Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

=== Johns Hopkins University philanthropy ===
As of 2024, Bloomberg has given more than $4.55&nbsp;billion to [[Johns Hopkins University]], his alma mater,<ref name="wapo-JHUmed-free" /><ref name=":5">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/bloomberg-gives-johns-hopkins-a-record-18-billion-for-student-financial-aid/2018/11/18/8db256cc-eb4e-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html |last1=Anderson |first1=Nick |title=Bloomberg gives Johns Hopkins a record $1.8 billion for student financial aid |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 18, 2018 |access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref> making him "the most generous living donor to any education institution in the United States."<ref name=NYTUnivDonors>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Barbaro |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/nyregion/at-1-1-billion-bloomberg-is-top-university-donor-in-us.html |title=$1.1 Billion in Thanks From Bloomberg to Johns Hopkins |date=January 27, 2013 |work=The New York Times |url-access=limited}}</ref> His first contribution, in 1965, had been $5.<ref name=NYTUnivDonors /> He made his first $1&nbsp;million commitment to JHU in 1984, and subsequently became the first individual to exceed $1&nbsp;billion in lifetime donations to a single U.S. institution of higher education.<ref name=350JHU>{{cite press release|title=Michael R. Bloomberg Commits $350 Million to Johns Hopkins for Transformational Academic Initiative 2013 |url=https://releases.jhu.edu/2013/01/26/michael-r-bloomberg-commits-350-million-to-johns-hopkins/ |first1=Dennis |last1=O'Shea |first2=Tracey |last2=Reeves |date=January 26, 2013}}</ref>

Bloomberg's contributions to Johns Hopkins "fueled major improvements in the university's reputation and rankings, its competitiveness for faculty and students, and the appearance of its campus,"<ref name=NYTUnivDonors /> and included construction of a [[Johns Hopkins Children's Center|children's hospital]] (the [[Johns Hopkins Children's Center|Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center Building]], named after Bloomberg's mother); a [[physics]] building, a school of public health (the [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]]), libraries, and biomedical research facilities,<ref name=NYTUnivDonors /> including the Institute for Cell Engineering, a [[stem-cell research]] institute within the [[Johns Hopkins School of Medicine|School of Medicine]], and the Malaria Research Institute within the School of Public Health.<ref name=NYTUnivDonors /><ref name=350JHU /> In 2013, Bloomberg committed $350&nbsp;million to Johns Hopkins, five-sevenths of which were allocated to the [[Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships]].<ref name=350JHU /> In 2016, Bloomberg Philanthropies contributed $300&nbsp;million to establish the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ron |last=Winslow |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-bloomberg-gives-300-million-to-johns-hopkins-for-public-health-effort-1473951780 |title=Michael Bloomberg Gives $300 Million to Johns Hopkins for Public-Health Effort |date=September 15, 2016 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Bloomberg also funded the launch of the [[Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center|Bloomberg–Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy]] within the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in East Baltimore, with a $50&nbsp;million gift; an additional $50&nbsp;million was given by philanthropist [[Sidney Kimmel]], and $25&nbsp;million by other donors.<ref name="fortune.com">{{cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2016/03/29/john-hopkins-cancer-center-bloomberg/ |first=Laura |last=Lorenzetti |title=Bloomberg and Kimmel Help Launch Johns Hopkins Cancer Center With Major Donations |website=Fortune|date=March 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/4001500/mike-bloomberg-and-others-donate-125-million-for-breakthrough-cancer-research-2 |first=Marcus |last=Baram |title=Mike Bloomberg and others donate $125 million for breakthrough cancer research |website=FastCo News |language=en-US |access-date=April 15, 2016 |date=March 29, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-maryland-cancer-johnshopkins-idUSKCN0WV2IK |first=Ian |last=Simpson |title=Bloomberg, others give $125 million for immunotherapy cancer research |date=March 29, 2016 |newspaper=Reuters |access-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> It will support cancer therapy research, technology and infrastructure development, and private sector partnerships.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/2016/03/29/cancer-immunotherapy-center-bloomberg-kimmel/ |title=Johns Hopkins launches cancer research center with $125 million from Bloomberg, Kimmel, others |website=The Hub |access-date=April 15, 2016 |date=March 29, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Bloomberg joined [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] for the institute's formal launch, embracing Biden's "[[Cancer Breakthroughs 2020|Cancer Moonshot]]" initiative, which seeks to find a cure for cancer through national coordination of government and private sector resources.<ref name="fortune.com" /> In 2018, Bloomberg contributed a further gift of $1.8&nbsp;billion to Johns Hopkins, allowing the university to practice [[need-blind admission]] and meet the full financial need of admitted students.<ref name=":5" />

In 2024, Bloomberg announced a $1 billion gift to Johns Hopkins University to make tuition free for all medical school students whose families make under $300,000 a year, beginning in the fall of 2024.<ref name="wapo-JHUmed-free">{{cite news |last1=Svrluga |first1=Susan |title=$1 billion gift to make Johns Hopkins medical school free for most |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/07/08/mike-bloomberg-johns-hopkins-free-medical-school/ |access-date=8 July 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=8 July 2024}}</ref> The donation also increases financial aid for students enrolled in nursing, public health and other graduate programs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chapman |first=Michelle |date=2024-07-08 |title=Bloomberg Philanthropies gifting $1 billion to medical school, others at Johns Hopkins University |url=https://apnews.com/article/bloomberg-philanthropy-john-hopkins-university-53ed82c14c4d4b07cb2675a9ca1829f9 |access-date=2024-07-09 |work=The Associated Press}}</ref>