Bloomberg Philanthropies focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: public health, environment, education, government innovation, and arts & culture. These five areas encompass the issues Mike Bloomberg and his team are most passionate about, and where they believe the greatest good can be achieved.
While Bloomberg Philanthropies works on a wide range of issues within each focus area, we apply a distinctive approach to all of our undertakings.
The grant money aims to connect 20,000 students with careers in manufacturing, finance, and information technology. Gov. John Carney said making those connections for Delaware students is his most...more
“Thanks to Pathways, education and workforce programs are designed to help young people take active steps to pursue continuing education and competitive employment,” said Governor Carney. “This...more
The proposal anticipates $125,000 coming in the form of donations of money or in-kind materials and services from private entities, corporate sponsors, public grants and foundation grants. No city...more
The City of Ithaca and local human services organizations are currently pursuing funding that would equip the city with an ambitious new health center aimed at battling the opioid crisis. The...more
To help strengthen and coordinate its fundraising muscle, the Ford, Kresge and Skillman foundations made a $1.1 million grant to the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in 2014 to support an...more
Kimberly-Clark Corporation today announced it has won a 2018 Climate Leadership Award for Excellence in the Greenhouse Gas Management (Goal Setting) category, the company's second Climate Leadership...more
Mayor Byron W. Brown launched his inaugural Mayor's Civic Innovation Challenge Powered by AT&T, seeking creative solutions that address social and civic issues impacting City of Buffalo...more
The initiative represented a big commitment to a historically underappreciated medium from a billionaire philanthropist concerned with urban issues, economic development and performance measurement....more
DENVER – The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment has received a grant for $100,000 to help measure air quality at public schools. “As a city, we`re looking to…address the...more
Philadelphia's city-led social enterprise incubator FastFWD was funded by way of the Mayors Challenge in 2013. The 35 finalists for the 2018 challenge have received grants of “up to $100,000” to...more
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.