BD Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The BD Foundation’s grantmaking supports widespread immunization campaigns, healthcare worker safety and outreach projects that educate and raise awareness of pandemic diseases. Specific disease interests include HIV/AIDS, malaria, diabetes, immunizations and infectious diseases. It also partners with nonprofits to provide relief in areas struck by hurricanes and other natural disasters.
IP TAKE: BD seeks to partner with big name health INGOs, often for multiple years. Small and grassroots groups may have a hard time securing funding, although BD does make small grants to organizations that its employees volunteer with. This can be a tough nut to crack for smaller organizations, but it helps to network with BD’s employees to get on its foundation’s radar.
PROFILE: The BD Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the medical technology company, Becton Dickinson. The foundation seeks to “leverage our expertise to collaborate with leading nonprofit organizations to address unmet healthcare needs” by Strengthening Health Systems and Responding in Times of Disaster.
Grants for Global Health and Diseases
As a medical technology company, BD strongly prioritizes health-related philanthropy. Its Strengthening Health Systems focus area is committed to “improving healthcare access and strengthening the capacity of health systems to provide preventive care for all patients, especially the most vulnerable.” It supports organizations and programs that work to expand care to underserved populations, improve treatment and prevention for diabetes, reduce health care-related secondary infections, and address the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. Global health grants support funding for HIV/AIDS, malaria, diabetes, immunizations, infectious diseases, and other health needs. The foundation prioritizes regions of the world in which its funding dollars will have the biggest impact. As a result, BD often supports widespread immunization campaigns, healthcare worker safety, and outreach projects to educate and raise awareness of pandemic diseases. Past grantees include Direct Relief, International Diabetes Federation and CMMB.
Grants for Humanitarian Relief
The BD Foundation’s Responding in Times of Disaster focus area supports relief and recovery efforts nearly anywhere in the world that has been struck by natural disaster. In addition to its grantmaking in response to acute emergencies like earthquakes, hurricanes and flash floods, the BD Foundation supports ongoing disasters, such as protracted droughts. BD partners with groups such as AmeriCares, MAP International, Project HOPE, and Heart to Heart International. In the past, BD has supported relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Maria, Harvey, Matthew, and Irma in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Other
Like many corporate funders, BD encourages philanthropy in its employees through volunteerism efforts and gift matching programs. BD also organizes annual Volunteer Service Trips, in which employees may embark on a multi-week paid service experience working with partner NGOs in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Southeast Asia, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Peru and Papua New Guinea.
Important Grant Details:
The BD Foundation made about $1.4 million in grants in a recent year. Foundation-wide, grants can range anywhere from around $10,000 to $200,000. The BD Foundation awards grants to nonprofits around the world where the company has a significant business and employee presence. For additional information about past grantmaking, see this funder’s recent tax filings.
The BD Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications or requests for funding. Typically, groups looking for grants outside the U.S. need to contact the country office in which their project or program takes place.
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