AFP: Bloomberg to fund UN climate agency after US exit from Paris accord
January 23, 2025
Bloomberg’s intervention aims to ensure the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) remains fully funded despite the United States halting its contributions.
Read moreThe New York Times: An app for ‘The Gates,’ 20 years later
November 21, 2024
The installation’s orange curtains will float and flap from their orange portals, but this time only on cellphones using Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Read moreAxios: High schools help develop future health workers
September 3, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies wanted to increase opportunities for students who don’t necessarily want a four-year college degree while cultivating a talent pipeline for local hospitals, which are often the largest employers in town, said Howard Wolfson, education program lead.
Read moreAssociated Press: Bloomberg gives $600 million to four Black medical schools’ endowments
August 6, 2024
Bloomberg pointed to the closure in the last century of all but four historically Black medical schools, despite the well-documented impact that Black doctors have on improving health outcomes for Black patients.
Read moreThe Washington Post: $1 billion gift to make Johns Hopkins medical school free for most
July 8, 2024
The donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies will also expand financial aid for the school’s other graduate programs, including nursing and public health.
Read moreThe New York Times: A Ride in a Chemical-Sniffing Van Shows How Heat Amps Up Pollution
June 12, 2024
One of the vans is set to return to Louisiana later this year to measure for as many as 45 pollutants from its petrochemicals industry, part of a project funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign. In an initial peer-reviewed study published this month, the researchers found far higher emissions of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas used in plastic production, than previously known.
Read moreEducation Week: How to Get Summer School Right (Hint: It’s Not Just About Academics)
June 11, 2024
A new evaluation of Summer Boost, a summer learning recovery program used in eight cities nationwide, suggests giving equal weight to enrichment activities—from art projects to field trips—may improve student motivation to participate in summer programs and the benefits they get out of them.
Read morePhilanthropy News Digest: Bloomberg invests additional $60 million to prevent drowning deaths
May 17, 2024
The commitment to the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative to Prevent Drowning boosts the organization’s total investment to $104 million since 2012 and will support efforts to scale proven solutions in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Uganda and Vietnam.
Read moreTIME: Op-ed: Why America’s Infrastructure Is So Hard To Fix, by James Anderson
May 15, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies galvanized a group of national organizations and subject-matter experts to form the Local Infrastructure Hub. This consortium has spent the last 18 months coaching 1,300-plus mostly small and mid-sized municipalities in how to navigate the intricacies of federal grants and secure for their residents a share of the largest national commitment to modernization in decades.
Read moreFood and Wine: Local Coffee Is Finally Getting Its Due in This Vibrant African City
April 2, 2024
Question Coffee Gishushu: Often listed as one of the best places to visit in Kigali, this cafe was started in 2013 by Bloomberg Philanthropies. It’s invested in training coffee farmers and producers to uplift smallholder farmers in the value chain. Go for a coffee tour or visit their coffee center.
Read more