A year of enormous progress
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As 2023 comes to a close, Mike wanted to say thank you for being with us for
another great year at Bloomberg Philanthropies. He recorded a short message to
share with you:
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As Mike says, this was a year of enormous progress. Here are just a few of the
highlights:
We expanded our Summer Boost education initiative to eight cities across the
U.S. this year
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, supporting tens of thousands of K-8 students with summer courses to tackle
pandemic learning loss and help them get back on track in school.
This year, New York City welcomed the Perelman Performing Arts Center, or PAC
NYC
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, an exciting cultural venue and the final project in the recovery and
rebuilding of the World Trade Center site that Mike helped lead as mayor of New
York City. PAC NYC's programming, design elements, and innovative mechanics
make ita facility unlike any other
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See how PAC NYC's flexible design opens new ways to create and engage with
performances
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WATCH NOW
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To curb tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries and reduce e-cigarette
use among U.S. teenagers,we committed an additional $420 million to the
Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
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— building on an effort that has seen global smoking rates drop from 22.7% to
17.5% and global cigarette sales plummet, with 750 billion fewer cigarettes
sold in 2021 compared to 2012.
Our Asphalt Art Initiative expanded into 25 cities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico
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, with new grants to support projects that help neighborhoods improve street
safety, revitalize public spaces, and engage residents. We also announced the
eight winning cities of the third Public Art Challenge
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, which will receive grants of up to $1 million each for temporary public art
projects that bring communities together around urgent civic issues. Since
2014, the Public Art Challenge has spurred more than $100 million in economic
benefits for participating cities and brought people together on issues ranging
from gun violence and climate change to homelessness and public health.
Artists, local leaders, and others share how the Public Art Challenge helps
people and communities tackle important issues
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WATCH NOW
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the @BloombergDotOrg Public Art Challenge is helping communities tackle
important issues>
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At the first-ever Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
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, local leaders from around the world came together in London to discuss proven
solutions to save lives from noncommunicable diseases — including heart
disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases — and injuries that
cause 80% of deaths globally. The Partnership for Healthy Cities reached 73
cities worldwide whenNairobi, Kenya; New York City, U.S.A.; and Osaka, Japan
joined the network earlier this year
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In our annual Countdown to COP28, we logged more than 115 actions across
Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies to turbocharge climate progress
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. At COP28 itself, we brought more than 500 local leaders together forthe
inaugural Local Climate Action Summit
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, the first time that local leaders have had a formal summit at COP and been
part of the official program. We also announced a range of new commitments and
initiatives, includinga $40 million effort to track and cut methane emissions
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, anda joint-philanthropic coalition to support ocean-based climate solutions
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Take a look back at the biggest news and events from COP28
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Climate Action at COP28>
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This year we marked 10 years of CityLab
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, which kicked off atthe newly opened Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center
on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC
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new initiatives tohelp city leaders share and implement great ideas
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from other cities, and toexplore the use of generative AI to improve public
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The debut of our Hands to Heritage documentary
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showcased master basket weavers from South Carolina and Rwanda, who came
together to exchange history, culture, and techniques passed down over
generations. Hands to Heritage is part of ourWomen's Economic Development
Initiative
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, which has enrolled more than 724,000 women and their families in training and
education programs since 2007, directly benefiting over 2.8 million of their
family members.
There's much more to tackle in 2024. We wish you all the best for the
holidays and the New Year!
— Bloomberg Philanthropies
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Bloomberg Philanthropies invests in 700 cities and 150 countries around the
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organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: the Arts,
Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health.
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