The below are remarks as prepared for Mike Bloomberg’s keynote during today’s High Level Conference for Financing Sustainable Growth I want to thank you, President Juncker, and the European Commission for inviting me here this morning – and for all of the excellent work you are doing to reduce carbon emissions and improve public health. […]

Pete Peterson was one of the great patriots and philanthropists of our time, and he was a great friend whom I deeply admired. He knew his extraordinary life story was only possible in America, and of his many achievements, he was proudest of the work he did to ensure that future generations have the same […]

As Cape Town faces an extreme drought that has required a massive conservation effort, Mike Bloomberg, in his first undertaking following his appointment Monday as U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Action, toured the Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam supplying water to the Western Cape of South Africa, on Wednesday. The founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies and […]

A competitive application process is open to determine the lead organization(s) for Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products (STOP). The global tobacco industry watchdog will aggressively monitor deceptive tobacco industry practices to undermine public health. With an initial $20 million investment, STOP will support the creation of a robust global monitoring system that complements existing efforts […]

A new global watchdog agency has been launched to monitor the tobacco industry with $20m of philanthropic funding amid fears of dirty tactics by cigarette companies hit by declining smoking rates in the west. The funding for the agency, named Stop (Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products), comes from Bloomberg Philanthropies, whose founder, Michael Bloomberg, a […]

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Mike Bloomberg of the United States as his Special Envoy for Climate Action. Mike Bloomberg will support the Secretary-General’s climate strategy and efforts toward the planned 2019 Climate Summit at UN Headquarters. The 2019 Climate Summit will mobilize stronger and more ambitious action towards 2020 […]

In June 2017, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched a $200 million effort called the American Cities Initiative with the goal of funding new ways for city leaders to collaborate with each other and improve their residents’ lives. Making metro-level progress (and collectively) is becoming harder but perhaps more vital. States may preempt local decisions around minimum wage […]

Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a new round of its Public Art Challenge. Mayors of U.S. cities with 30,000 residents or more are invited to apply for up to $1 million in funding for temporary public art projects that address important civic issues. Submissions for dynamic works of art across all disciplines will be considered. Proposed […]

College presidents who have found some measure of success often parlay that into a job at a more prestigious institution. But Daniel R. Porterfield, president of Franklin & Marshall College, will leave higher education this year to become president of the Aspen Institute, a nonprofit policy group. Porterfield already had a relationship with Aspen, and […]

One of the biggest misconceptions about the field of data science is that it’s all about the numbers. But, as anybody in our business will attest, statistics and spreadsheets don’t mean a whole lot if you don’t also understand the people, the problems, and the promise they represent. Our work has never been “all about […]