Editing Michael Bloomberg (section)

=== Urban innovation philanthropy ===
In July 2011, Bloomberg launched a $24&nbsp;million initiative to fund "Innovation Delivery Teams" in five cities. The teams are one of Bloomberg Philanthropies' key goals: advancing government innovation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/jan/06/mayors-team-to-funnel-funding |title=Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team to funnel grant for inner-city revival |work=The Commercial Appeal |location=Memphis, TN |date=January 6, 2012 }}</ref> In December 2011, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched a partnership with online ticket search engine [[SeatGeek]] to connect artists with new audiences. Called the Discover New York Arts Project, the project includes organizations HERE, [[New York Theatre Workshop]], and the [[Kaufman Center]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/12/08/seatgeek-and-bloomberg-to-support-30-treasured-arts-groups-in-nyc/ |title=SeatGeek and Bloomberg to support 30 treasured arts groups in NYC |work=The Next Web |date=December 8, 2011 |first=Harrison |last=Weber |access-date=February 18, 2020 }}</ref>

In 2013, Bloomberg announced the Mayors Challenge competition to drive innovation in American cities. The program was later expanded to competitions in Latin America and Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sullivan|first=Paul|date=April 25, 2014|title=Private Citizen Bloomberg on Philanthropy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/your-money/private-citizen-bloombergs-philosophy-on-philanthropy.html|access-date=August 7, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shueh|first=Jason|date=January 20, 2016|title=Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches $9 Million Mayors Challenge in Latin America, Caribbean|url=https://www.govtech.com/Bloomberg-Philanthropies-Launches-9Million-Mayors-Challenge-in-Latin-America-Caribbean.html|access-date=August 7, 2020|website=www.govtech.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2016, Bloomberg gave Harvard $32&nbsp;million to create the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative within [[Harvard Kennedy School]]'s [[Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation]]; the initiative provides training to mayors and their aides on innovative municipal leadership and challenges facing cities.<ref>{{cite news|author=Nick Anderson|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/08/25/bloomberg-gives-harvard-32-million-to-teach-mayors-and-aides/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 25, 2016|title=Bloomberg gives Harvard $32 million to teach mayors and aides}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, Harvard University|title=About the Initiative: Harvard + Bloomberg + 240 Cities|url=https://www.cityleadership.harvard.edu/about}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/Pages/bloomberg-harvard-city-leadership-initiative.aspx |title=Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard University Launch Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative |website=[[Harvard Business School]] |access-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0825/32-million-Bloomberg-Harvard-mayor-school-supports-leaders-changing-role |title=$32 million Bloomberg-Harvard 'mayor school' supports leaders' changing role |last=Beck |first=Christina |date=August 25, 2016 |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729 |access-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref> Since its founding, 275 mayors and more than 400 top city aides have gone through the program, prompting Time Magazine to call Bloomberg 'the nation's mayoral tutor.'<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-07-17 |title=Mike Bloomberg's Organization Is Guiding Hundreds of Mayors |url=https://time.com/6295185/mike-bloomberg-philanthropies-mayors-training/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2021, Bloomberg gave Harvard $150&nbsp;million to create the ''Bloomberg Center for Cities'' to support mayors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bloomberg Philanthropies & Harvard create new Bloomberg Center for Cities |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/bloomberg-philanthropies-harvard-create-new-bloomberg-center-for-cities/ |access-date=11 March 2021 |work=[[The Harvard Gazette]] |date=2 March 2021}}</ref>