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Bloomberg Philanthropies Announces Launch of the 2021 Global Mayors ChallengeBloomberg Philanthropies announced the launch of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, an innovation competition that will identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition will select 50 finalists that represent the world’s leading urban innovations to emerge from the pandemic. F...
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Climate in 2020: A Year In ReviewBy Antha Williams, Global Head of Climate and Environment Programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a transformative year which has forced us to examine the ways our systems and institutions must change in order to support a sustainable, justice-oriented society. This has been more pronounced than ever when it comes t...
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Uplifting the Arts in 2020: Overcoming Challenges & Improving Communities through Creative CollaborationCulture wields significant economic power, improves quality of life, and brings communities together to spark dialogue and address complex issues. This year, the cultural sector has demonstrated incredible resilience navigating challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As we look back on a challenging year, there were many ways that Bloomberg Phil...
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Follow the Data Podcast: The Best of 2020For this episode – the last of the year – we wanted to highlight some of this year’s episodes which gave us fresh perspective on the events of this year: Systemic Racism as a Public Health Issue, The Pandemic’s Effect on Gun Violence, How Cities Are Supporting Arts & Culture During COVID-19, Virtual Advising, Does It Work?, and Moving American...
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City-Led Clean Infrastructure Projects Can Help Build Back a Stronger America For AllRocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Bloomberg Philanthropies released an analysis for how cities can play a key role in helping America recover from the COVID-19 pandemic while building American infrastructure for the future. The new report outlines how city-led clean infrastructure efforts can collectively advance climate, clean energy, equity and...
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ProgramsAn alphabetical index of Bloomberg Philanthropies programs. A African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Air Pollution America is All In American Cities Climate Challenge American Talent Initiative Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation Fund Arts Innovation and Management Asphalt Art Initiative B Beyond Carbon Beyond Coal Globally Beyond Coal in the U.S....
Press ReleaseCOVID-19 ResponseGovernment Innovation
Presidential Historian and Author Jon Meacham and Mike Bloomberg Speak with More Than 270 City Leaders at Sixth Virtual Convening to Aid COVID-19 Social and Economic RecoveryJon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian and author, along with Mike Bloomberg, addressed 277 city leaders, including 127 mayors, from 188 cities at the sixth session of the Leading Social and Economic Recovery Series, the latest offering for cities as part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies COVID-19 Local Response Initiative.
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Collaborating with Cultural FundersBloomberg Philanthropies partners with like-minded funders and leading cultural nonprofits to strengthen the field of arts and culture around the world. America’s Cultural Treasures Bloomberg Philanthropies joined sixteen major donors and foundations to support the Ford Foundation’s America’s Cultural Treasures, a $156 million initiative to support...
BlogCOVID-19 ResponsePublic Health
Follow the Data Podcast: How Buenos Aires, Argentina is Responding to COVID-19On this episode, Fernando Straface, the Secretary General and Secretary of Foreign Relations of the City of Buenos Aires, joins Dr. Kelly Henning – head of Bloomberg Philanthropies public health team. Together, they discuss how Buenos Aires is collaborating with other Latin American cities to coordinate coronavirus response, how the city government...
Press ReleaseCOVID-19 ResponseArts
Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations Commit Unprecedented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts OrganizationsSixteen major donors and foundations announced an unprecedented commitment to a two-pronged national and regional initiative to recognize "America's Cultural Treasures." Together, the funders will grant more than $156 million to support Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous arts organizations in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has dev...