Bereaved Families of Ontario-Toronto

Bereaved Families of Ontario-Toronto is a volunteer based bereavement support organization. We honor and respect that family, social, cultural, and faith and life experiences affect how people grieve. Whether a loved one died from an illness, accident, murder or suicide, we believe that the deep grief an individual or family experiences following a death is normal. We are a community leader in the provision of mutual and peer-support bereavement services, we educate service users and the public on issues related to grief and bereavement, while connecting individuals, families and communities to the organization in a vital, mutually beneficial way that responds to their unique needs.

Berggemeinden

Berkshire Community Foundation

Since 1985, the Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF) has been building a Community Capital Fund to provide grants to small voluntary groups that tackle need at the grassroots of our local community, both now and in the future. We are a local, independent grant making charity, and we help local people and businesses to manage their charitable giving and in turn build stronger communities and enrich lives by giving grants.

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Inc. (BIOS) is uniquely situated and excellently equipped for highly productive marine field research. Only 700 miles from the East Coast of the U.S., Bermuda is located on some of the world's northernmost coral reefs and surrounded by deep ocean. Significant research opportunities are presented by Bermuda's diversity of ecological communities: from limestone caves and mangroves to coral reefs and the Sargasso Sea. Moderate temperature of air and water make BIOS a year-round magnet for independent and collaborative research. Disciplines as diverse as marine invertebrate zoology, coral reef ecology, chemical and physical oceanography, animal physiology and carbonate geology are studied. We monitor atmospheric and marine pollution in Bermuda and their sources; and study the development of biomarkers to indicate the presence of environmental contaminants and stress in coral reef and other marine ecosystems.

Berry Street Inc

Berry Street looks after thousands of Victorian children and young people who have been denied the most vital ingredient for human development - a good childhood, those who cannot live safely at home because of traumatic family violence, serious abuse and neglect and those who will not recover from what has been done to them, unless they urgently receive the help they need and deserve. We need to act now, so that more children experience a good childhood that equips them to become healthy, functioning adults, so that our community will be a better, safer place to live for all of us - with less crime, mental illness, substance abuse, violence and homelessness. We choose to work with those children, young people and their families who are hurting the most and who have the most complex needs. We are absolutely determined to restore hope and trust to the lives of the children in our care.

Best Buddies International

Best Buddies is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). Best Buddies programs engage participants in each of the 50 United States. We have accredited international programs on six continents with additional country programs under active development.

Best Buddies of Canada

Best Buddies is grounded in the belief that friendship is important to the development of all individuals and that for all people with intellectual disabilities friendship is a medium through which they can become a part of their communities. Our program gives people with intellectual disabilities the chance to have experiences which most people take for granted - going for coffee, out to a movie, or simply enjoying the company of a good friend. To this end, Best Buddies establishes chapters at high schools, universities and colleges across the country.

Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends Animal Society is guided by a simple philosophy: kindness to animals builds a better world for all of us. In the late 1980s, when Best Friends was in its early days, roughly 17 million dogs and cats were being killed in shelters every year. Despite the commitment of shelter workers to the animal in their care, the conventional belief was that little could be done to lower that terrible number. Best Friends' No More Homeless Pets campaign created a new vision: A grassroots effort to place dogs and cats who were considered "unadoptable" into good homes, and to reduce the number of unwanted pets through effective spay and neuter programs. Since then, the number of dogs and cats being destroyed in shelters has fallen to approximately 5 million a year. There has been much progress,but there is still much more to do.

Best Start - Meilleur départ

Best Start is Ontario's Maternal Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre and it supports service providers across the province of Ontario who are working on health promotion projects to improve the health of expectant parents and their young children. The Centre provides workshops and conferences, resources, consultations, and subject-specific information.

Bet Tzedek

Bet Tzedek, The House of Justice, provides free legal assistance to thousands of people who would otherwise be denied access to the legal system underpinning our democracy. Bet Tzedek was founded in 1974 by a few individuals who sought to act on "Justice, justice you shall pursue." Today, Bet Tzedek is one of the nation’s premier legal services organizations, providing free assistance to more than 10,000 people of every racial and religious background at its headquarters in the Fairfax area and its office in North Hollywood and at more than 30 senior centers throughout Los Angeles County. With a dedicated staff of over 60 and more than 1,000 active volunteers, Bet Tzedek makes a crucial difference in the lives of the most vulnerable members of the community. Although Bet Tzedek remains intent on assuring that the legal needs of the Jewish poor are met, we recognize that it is our duty to serve the entire community. For this reason, Bet Tzedek has always provided assistance to all eligible needy residents of Los Angeles County, regardless of their racial, religious or ethnic background. Indeed, at The House of Justice, we believe that all of the groups in our wonderfully diverse society are strengthened when bridges are built that bring us together in a common, just cause.

Bethesda - A Mission of Mercy

Mission of Mercy has seen great things during the past year. Great efforts have been made to serve the most needy people. Great distance have been traveled into the most remote and isolated places. Great medical help has been provided for the sick. Great teaching has been given on daily living , that a more healthy standard of life may be lived such places when visited later have shown that this teaching has not been in vain. Numbers with their medical skills and care, along with others rendering practical help, have sacrificed to make this possible and this must be appreciated. Above all the one in whose name all this has been done, the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, he has been presented to the people as the one who came into the world to save our souls and to care for us in all our daily need.

Bethesda Home for Boys

Bethesda Home for Boys is the oldest child caring institution in the country. In fact, founded in 1740, it's older than the country itself and was a site frequently visited by many of the country's founding fathers. Benjamin Franklin was an early investor and Bethesda was constituted by a grant from King George with the encouragement of Charles and John Wesley. At Bethesda, 90% of our boys graduate and graduate on time. An astounding 75% of high school graduates go on to college, while the remaining 25% choose either technical school or the military. Students who enroll @ Bethesda with academic challenges receive remedial help as they scholastically "catch up". Others are encouraged to achieve at a pace more appropriate for them. But perhaps the best way to learn about Bethesda's School is to schedule a campus visit.

Bethesda Lutheran Communities

Bethesda is a recognized service organization of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) and works cooperatively with LCMS on a number of national and international initiatives. Bethesda's Board of Directors is currently made up of men and women from the LCMS, Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Sharing the love of Christ with children and adults who have developmental disabilities is the main focus of Bethesda's ministry. We also provide resources to educate friends, families, congregations and other service providers about developmental disabilities.

Bethesda Lutheran Homes and Services

Bethesda has been providing services to people with developmental disabilities since 1904. Bethesda is a recognized service organization of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and works cooperatively with LCMS on a number of national and international initiatives.

Bethlehem Mission Immensee - BMI

The Bethlehem Mission Immensee (BMI) is a catholic missionary organization with its headquarters in Immensee, Switzerland. It places itself at the service of the integral liberation of the disadvantaged in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe. In the various countries where we have projects we work together with organizations of the church and of civil society. We provide skilled personnel for specific tasks for a limited time and we support them in their efforts to create links and to cooperate in processes of international solidarity. By this method of personnel development cooperation we help to build bridges to other cultures and religions. The source of our commitment and the motivation for our activity in this world is the liberating message of Jesus, His vision of a just and peaceful world. The signs of His prophetic and healing actions motivate us to work together as partners with people from other cultures and religions. For this reason we struggle together with them that the necessities of life be made available to all human beings and that their dignity and rights are respected.

Better Basics

Better Basics Inc., a non-profit United Way agency, was incorporated in 1994 and is not affiliated with any other group or organization. We currently provide our services to 52 schools in Birmingham and surrounding school systems. Our teachers and staff are working hard to help struggling readers make great strides in reading and learning skills. Better Basics enjoys the support of foundations, businesses, individuals, and the United Way of Central Alabama, a member agency since 1998.

Better Day Alliance Foundation

The Better Day Alliance Foundation (BDAF) is about people helping people. People volunteering their time and resources to bringing unexpected happiness to those facing a variety of challenges throughout the Greater Toronto Area. A non-denominational, registered charitable organization, the BDAF was co-founded in 2007 by three community mental health workers who shared a vision to enhance the lives of those struggling with poverty, mental illness and many of life’s other daily challenges. They could have passively continued to witness the struggles, and to move forward in their daily lives, but they didn’t. Motivated to improve the lives of those they already helped through their respective jobs, they decided to take action by creating the BDAF for the betterment of those who most need our help throughout the GTA. They challenge you to do the same!

Better World Fund

The The Better World Fund was created in 1998 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner. The Better World Fund builds and implements public-private partnerships to address the world's most pressing problems, and works to broaden support for the UN through advocacy and public outreach. The Better World Fund is governed by a small and cohesive Board of Directors who share a commitment to the goals and objectives of the UN Charter and the UN's work on behalf of economic, social, environmental and humanitarian causes.

Betty Ford Center Society of Canada

The non-profit Betty Ford Center is an Alcohol Addiction and Drug Addiction Treatment hospital located in the luxurious resort community of Rancho Mirage, California. On our expansive 20-acre campus adjacent to the Eisenhower Medical Center we offer help and hope to individuals and their family members affected by alcoholism and/or addiction to other drugs. Alcoholics, addicts, and their loved ones who require alcohol treatment or drug treatment begin the exciting journey to a new life at the Betty Ford Center.

Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders seeks to follow this Jesus by building bridges of sharing and understanding across the great divisions of our day. We do this to foster justice and peace and because we believe that the unique image of God in humanity is best seen in the mosaic of our diversity. Beyond Borders focuses on the division created by the growing economic disparity in our world. Our work both in Haiti and abroad has grown both in its quality and in its size. Initially our focus in Haiti was on directly funding literacy centers for children and adults. We have worked to improve the quality of education provided in these centers by promoting teacher training and more participatory program management, planning, and evaluation. More recently we have sought to increase our impact by sharing what we have been learning with other institutions and leaders in Haiti. We are providing training and leadership development to a growing number of teachers, literacy instructors, community organizers & church leaders. We are also taking leadership in a national children's rights campaign that seeks the elimination of child slavery and exploitation in Haiti. And most recently, we have begun working to bring understanding across the broken relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.