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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to speak at an Earthshot Prize Innovation Camp in London, Britain, June 27, 2024. (AP/Kin Cheung)
March 10, 2026, 6:18 pm
Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is US’s biggest donor of 2025
Former NYC mayor and founder of Bloomberg financial news empire gave $4.3 billion to arts, education, the environment, public health and programs to improve city governments
By Maria Di Mento and Ben Gose
Michael Bloomberg, former New York City mayor and philanthropist. (Courtesy Bloomberg Philanthropies)
April 3, 2022, 5:22 pm
Bloomberg announces Tel Aviv University program to upskill Israeli municipal leaders
The Bloomberg-Sagol Center For City Leadership will train up to 20 mayors a year, with the goal of improving Israeli municipal services
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
People sit alongside the Bat Yam promenade on March 4, 2017. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
November 16, 2021, 2:36 pm
Municipal innovation teams tackle social, economic challenges in Israeli cities
Local ‘i-teams’ use tools developed by Bloomberg Philanthropies to boost civic renewal, effect change with limited resources, in partnership with Peres Center, Interior Ministry
By Ricky Ben-David
Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg waves after speaking at a campaign event in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 20, 2020. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
February 25, 2020, 12:01 pm
Years of largesse give Bloomberg his own political machine
For years people have relied on his money to win elections, change laws, fund research and pay for signature municipal and education programs, and now they are endorsing him
By RYAN J. FOLEY and Michelle R. Smith
Illustrative. Buildings in the southern city of Ashdod. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
December 4, 2019, 11:10 am
Ashdod, Acre, Bat Yam chosen to be part of Bloomberg’s city-innovation program
Three cities and one southern region will be trained to use tools developed by Bloomberg Philanthropies to boost civic renewal and residents’ welfare
By Shoshanna Solomon
James Anderson, head of Government Innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies speaking at the launch of the Hazira program, set up by Bloomberg Philanthropies with the Interior Ministry and the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, Tel Aviv, September 4, 2019 (Courtesy)
September 5, 2019, 4:28 pm
12 Israeli cities to get tools for renewal with Bloomberg innovation plan
Local ‘i-teams,’ trained in methods to create social and economic change with limited resources, are already deployed in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Beersheba
By Shoshanna Solomon
In this Nov. 29, 2018 file photo, former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss. Bloomberg’s philanthropy has announced a $50 million donation to help fight the nation’s opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
November 30, 2018, 6:30 pm
Bloomberg announces $50 million to fight US opioid epidemic
Former NYC mayor says 70,000 US drug overdose deaths last year, including more than 47,000 from opioids, is a ‘national crisis’
By Dino Hazell
Illustrative photo of the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 26, 2017, 1:12 pm
Website asks Jerusalemites to mind the businesses that are missing
Coming Soon is a crowdsourced citywide mapping initiative to bring supply to demand, pinpointing neighborhoods ripe for entrepreneurs
By Shoshanna Solomon
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