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Bloomberg Philanthropies Will Fund Homebuilding Reforms in 30 Cities

Michael Bloomberg's philanthropic organization is bringing funding to 30 cities in hopes of speeding homebuilding reforms.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Donates $80 Million To Democrats Before Midterms, Report Says

The former mayor of New York City is a fairly reliable donor for Democrats.

Durham, NC one of 30 cities chosen for Bloomberg Philanthropies’ new housing supply initiative

The City of Durham is one of 30 cities recently selected to participate in a new Bloomberg Philanthropies housing initiative to bring funding and expertise to cities to help increa...

Bloomberg's $1B gift to Johns Hopkins made medical tuition free for families earning under $300K

In a groundbreaking move, Johns Hopkins University revealed a $1 billion contribution from Bloomberg Philanthropies to significantly improve financial assistance for graduate stude...

Bloomberg opens his wallet, spending $80 million to boost Democrats

Michael Bloomberg is pouring roughly $80 million into the midterms as Democrats work to narrow Republicans' financial advantage.

Keisha Lance Bottoms sees $1M donations from JB Pritzker, Michael Bloomberg as governor’s race hits home stretch

Despite facing a 5-to-1 spending gap in her race against billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson, Bottoms is seeing donations

Lead Poisoning Affecting One Billion Children, Costing $1.4 Trillion

Bloomberg Philanthropies, Coefficient Giving, and the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future recently convened a meeting in New York City addressing global lead poisoning.

Bloomberg-backed climate group shuts down amid scrutiny

Thomas Catenacci writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the apparent end of a controversial climate alarmist law school group tied to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomb...

Philanthropy Needs to Invest in the Infrastructure of Mobility

Point Source Youth’s Larry Cohen examines what youth homelessness reveals about the gaps between philanthropy’s investments in education and economic mobility and the conditions re...

Bloomberg Harvard Visiting Scholars Program 2026: Visiting Research Opportunity at Harvard University for Urban Problem-...

The Bloomberg Harvard Visiting Scholars Program is inviting applications from researchers whose work aligns with the mission of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard Universit...

The $18 billion Ford Foundation is getting its biggest overhaul since 2015 to fight autocracy—with about $700 million in...

Less than a year into the job, president Heather Gerken is reorganizing the 90-year-old philanthropy around seven funding areas.

Michael Bloomberg: To ease the housing shortage, empower mayors

With rates over 7%, city-led reforms could speed homebuilding and ease prices

NYT: Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Dumps $80M to Help Democrats Snag House

Billionaire former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hefted $80 million in a final push to help Democrat score big in the 2026 midterm elections. The post NYT: Billionaire Mich...

How Jeff Bezos’ $10B Earth Fund Has Fought Climate Change—So Far

A look at the major grants shaping Jeff Bezos’s climate philanthropy, from species recovery and urban parks to sustainable protein.

Philadelphia clocks up another $10m gift

Yannick’s orchestra has raised about $300 million in... The post Philadelphia clocks up another $10m gift appeared first on Slippedisc.

Bad Chicago policies push higher ed investment to Miami

John Fund writes for National Review Online about the consequences of bad public policies in Chicago and Illinois. Ken Griffin, hedge fund manager and CEO of Citadel, is donating $...

NYC looks to grow involvement in Open Streets as applications open for 2027

People playing cornhole, sitting in chairs and talking and drawing with chalk during an Open Streets program on Columbus Avenue, on the Upper West Side, in 2024. The Mamdani ad...

The NGO to Government Pipeline

The biggest donor in L.A. mayor's race runs a hedge fund — and wants more bike lanes

Hedge fund manager Aaron Sosnick gave a combined $4 million to two independent expenditure committees backing Nithya Raman's mayoral campaign.

Michael Bloomberg Isn’t on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Where Would His $94.9 Billion Fortune Rank?

The updated ranking reflects the continued dominance of the tech industry. Here’s where the former New York City mayor would fall if he was included.

Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship 2027–2028: Fully Funded Ph.D. Fellowship with $45,000 Stipend, Full Tuition and...

Applications are now open for the Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship for the 2027–2028 academic year, an opportunity designed to support exceptional doctoral students conducti...

Ken Griffin doubles down on Miami with a record $3 billion gift to Carnegie Mellon—and plans for a campus in the city Ci...

The Citadel founder, who moved his firm from Chicago to Miami in 2022, is bankrolling a Wynwood campus that will organize learning around societal challenges instead of majors.

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin just made the single biggest donation ever to a U.S. university

Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal chal...

EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani expands gun violence prevention program in Bushwick, Harlem and Washington Heights

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expanding New York City's community-based gun violence prevention program in three Brooklyn and Manhattan neighborhoods, directing $4.8 million in previousl...