
Read moreThe Chronicle of Philanthropy: 3 Important Steps Philanthropies Are Taking to Curb Climate Change
July 24, 2015
By Antha Williams
With Congress at a stalemate and national politics growing increasingly polarized, the role of philanthropy in combating climate change is more critical than ever.
Nimble where politics is clunky, responsive where government is deadlocked, and targeted where Congress is logrolling, philanthropies are catalyzing lasting, positive change on climate, perhaps the most pressing social, environmental, and economic policy challenge of our time.
Read moreSlate: Coal Is Losing the War on Coal
July 17, 2015
And here, too, we’re seeing that, as a result of pressure from several sources—government, cheap natural gas, campaigns like the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal initiative, which Michael Bloomberg’s nonprofit is backing to the tune of $80 million—companies are making important decisions about future coal use.
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