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Press ReleaseGovernment Innovation
Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Mayors Challenge Winners Providence, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and Santa MonicaBloomberg Philanthropies today announced the winners of the Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire American cities to generate innovative ideas that solve major challenges and improve city life – and that ultimately can be shared with other cities to improve the well-being of the nation. More than 300 cities competed in this inaugural competiti...
Press ReleaseEnvironment
Environmental Defense Fund Announces Key Grant from Bloomberg PhilanthropiesEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced today that it has been awarded a 3-year, $6-million grant for its work to minimize the environmental impacts of natural gas operations through hydraulic fracturing. The funding will support EDF's strategy of securing strong rules and developing industry best practices in the 14 states with 85 percent of th...
Press ReleasePublic Health
Bloomberg Philanthropies Releases 5 Year Anti-Tobacco Progress ReportMarking five-years of significant progress on global anti-tobacco efforts, Bloomberg Philanthropies today – for the first time - has released a progress report related to the global Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use (the Initiative).
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Lupus Research Institute Announces Groundbreaking Global Research InitiativeThe Lupus Research Institute (LRI) launched a major international initiative aimed at attracting the highest level scientists to conduct pioneering research to discover the fundamental root causes of lupus, explore the potential for a cure, and transform the field of lupus research. LRI president Margaret Dowd announced the new Distinguished Innova...