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Bloomberg Backs 'Breathing Lights' Exhibit to Draw Attention to Vacant Buildings

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09/30/2016

A public art installation called Breathing Lights is aiming to draw attention to vacant buildings in the Capital Region.

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Arts

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $300M to Johns Hopkins to Tackle Major Domestic Health Issues

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09/27/2016

Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the school, the gift sets the school and its partners on a path to transform our national approach to modern public health challenges.

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Bloomberg Awards $10 Million for Women Coffee Farmers in Africa

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09/23/2016

Announced during the U.S.-Africa Business Forum, the grant will enable an additional twenty thousand women to benefit from and participate in Africa's economic growth through training programs and access to the region's coffee market.

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City Council to Examine Young Men's Initiative Funded by Bloomberg and Open Society Foundations

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09/21/2016

On Wednesday, about five years after the launch of the Young Men’s Initiative, the City Council will hold an oversight hearing to examine the status of YMI and its effectiveness nearly three years into the de Blasio administration.

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Education

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Produces Short Documentaries Highlighting Public Art Challenge Projects In Four Regions

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09/19/2016

A short documentary series created by Bloomberg Philanthropies provides a behind- the-scenes look at how four cities are using temporary public art projects.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online technology platform that allows anyone in the world free access to monitor and track the activities of the world’s largest commercial fishing vessels in...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard Launch City Leadership Initiative

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08/26/2016

Funded by a $32 million gift from Michael R. Bloomberg, Harvard University and Bloomberg Philanthropies have announced the launch of a joint initiative aimed at advancing leadership, management, and innovation in cities across America and around the...

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Bloomberg's Henning Explains Why Understanding Death Leads to Better Health

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08/23/2016

“The goal here is really to address this giant gap, whereby we know 65 percent of deaths in the world — that’s about 35 million — go unrecorded,” said Dr. Kelly Henning, who has led the Bloomberg Philanthropies public health program since it started...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health Program Director Writes About the Route to Better Data

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08/15/2016

The Data for Health initiative, led by the public health team at Bloomberg Philanthropies, aims to support interested governments in creating data systems changes that will be lasting, affordable and impactful.

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Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign Makes Progress in El Paso

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08/04/2016

Since 2010, 238 coal-fired power plants nationwide have been announced to retire.

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Supported by Rockefeller and Bloomberg, Climate Finance Project Finds Solutions for Low-Carbon Growth

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07/26/2016

Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance is engineering new solutions that unlock private investment for climate-resilient and low-carbon growth in developing countries.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Brooklyn Museum App

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06/29/2016

For the last few years the Brooklyn Museum has been prototyping ways to reach visitors on a more personal level.

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Twenty Cities Advance in Bloomberg Philanthropies' Latin American and Caribbean Mayors Challenge

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06/20/2016

Finalists selected from pool of 290 cities that submitted bold ideas to address urban challenges and improve city life.

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Community Development

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What Big (and not-so-big) Donors Can Learn from Philanthropy, Bloomberg-style

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05/23/2016

If you have been in the nonprofit sector long enough, you may have noticed that as the Baby Boomer generation ages, the face of philanthropy and giving is undergoing a dramatic shift.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Program Promotes Global Digital Education

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05/13/2016

Twenty-five U.S. school districts from 16 states participated in a symposium on global digital education convened by Global Cities, Inc., a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Anti-Coal Campaign Reaches Milestone

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05/04/2016

An effort to shut down coal-fired power plants reached a major milestone Tuesday, with 100,000 megawatts of coal electricity capacity having announced shutdown plans since 2010.

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Rockefeller, Bloomberg Drive New Approaches to Urban Development

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05/03/2016

New collaboration models and citizen-inclusive governance approaches using new technologies and tools are being driven by private sector actors like the Rockefeller Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Vulcan Philanthropies.

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Funds Youth Crime Prevention Program

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04/29/2016

A three-year Bloomberg Philanthropies grant provided the funding for Memphis Gun Down, which was tasked with looking at economic development and crime concerns, specifically youth gun violence.

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Children, Youth and Families

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