The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Collaborates with Resilia to Strengthen Health Equity Organizations

Collaboration to provide support through capacity-building technology and 1:1 nonprofit coaching

New Orleans, La. - Resilia, a “tech-for-good” social enterprise with offices in New Orleans and New York City, and the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation have come together to strengthen the capacity of community-based nonprofits advocating for more equitable access to healthcare and quality treatment for historically marginalized communities.

With a belief that geographic, economic, racial, or social circumstances should not determine health outcomes, the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation’s mission is to promote health equity and improve the health of vulnerable communities burdened by serious diseases. Its grant-making empowers partners to build innovative community-based solutions to improve access to quality healthcare. The Foundation invests in creative solutions, new approaches, and inventive concepts to advance health equity, enabling its nonprofit grantees to explore their effectiveness and develop data demonstrating their value.

“The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation is thrilled to partner with Resilia to provide our grantee partners with a diverse suite of tools and resources to empower their teams and maximize their impact.” - Adrienne Gonzalez, Senior Director, the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation.

"We are excited to join the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation in their critical work to ensure more equitable access to quality healthcare," said Ash Didwania, Chief Partnership & Revenue Officer, Resilia. “Together, we will strengthen the capacity of their nonprofit grantees committed to serving historically marginalized communities and achieving meaningful impact.”

The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation has joined Resilia's Elevate initiative, a national learning and action network of 60+ grantmakers focused on elevating the capacity and voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led and serving organizations.

About The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation
The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, an independent charitable organization, focuses on communities most at risk of suffering the impacts of serious diseases in regions of the world that are hardest hit. It empowers partners to develop and test innovative solutions to advance health equity and improve access to quality healthcare for patients. Grant-making focuses on cancer, cardiovascular disease, and immunologic disease, as well as clinical trial diversity in the United States, and prevalent cancers in nine African countries, Brazil and China. The mission of the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation is to promote health equity and improve the health outcomes of populations disproportionately affected by serious diseases by strengthening healthcare worker capacity, integrating medical care and community-based supportive services, and mobilizing communities in the fight against disease. For more information, visit Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation.

About Resilia
Founded in 2016, Resilia is a Black woman-founded organization that leverages technology and the human touch to help nonprofits and change makers build capacity, elevate stories, and increase impact in their communities. Resilia's Funder Program enables grantors (foundations, corporations, and government offices) to empower their nonprofit partners with on-demand back-office and mission-facing tools, 1:1 nonprofit coaching, and peer-to-peer learning support that meets them where they are in their development.

Visit the Resilia website to learn more about how funders can build grantee nonprofit capacity through the Resilia Funder Program.