Large-Scale National Study Finds Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Summer Boost Initiative Significantly Accelerates Learning Recovery
June 11, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies unveiled positive findings from one of the largest and most comprehensive national studies assessing the effectiveness of summer learning in bridging post-pandemic learning gaps. The study highlights the pivotal role of Summer Boost — Bloomberg Philanthropies’ intensive summer learning initiative for rising first through ninth grade public charter school students — in accelerating learning across various regions and demographics.
Read moreMayor Bowser and Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce $9.5 Million Investment to Expand the Advanced Technical Center and Prepare More DC Students for Health Care Careers
June 7, 2024
Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a $9.5 million investment from Bloomberg Philanthropies that will support the District’s Advanced Technical Center (ATC) and help build more pathways to health care professions for high school students in Washington, DC.
Read moreSecretary-General António Guterres Issues Clarion Call for Ambitious National Climate Plans; Michael R. Bloomberg Answers
June 5, 2024
Speaking at the American Museum of Natural History, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on World Environment Day, made an urgent call for maximum ambition, maximum acceleration, and maximum cooperation by all actors across society in the leadup to COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Expands Innovative Arts Internship Program
May 21, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an expansion of the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program, which for 12 years has placed rising public high school seniors in over 1,700 paid seven-week long summer internships at more than 250 cultural organizations.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Invests Additional $60 Million to Help Prevent Drowning Deaths Globally
May 14, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the investment of an additional $60 million to scale proven solutions that are preventing drowning deaths and ensuring safer, healthier, longer lives in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Uganda and Viet Nam. This investment also includes new efforts in the United States to support swim instruction and strengthen data collection to better understand the circumstances of drowning incidents.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Announces Sponsorship of the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
April 17, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that it will serve as an official sponsor of the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Bloomberg Philanthropies support will include engaging audiences via national pavilions, supporting public programs, and digital content. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ free Bloomberg Connects mobile app will serve as the exclusive app for the Biennale Arte 2024.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Launches Youth Action Fund to Activate Tens of Thousands of Young People in Driving Climate Solutions in 100 Cities Across the Globe
April 10, 2024
With 84 percent of youth around the world reporting that they are worried climate change threatens people and the planet, Bloomberg Philanthropies launched the Youth Climate Action Fund which will provide technical assistance and funding for 100 mayors to activate tens of thousands of young people ages of 15 – 24 years to design, produce, and govern urgent climate solutions in their cities. The cities in the Fund span 38 countries across six continents, representing over 62 million residents.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies and Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign Announce New England is Officially Coal-Free
March 27, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign announced that New England’s six states will be coal-free by June 1, 2028, with the retirement of New Hampshire’s last two remaining coal plants.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Announces $200 Million Commitment to Support U.S. Mayors Taking on Climate Change
March 12, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities, a three-year initiative to turbocharge 25 U.S. cities’ efforts to leverage historic levels of federal funding to proactively build low-carbon, resilient, and economically thriving communities.
Read moreMayor Sala Commits to a Healthier, Safer Milan by Joining Global Network of Cities
March 7, 2024
Mayor Giuseppe Sala announced that Milan has joined the Partnership for Healthy Cities, a prestigious global network of more than 70 cities committed to saving lives by preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) — such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes — and injuries.
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