Community Giving (Locations except New Jersey)

Overview

_NOTE: We accept requests year-round. For all community giving applications, we strongly urge you to submit your application at least 12 weeks in advance of the date of required funding. Funding decisions are announced by letter to recipient organizations. We will contact you if we need additional information._

Supporting Our Communities

We care deeply about the communities where we live and work. That’s why we support programs and organizations that address unmet medical needs, help students grow through STEM education, and deliver basic human services to our neighbors.

For all community giving applications, we strongly urge you to submit your application at least 12 weeks in advance of the date of required funding

Our initiatives

Addressing Unmet Needs

Each year, we work with nonprofit partners to improve access to treatment, eliminate health disparities and promote healthy lifestyles throughout our communities.

Neighbors help neighbors. Together with our nonprofit partners, Bristol-Myers Squibb works to improve access to treatment and eliminate health disparities for those that live in and around the communities we also call home. Working with our nonprofit partners, we’re able to provide programs that address the health challenges of our underserved citizens.

Improving Science Education

Because today’s students will discover tomorrow’s medicines, we’re committed to improving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies in schools and community organizations.

Science and technology are at the core of everything we do. We're always eager to open young minds to the exciting possibilities of both. Through grants and other programs, we've introduced students to genetics, robotics, engineering, alternative energy, and environmental science. Our employees also serve on advisory boards at career academies and two- and four-year colleges.

We're improving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the communities where our employees work and live.

Helping People In Need

Through philanthropy, volunteerism and partnerships, we provide essential human needs to the our hungry, homeless, elderly and underserved citizens.

* Feeding the Hungry: Bristol-Myers Squibb provides volunteer and financial support to groups that help feed families.
* Fighting Homelessness: Bristol-Myers Squibb is proud to assist a number of organizations working to provide shelter and other necessities to those suffering from homelessness
* A Helping Hand for the Elderly and Homebound: With limited mobility and financial resources, elderly people that live alone often require help with the simplest tasks of daily life
* Helping neighbors when disaster strikes: In the aftermath of emergencies such as fires and floods, the American Red Cross is there. Bristol Myers Squibb supports the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey and its Emergency Services Program, which enables vulnerable families to recover from disasters that may otherwise push them into poverty and homelessness.
* Making the holidays – and every day – brighter for children: Our employees lend their support to various organizations focused on making the holidays – and every day – a little brighter for children in need.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Our Community Giving Program accepts applications from IRS-qualified 501 (c)(3) non-profit organizations whose mission and programs are consistent with our areas of philanthropic interest, and which serve communities in the United States where our employees live and work.

* Tax-exempt organizations including hospitals, government institutions and schools that serve our local communities also may apply.

* Bristol-Myers Squibb accepts community giving requests from organizations located near these locations in the continental United States:

* Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Devens, Massachusetts
* Redwood City, California
* San Diego, California
* Seattle, Washington
* Tampa, Florida

Ineligibility

* We do not support these types of requests and organizations:

* Funding to support a specific individual’s scholarship, fellowship or fundraising goals. We only accept requests from organizations.
* Wish-granting campaigns
* Salaries for health care providers or administrative staff
* Endowments
* Political, lobbying, fraternal or social organizations
* Religious organizations whose activities are primarily sectarian in purpose
* Organizations that discriminate on the basis or race, gender, creed, culture, age, national origin, physical disability, sexual orientation, or status as a military veteran
* Loans or "life line" support for general operating expenses