Since then, the Mayor has given away a huge chunk of money through his Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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The organization helps local entities leverage funding from governments, philanthropies, international aid organizations, and corporate and private donors.
So he applied for small grants from philanthropies like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Merck Foundation.
On Monday, the donor was revealed to be Atlantic Philanthropies founder Charles F.
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More than 98% of my net worth is in Berkshire stock, all of which will go to various philanthropies.
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And now with the commitment by Bloomberg Philanthropies as of Feb. 28, there is even more reason to be optimistic.
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Mayor Bloomberg: Bloomberg Philanthropies is focused on five key areas: education, the environment, the arts, public health, and government innovation.
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The collection of philanthropies in this issue includes one that attempts actually to get help to ordinary citizens of North Korea.
They are not up to running the nation, its economy, its markets, its school system, its philanthropies or its foreign affairs.
Last month in a Washington Post column New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, and George P.
His charity organisation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, is also making an impact on cities.
Providence was one of 305 cities that pitched an idea to Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge, a contest designed to spur innovation in America's cities.
When the sale of those shares is completed, the philanthropies Ms. Cargill established could become two of the wealthiest grant makers in the United States.
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The idea grew out of a mayors' summit hosted by Bloomberg Philanthropies in March, which highlighted the need for municipal innovation when budgets are tight.
The selection committee at Bloomberg Philanthropies selected Providence's proposal because it takes a new approach to a systemic problem and could be replicated in other cities.
He is co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation, chairman of the Milken Institute, and founder of medical philanthropies funding research into melanoma, cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Might Cornell still have won without Feeney and Atlantic Philanthropies?
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Prior to 2008, the foundation funded such philanthropies as City of Hope, the Alzheimer's Association, Sharp Healthcare, Little Wishes Foundation, San Diego Hospice and the John Burton Foundation, authorities said.
Bloomberg said in a written statement that his donation to help fight polio is a result of collaborations between Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Gates Foundation in the field of global health.
They network with family, friends, support groups, and philanthropies.
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The Huffington Post, the news aggregation and commentary site, is hosting a pre-inaugural ball Monday night with the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Musk Foundation, which supports research on renewable energy, human space exploration, and pediatrics.
When brands such as these bring their full resources to bear on social change, and combine their efforts with those of government and philanthropies, these three pillars can meet the challenges we face with equal force.
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Jeffrey Solomon, president of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies one of the foundations not invested with Madoff says every phone call and meeting these days starts with a conversation about who got hit.
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