bd has actively donated cash, product, and expertise to non-profit and educational organizations worldwide. in recent years, it formed philanthropic and charitable partnerships with the following organizations: unicef, american red cross, u.s. president's emergency plan for aids relief, stop tb partnership, global business coalition on health (gbchealth), americares, international aids vaccine initiative, foundation for innovative new diagnostics, juvenile diabetes research foundation, project hope, direct relief international, accordia global health foundation, columbia university, and university of virginia. bd has also donated millions to fairleigh dickinson university (of which bd co-founder dickinson was a benefactor and namesake), in support of the henry p. becton school of nursing and allied health (named for the son of bd's co-founder, also a bd executive), along with other fdu programs.