Results for America Awards Nine New Cities with Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Certification for Exceptional Use of Data
June 17, 2024
Results for America announced nine new cities in the United States and Latin America have been awarded the Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Certification for establishing exceptional data capabilities to inform policy, allocate funding, improve services, evaluate programs, and engage residents.
Read moreBloomberg Philanthropies Announces Inaugural Winners of Excellence in Road Safety Awards
June 12, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies recognized the National Road Safety Agency of Argentina; Secretariat of Mobility in Bogotá, Colombia; National Road Safety Observatory in Tunisia; and Pleiku City, Viet Nam as the inaugural winners of the Awards for Excellence in Road Safety for their work to identify and promote exemplary road safety efforts.
Read moreLarge-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.
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