Bloomberg Philanthropies and Arcadia Deepen Commitment to Help Achieve Global ‘30×30’ Ocean Protection Target
March 3, 2023
At the 2023 Our Ocean Conference, Bloomberg Philanthropies and Arcadia announced a new $51 million joint effort to expand and improve marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures to help reach the global ‘30×30’ ocean protection target.
Read moreLeading Philanthropies Pledge $5 Million to Support Developing Countries in Adopting an Ambitious High Seas Treaty
March 1, 2023
At the 2023 Our Ocean Conference, private donors committed a collective $5 million to rapidly support developing nations in joining an ambitious new global treaty to protect the high seas.
Read moreAs Students Continue to Suffer COVID-Related Learning Loss Bloomberg Philanthropies Launches Comprehensive Summer Learning Program to Help Thousands of Kids
February 24, 2023
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that due to impressive results in New York City in summer 2022, they will once again run Summer Boost, its summer learning program for rising first through ninth grade public charter school students, in NYC during the summer of 2023. Bloomberg Philanthropies also announced that given a greater need, they will expand Summer Boost to seven additional cities: Baltimore, MD; Birmingham, AL; Indianapolis, IN; Memphis, TN; Nashville, TN; San Antonio, TX; and Washington, D.C.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Commits Additional $420 Million to Reduce Tobacco Use Globally
February 2, 2023
Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an additional commitment of $420 million over four years to the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. This fourth investment brings Bloomberg’s total commitment to tobacco control to more than $1.58 billion since 2005. The Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use is helping cities and countries implement measures that are proven to reduce use and protect people from harm, including smoke-free public places, banning tobacco advertising, increasing tax on tobacco products, requiring graphic warnings on cigarette packaging, and mass-media public awareness campaigns.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies, CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodríguez and Schools Chancellor Banks Launch College and Career Peer Advising Program to Benefit Thousands of New York City High School Students
February 1, 2023
The City University of New York and NYC Public Schools announced the launch of the CUNY College & Career Advising Fellows, a program to support New York City Public School students as they graduate high school and navigate the college and career planning process.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies and Matriculate Expand Partnership to Provide High-Achieving, Lower-Income, First-Generation Students with Free One-On-One Virtual College Advising
January 30, 2023
Bloomberg Philanthropies and Matriculate announced an expansion of their partnership to provide free, personal “near-peer” college advising to high-achieving students from lower-income families through Bloomberg Philanthropies’ CollegePoint initiative.
Read moreNew Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative Will Help Unleash 1.2 Terawatts of Renewable Energy, Create up to 14 Million Jobs, and Increase GDP by Over Six Percent by 2050
January 17, 2023
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the African Climate Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, ClimateWorks Foundation, and the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA) launched the Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative (AREMI) to drive investment and mobilize action in African countries to scale up renewable energy manufacturing capabilities.
Read more1,200 First Graders in Canarsie and East Flatbush to Receive $1,000 Each in College and Career Savings, as Part of Efforts to Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap
December 13, 2022
The NYC Department of Education, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, and Brooklyn Community Foundation, together with families, students, school leaders, the Gray Foundation, and NYC Kids RISE (NYCKR), announced that 1,200 first graders in East Flatbush, Brooklyn and Canarsie, Brooklyn will receive $1,000 in their NYC Scholarship Accounts, which is dedicated to college and career savings.
Read moreMayor of London and Bloomberg Philanthropies Announce Second Round of London Community Groups to Receive Free Sensors to Monitor and Tackle Local Air Pollution
December 9, 2022
The Mayor of London and Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the next round of thirty community groups to receive free air quality sensors awarded as part of the Breathe London Community Programme, with 11 of the sensors going to groups in outer London boroughs.
Read moreBloomberg American Health Summit Highlights Practical Solutions to Public Health Issues Threatening U.S. Life Expectancy
December 6, 2022
The Bloomberg American Health Summit convened public health practitioners, innovators, and policymakers from around the country to address the priority public health challenges impacting health and life expectancy in the U.S.
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