Billionaire businessman and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave away $3.7 billion to nonprofits in 2024, most in the U.S., says new report.
For the second year in a row, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the most to charitable causes, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive Philanthropy 50 list of the Americans who donated the largest sums to nonprofits last year.
Having been ranked the most generous philanthropist in 2023 with $3 billion in donations, Bloomberg one-upped himself in 2024 by doling out an additional $700 million. Last year’s gifts went towards causes like the arts, environment, public-health groups and city government improvement programs.
Bloomberg topped the list, which also features Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg, for the second consecutive year.
A deputy mayor in Michael Bloomberg’s City Hall recently dropped his Republican Party affiliation as he keeps open the option of a possible mayoral run this year — another twist in the tumultuous race to replace Mayor Eric Adams.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said that one of his role models in politics is former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was first elected as a moderate Republican.
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