Bay Cove Human Services
United StatesCommunity/Family
Each day, Bay Cove provides effective, compassionate care to over 4,000 individuals and families who face the challenges of developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction and aging at over 130 sites in Boston and southeastern Massachusetts. Bay Cove strives to achieve the highest possible standards in delivering care with excellence and compassion to its service recipients.
Baylor College of Medicine
United StatesChildren/Education
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, the only private medical school in the Greater Southwest, is recognized as a premier academic health science center and is known for excellence in education, research and patient care.
Baylor University
United StatesChildren/Education
Baylor University in Waco, Texas, is a private Baptist university, and a nationally ranked liberal arts institution. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas and affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Baylor is both the state's oldest institution of higher learning and the world's largest Baptist university. Established to be a servant of the church and of society, Baylor seeks to fulfill its calling through excellence in teaching and research, in scholarship and publication, and in service to the community, both local and global. The vision of its founders and the ongoing commitment of generations of students and scholars are reflected in the motto inscribed on the Baylor seal: Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana-For Church, For Texas. Though 80 percent of our students come from within Texas, we are home to students from all 50 states, and 80 countries.
Bayview Community Services INC
CanadaCommunity/Family
Bayview Community Services was formed in 1983. It was founded on the belief that relevant community support services are essential to the recovery of people with serious mental health issues. Our clients are adult men and women who, due to mental health problems, are in need and want supported housing and life skills development or Case Management support, in order to live successfully and satisfactorily in their community. We offer two affordable group housing programs with various levels of staff support. We also offer Case Management services with either a Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) apartment unit or independent of a housing component.
BBC Children in Need
United KingdomChildren/Education
In 2008 the BBC Children in Need Appeal raised over £38 million and for every penny you gave the charity, a penny will go towards projects helping disadvantaged children in the UK. We are able to make this promise because the charity uses its investment income and Gift Aid to cover all running costs. Every year, thanks to public donations and the amazing efforts of fundraisers, schools, businesses and our corporate partners, we are able to provide support to thousands of youngsters aged 18 and under.
BBC Wildlife Fund
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
BBC Wildlife Fund is a distinctive conservation charity. We strive to do two things: protect endangered wildlife and support the people that live alongside these wonderful creatures and plants. That’s because we do not think that caring for wildlife and caring for people should be mutually exclusive. We do not just fund projects that protect endangered animals and plants and the wild places they need. We also try to protect and improve the natural habitats that wildlife and humans share. We do this by taking the opportunity where we can to make an impact on human poverty and quality of life issues as well as on the conservation of wildlife.
BBYOS
CanadaCommunity/Family
The Blake Boultbee Youth Outreach Service (BBYOS) is a charitable, community-based outreach service established in 1989. BBYOS provides a variety of services to high-risk youth and families in Blake-Boultbee, a high-density low-income area of east Toronto. BBYOS is a key agency in the area directly serving the 12-25 year-old children and youth, unique in providing long-term and intensive counselling, therapy and life skills training. BBYOS accepts referrals from social service agencies and schools from across the city, as well as client self-initiated and drop-in contact.
BC Cancer Foundation
CanadaResearch/Dev
The BC Cancer Foundation is an independent charitable organization that raises funds to support breakthrough research and care at the BC Cancer Agency. The BC Cancer Agency is responsible for cancer care and control for everyone in British Columbia. In 1935, the cancer survival rate in B.C. was the lowest in Canada. With a belief that B.C. cancer patients deserved better, a concerned group of citizens established the British Columbia Cancer Foundation on May 7th 1935, over seventy years ago. Today, the cancer survival rate in B.C. is the highest in the country. Donors to the BC Cancer Foundation continue to support vital progress in research and care at the BC Cancer Agency. In 2005, we celebrated our 70th anniversary.
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
CanadaChildren/Education
BC Children’s Hospital is the province’s only full-service acute care hospital and serves the one million children living in BC and the Yukon. All children who are seriously ill or injured are referred to Children’s Hospital and are either treated at the hospital in Vancouver or, in consultation with Children’s specialists, in their home community. Last year, more than 72,000 children were treated at Children’s Hospital. BC Children’s Hospital Foundation received donations from more than 120,000 people last year and had revenues of over $61.3 million.
BC Disability Sports
CanadaDisability
We promote active participation in sport and recreation and provide a unique opportunity for athletes with a physical disability to express their potential. Our purpose is to stage the BC Disability Games and Games related activities which support the Canadian Sport for Life framework, in the "Fundamentals" and "Learning to Train" stages. We provide an exclusive link between provincial sport members, host communities and key volunteers which augment the value of the athletes' experience at the BC Disability Games by lending expertise and leading the co-ordination of the Games' organizational process.
BC Spaces For Nature
CanadaEnvironment
For over 35 years we have led campaigns that have protected over 8.4 million acres of BC's wilderness, including such areas as the Tatshenshini and the Spatsizi. BC Spaces for Nature also delivers WildED, an award-winning wilderness education program that is focused on inspiring students and teachers alike to make caring for nature part of their lives. Parks and wilderness are essential to the Canadian persona. If our parks and wilderness legacy is truly to be recognized and passed on to future generations, this next generation of young people must understand the value of wild nature and why and how it needs to be cherished and preserved.
BC Wheelchair Sports Association
CanadaDisability
BC Wheelchair Sports is a not-for-profit organization devoted to providing opportunities for athletes with physical disabilities. Since being founded in 1971, we have worked to provide access to quality programs for athletes with disabilities. This has always been our focus and continues to be what drives us. In partnership with other Provincial Wheelchair Sports Societies across Canada, BCWSA is dedicated to promoting Wheelchair Sport and community awareness.
BCCTMHW
SwitzerlandEnvironment
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal is the most comprehensive global environmental agreement on hazardous and other wastes. The Convention has 172 Parties and aims to protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous and other wastes. The Basel Convention came into force in 1992.
BDFA
United KingdomDisability
We let disabled and profoundly ill adults and children share the magic which flying light aircraft brings - rediscovering smiles with the awakening experience of flight. Aerobility operate five specially adapted light aircraft, along with access equipment such as a specialised hoist and electric buggy. The charity believes in access for all and is working extremely hard to ensure every disability gets the chance to participate.
BeadforLife
UgandaMicrofinance
BeadforLife eradicates extreme poverty by creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans and concerned world citizens. Ugandan women turn colorful recycled paper into beautiful beads, and people who care open their hearts, homes and communities to buy and sell the beads. The beads thus become income, food, medicine, school fees and hope. Our beaders and tailors are primarily impoverished women who are hardworking, intelligent, and strong in their desire to improve their lives. They make gorgeous handcrafted paper beads from recycled paper and turn them into necklaces, bracelets, and earrings. Because the beaders use recycled, colorful paper, the beads help prevent environmental degradation. What was trash becomes beauty, money, food, and hope. It is a small miracle that enriches us all. Our goal is for our members to be independent of BeadforLife within 27 months by being able to support themselves within the Ugandan economy. To assist members in launching their own small businesses or in creating new revenue streams, we provide entrepreneurial training, facilitate savings accounts, and make business funds available.
Beads for Education
United StatesResearch/Dev
Beads for Education was founded in 1933 and in the beginning the focus was on selling the beadwork of the Dupoto Women's Group in the USA so they could send their daughters to school. Many years later, we pay the school fees of over 300 girls at 3 different schools in kenya. We focus on education, but when people are starving all other considerations are secondary. During periods of famine, Beads does its part, buying, distributing food to the communities where we operate.
Beagle Paws
CanadaAnimals/Wildlife
Beagle Paws was the vision of founder Sheila Lewis, in 2002 she made it her mission to bring awareness of the plight of Beagles in the province of Newfoundland. Her promotion of the Beagle as "More than just hunting dogs, they are pets too !" attracted a lot of attention. Other passionate Beagle lovers came forward with offers to help. In January of 2003 the official Beagle Paws organization was formed. Founded in St. John's, Newfoundland it has now grown to be Canada's largest Beagle Rescue Organization, with an established volunteer base in British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Our non-profit registered charity relies on the support of dedicated volunteers all over Canada to help save abandoned and neglected Beagles on a daily basis.
Beale Park
United KingdomAnimals/Wildlife
In 1956, Beale Park was formed by Gilbert Beale who decided to give this beautiful 350 acre, Thames-side park land to 'the people' by converting it from private farmland into a non-profit making, charitable trust. In those days it was little more than a track and a couple of ponds. Since the Trust was formed the bird collection in particular has advanced from a few peacocks to one of the foremost collections in Europe. The main source of funding for these important projects is from ticket receipts at the gate so Beale Park relies on its visitors more than ever before. Visitors are helping conserve rare and endangered birds just by coming to see the collection and enjoying a day out at this traditional wildlife park.
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation is a national organization founded in 1992 by CEO/President, Kathleen A. Casey and her son, Barrett "Bear" Krupa, who lost his life to pediatric cancer in 1993. Currently, Bear Necessities funds pediatric cancer research, support service grants nationwide & The Bear Hugs Program, here in Chicago, offers patients comfort & courage through everyday acts of caring because we understand that the little things mean a lot.
Bear Valley Rescue
CanadaAnimals/Wildlife
We are located in west-central Alberta, on 40 acres. We are so fortunate to have understanding neighbours that are very generous in helping out, mainly by donating the use of land for pasture for the horses. If we can find homes for these animals, we can go out and save more of them. It is really sad the number of good horses that end up being slaughtered because no one wants them. All our animals are wormed and vaccinated regularly. They are friendly, even if they haven't been worked with much. We save from slaughter usable and healthy horses and find them good homes, we rescue injured or ailing animals from auctions and feedlots or abusive situations and rehabilitate them, or alleviate their suffering. We also educate the public on the plight of unwanted or aging horses and other animals.