BLACK GIRLS ROCK!
United StatesWomen
BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Inc. is 501(c)3 non-profit youth empowerment and mentoring organization established to promote the arts for young women of color, as well as to encourage dialogue and analysis of the ways women of color are portrayed in the media. Since 2006, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! has been dedicated to the healthy development of young women and girls. BLACK GIRLS ROCK! seeks to build the self-esteem and self-worth of young women of color by changing their outlook on life, broadening their horizons, and helping them to empower themselves. Since 2006, we have enjoyed the opportunity to enrich the lives of girls aged 12 to 17 years old through mentorship, arts education, cultural exploration and public service. At BLACK GIRLS ROCK!, young women are offered access to enrichment programs and opportunities that place special emphasis on personal development through the arts and cooperative learning. By speaking to the next generation in their formative years about issues of self-worth, goals, and aspirations, the organization reinforces the message that young women need not objectify themselves or relinquish their autonomy. BLACK GIRLS ROCK! has boldly taken on the crisis of our female youth of color here in America head on and understands the need for positive self-images and a strong sense of awareness. WE SEE SOLUTIONS.
Black Health Agency
United KingdomHealth/Medical
Black Health Agency (formerly BHAF) was established in 1990 as a response to the lack of service provision to Black communities related to HIV / AIDS. BHA has always prided itself in being one the biggest charities to tackle the issues surrounding Black sexual health in the UK and in recent years the agency has widened its remit to incorporate a broader range of health services for Black African, Caribbean, South and South East Asian and marginalised communities. Black Health Agency aims to challenge health inequalities for BME and marginalised communities and to make a positive contribution in health provision and service delivery. By using our expertise in the field of health, social care policy and service development we aim to provide efficient and appropriate advice and services to communities at grass root level.
Black Sash
South AfricaHuman Rights
The Black Sash is an independent, non-governmental Human Rights organisation that has worked tirelessly for justice and equality in South Africa for nearly 55 years. Since the end of Apartheid in 1994, the Black Sash has focussed on the promotion and protection of our hard-won freedoms, particularly in the areas of social and economic rights. Our aim is to enable all, with an emphasis on women and children, to recognise and exercise their human rights, particularly their social and economic rights. And to create a society that has effective laws and delivery systems, including comprehensive social protection for the most vulnerable.
Black Tie Dinner
United StatesOther
Each year, the Black Tie Dinner Board of Directors selects up to 20 North Texas beneficiaries and one National beneficiary, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, to receive proceeds from that year's dinner. To date, Black Tie Dinner has raised nearly $14 million for our beneficiaries. The Black Tie Dinner Board of Directors rates each applicant on financial soundness and organizational health and stability as well as service to the North Texas GLBT community, including the quality and impact of its programs, services, and activities. In addition, the board considers the applicant’s ability to meet the requirements of Black Tie Dinner participation and, for past beneficiaries, how well they had previously met expectations. Each year, Black Tie Dinner announces a call for applications, encouraging eligible organizations to apply. The Black Tie Dinner Board of Directors rates each applicant on financial soundness and organizational health and stability as well as service to the North Texas GLBT community, including the quality and impact of its programs, services, and activities. In addition, the board considers the applicant’s ability to meet the requirements of Black Tie Dinner participation and, for past beneficiaries, how well they had previously met expectations.
Blackie Foundation Trust
United KingdomResearch/Dev
The Blackie Foundation Trust was founded by Dr. Margery Blackie in 1971, when she was homeopathic physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Through the Trust, Dr. Blackie aimed to promote homeopathy to a wider audience and educate the public about successful homeopathic treatment of illness. Her intent was also to use the Trust to train doctors in homeopathy, so that it became available to as many people as possible. Today, there is a growing demand for homeopathic medicine in Great Britain; however, homeopathy has always been controversial. The Blackie Foundation Trust aims to support trials in clinical and scientific research into its mode of action.
Blake School
United StatesChildren/Education
The Blake School is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational day school for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 with an enrollment of 1389. Founded in 1900, The Blake School has the advantage of three campuses each with its own facilities designed for specific ages, schedules and activities. Students are from almost 50 communities around the Twin Cities, defining Blake as a truly metropolitan school. Students are expected to participate in an integrated program of academic, artistic and athletic activities in preparation for college, lifelong learning, community service and lives as responsible world citizens.
Blankets for Canada Society
CanadaCommunity/Family
We started humbly in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1998, where 200 blankets were made and distributed in that first year. Blankets for Canada has spread across the country in the last ten years, right from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia, and last year, 2009, more than 8,000 blankets were made and distributed. Every year the demand for our blankets increases, particularly with the unstable economy. So many people are stepping up and fulfilling the needs of Canadians who need some warmth. In the past 11 years, Blankets for Canada has gone from its humble beginnings in Lethbridge to being a coast-to-coast organization, serving larger areas such as Nanaimo and Victoria on Vancouver Island, and Abbotsford in BC, to Lethbridge, Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; Kingston, Milton, St. Catherines/Niagara and the greater Toronto area in Ontario, and Halifax, NS, as well as smaller groups in other parts of Canada.
BLESMA
United KingdomCommunity/Family
BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association) is the national charity for limbless serving and ex service men and women and their dependants and widows. It is the charity that directly supports all our service men and women who lose limbs, the use of limbs or eyes or the sight of an eye in the service of our country and we are with them all whenever we are needed for the rest of their lives. Our work starts with rehabilitation - proving that there is life after amputation. Our work is about amputee helping amputee - the fellowship of shared experience. Our work is about life long welfare support, about campaigning for what they deserve and about being there when old injuries come back to haunt. Our youngest Member is 19 and our oldest is 99 - Truly we are BLESMA for Life.
Blessings in a Backpack
CanadaChildren/Education
Blessings in a Backpack is a unique results-oriented program designed to feed elementary school children who may not have any or enough food on the weekends. Blessings was founded in the U.S. by Stan Curtis (of USA Harvest) and Hilary Duff. They recognize that underprivileged children who are fed through government programs at school during the week, have no food to eat at home on the weekends. So, Blessings arranges to have backpacks filled with food for the kids to take home on Friday evening. Then the kids bring the empty packs back on Monday morning, to be filled again for the next coming Friday. Better test scores, improved reading skills, positive behaviour, improved health and increased attendance have all been attributed to the success of this program.
Blessings International
United StatesHealth/Medical
Blessings International, a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1981 to serve as a source of pharmaceuticals, vitamins, and medical supplies for clinics and hospitals in developing nations that serve indigent populations and short-term medical teams that travel to such sites to provide donated medical services. Blessings International also has its own benevolent projects, which typically involves the provision of pharmaceuticals to locations of special need and or disaster relief in addition to providing medicines for the efforts of other organizations.
Blind Children's Learning Center
United StatesDisability
The Blind Children’s Learning Center is the only school of its kind in Southern California. Since its inception nearly fifty years ago, the Blind Children’s Learning Center has been committed to nurturing the whole child. We provide a comprehensive educational program – addressing all the needs of blind and visually impaired children, through birth through completion of high school.
Blind Childrens Center
United StatesDisability
The Blind Childrens Center was founded in 1938, by members of the Southern California Delta Gamma Fraternity, to serve children from birth to school-age who are blind or severely visually impaired. The Center’s goal is to provide a comprehensive program of specialized education and training which will optimize the blind or visually impaired child’s development and consequent opportunities to lead a meaningful and productive life.
Blinded Veterans Association
United StatesDisability
BVA traces its roots back to the end of World War II. The organization’s founders consisted of some 100 young men, mostly in their early 20s. Members of this unique group had recently lost their sight in the war and were recovering from their injuries at Avon Old Farms Army Convalescent Hospital near Avon, Connecticut. Ever since, BVA officers and staff have worked tirelessly to fulfill the Association’s mission and uphold the ideals expressed in its Congressional charter. Throughout BVA’s history, Congress and the now Department of Veterans Affairs (formerly the Veterans Administration) have recognized BVA as the exclusive voice for blinded veterans nationwide.
BLISS
United KingdomHealth/Medical
Founded 30 years ago, we offer guidance and information at a critical time in families' lives. We also fund ground-breaking research and campaign for babies to receive the best possible level of care regardless of when and where they are born. Our work helps families who are pregnant, with a baby in special care and after the baby comes home. We work closely with leading doctors, nurses and midwives to ensure we haves the biggest impact on the care of all vulnerable babies.
blood:water mission
United StatesResearch/Dev
We're a group of passionate people who have been inspired by our friends in Africa, friends who face unbearable challenges from the HIV/AIDS and water crises. We creatively and thoughtfully raise awareness and the necessary funds for the provision of clean blood and clean water in sub-Saharan Africa. Founded by the multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning band, Jars of Clay, Blood:Water Mission began as a call to personalize the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. The results of our efforts paint a new picture in these communities. Village leaders have the resources and training to bring clean water, sanitation and healthcare into their communities. Stomach aches, skin diseases and diarrhea have disappeared. Women and children no longer walk several miles a day to carry filthy water. Those with HIV are living longer, stronger lives.
Blue Cross of India
IndiaAnimals/Wildlife
The Blue Cross of India was established in 1959 and registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act in 1964. It has grown from small beginnings to become one of India's largest animal welfare organizations, running active animal welfare, animal rights and humane education programmes. The work of the Blue Cross has received national and international recognition. Its Office Bearers have served on many State and Central Government Committees over the last forty years.
Blue Dolphin Alliance Inc.
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Our ultimate goal at BLUE DOLPHIN ALLIANCE is to convey this message of ecological preservation to young people and to get them excited about one species in nature. To understand a particular species and to define it unconditionally is to realize its importance within our environment. If you love something, you will defend it! BLUE DOLPHIN ALLIANCE has established a place to start, by accumulating a wealth of information for people to get more deeply involved with things close to their heart. BLUE DOLPHIN ALLIANCE has developed a special store for environmental "vehicles" to convey the message of ecology to all people, including our children.
Blue Light Canterbury
New ZealandCommunity/Family
Blue Light has been active in New Zealand for over 25 years. It originally began in Australia as a community policing initiative. Blue Light is staffed by police officers and dedicated civilian volunteers. Although supported by Police, Blue Light is financially independent and does not receive funding from the Police. Blue Light aims to be a youth programme that provides positive on-going alternatives in situations where young people are at risk or becoming offenders or victims of crime.
Blue Ventures Conservation
United KingdomCommunity/Family
Blue Ventures is an award-winning marine conservation organisation dedicated to conservation, education and sustainable development in tropical coastal communities. Through our marine expeditions, volunteers from around the world join us on career breaks, student gap years and internships, working closely with our field research teams, in partnership with local communities. We have a commitment to responsible travel on all of our expeditions. We believe that with the right knowledge, developing coastal communities can live in harmony with their marine environments.
Blue Wave Foundation
CanadaCommunity/Family
BLUE WAVE brings mental health issues to the forefront, talk about them, understand them and change them. The BLUE WAVE Movement is about increasing awareness, finding solutions, fostering hope and ending the stigma. The long-term goal of the Foundation is to see BLUE WAVE Centers established in major regional centres where young people in need can go for help and support. We direct people to the professional people or organizations who can provide help and assistance. BLUE WAVE days have been formulated to meet the needs of young people in a language that is acceptable to them – thus working toward removal of the stigma and shame attached to such presently used language as: mental illness, chronic depression, "committing" suicide, etc.