Bloomberg has funded the additional distribution of one million meals around the world, building on founder Michael Bloomberg’s $6m in support for World Central Kitchen that supplied 1m meals to frontline workers at 16 New York City public hospital facilities.

The one million mark was reached via 125 non-profit partners across 87 cities globally in a combination of grants, Bloomberg-matched employee giving programmes, pantry donations redistributed from Bloomberg’s offices and community-supported agriculture programmes while employees work from home.

Bloomberg, in partnership with major international networks of Food Banks including European Food Banks Federation (FEBA), Feeding America (FA), and the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN), has committed to continuing to support the increased demand for services.

Excess food from the pantries at Bloomberg offices around the world were redirected to food banks and enabled partners like St. Mungo’s in London to provide 97,500 meals through their alternative distribution hub, assisting 2,000 homeless beneficiaries with care packages and hot meals while practicing social distancing.

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