- Form
- cash
- Status
- paid
- Channel
- own foundation and direct
- Recipient
- Many causes
- Date
- lifetime
- As of
- 2026
What it means: Total given so far; he has also committed to give away his Bloomberg LP stake.
Total given so far; he has also committed to give away his Bloomberg LP stake.
Key facts
Documented record (USD)
$25.4B+
Lifetime giving, personally and through Bloomberg Philanthropies; $4.3B in 2025
Scope
Foundation grants paid cumulative
Period
lifetime
As of
2026
Attribution
Channel: own foundation and direct. Recipient: Many causes.
Original currency
USD as reported
Net worth
Unknown — not yet documented
Giving share
Unknown — not yet documented
No compatible net-worth observation in this preview.
Annual giving
Unknown — not yet documented
No current-year paid total verified.
Private impact
Unknown — not yet documented
Unknown is not zero.
How they give
The math
Every number is footnoted. Where we did the arithmetic, the note shows it.
- Documented figure
- $25.4B+[1][2]Lifetime giving, personally and through Bloomberg Philanthropies; $4.3B in 2025
- Paid vs pledged
- Paid[1]As reported by the cited sources. A pledge is not proof of payment.
- Foundation pass-through vs. reaching charities
- Goes through their own vehicle first[1]Money placed in a foundation, DAF or LLC they control reaches charities later, as grants.
- % of net worth
- Not yet researchedUnknown is not zero.
The gift
Giving timeline
Dated facts present in this record, each tied to a numbered citation.
Notable gifts / records
$25.4B+ [1]
Lifetime giving, personally and through Bloomberg Philanthropies; $4.3B in 2025
Scope: Foundation grants paid cumulative. Period: lifetime. As of: 2026.
Sources
- [1] S01 Michael Bloomberg Forbes · checked 2026-10-11 “…Salomon Brothers. He was fired 15 years later. A major philanthropist, he gave away $4.3 billion in 2025 and has donated more than $25.4 billion in his lifetime to gun safety, climate change, education and other causes. He has committed to donating his stake in Bloomberg…” Page states the figure used here ($25.4B). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name).
- [2] S02 Bloomberg again named top philanthropist, despite being outspent by Dells and Scott eJewishPhilanthropy · 2026-03-11 · checked 2026-10-11 “…support arts, education, public health and programs to improve city government, expanding his lifetime charitable contributions to $25.4 billion, personally and through his Bloomberg Philanthropies. Bloomberg, who has served as the United Nations secretary-general’s…” Page states the figure used here ($25.4B). Citation check: passed (HTTP 200, figure found near the name).
Identity and updates
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