Michael Bloomberg
American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City
The Shed
A Performance Space in a New NYC Neighborhood
Boston Museum of Science
Schooled in Science, Outside of School
Gifts of Health
American medical charity has a noble history that extends right to our present moment
Great Gifts of Health From U.S. Donors
A RealClearPolitics spinoff from the forthcoming Summer 2020 issue of Philanthropy magazine
Michael Bloomberg as a Fixer
Could he become as effective as a donor as he was as businessman and mayor?
Summer 2019 - Briefly Noted
A troubling screed from the Gray Lady. Seeing a black hole. California's homelessness farce. Taps, hurricane relief, and a TFA meltdown. A truly imaginative university.
Spring 2019 - Briefly Noted
Data-driven child welfare, Bloomberg boosts civic innovation, mother-daughter volunteering, the local scholarship that swept the country.
Winter 2012 - Briefly Noted
Philanthropy makes the news
New U.
Meet the donors who have taken it upon themselves to launch new colleges
Winter 2013 - Briefly Noted
John Paulson s Central Park gift, great female donors, John Arnold retires, sunsetting Jewish foundations, and more
Founding Funders
The story of how American philanthropy built a Jewish homeland.
Gas Heat
A small foundation uses focused academic, media, and activist grants to redirect a policy debate
Summer 2013 - Embarrassment of Riches?
A new book on the "problem of vast individual fortunes" is a little threadbare
They Shall Overcome
Meet the K 12 reform donors who strategically balance charitable giving, legislative advocacy, and direct political engagement.
Spring 2013 - Briefly Noted
Tuition at the Cooper Union, Bill Gates annual letter, Bloomberg at Johns Hopkins, and more
Small Change?
Foundations are turning to education-reform advocacy. How s it going?
The Power of Science Philanthropy
Why private funding is so important to the experimenting that makes us smarter, healthier, and richer