The Community Organizations database provides information about Monroe County nonprofits and groups.
Beverly Health Care
Beverly Health Care is an Alzheimer's unit and has many special services available.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana
We match responsible, caring adults with at risk children ages 6-17 in Monroe and Owen Counties, to help raise the child's self esteem and confidence. Volunteers must submit to an extensive background check. We have Community and School Matches and require a one year or two semester commitment
Big Red Roadrunner Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association
Local chapter of National Organization of Emergency Nurses. Purpose: to promote education on emergency medicine and emergency nursing. Four meetings a year, call for dates and location.
BISCC (Bloomington Indiana Scholastic Chess Club)
BISCC operates two chapters. The Library chapter meets at the Monroe County Public Library on alternate Sundays and is open to all children in grades K-12. The University chapter meets at University Elementary School on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the academic year and is open to University Elementary students only.
Library Chapter
When: 1:30 – 3:30 pm, two Sundays of each month during the school year and once a month during the summer months.
Where: Rooms 1B and 1C of the Monroe County Public Library, Downtown Library, 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. Activities for meetings:
1. Lessons taught by experienced local and out-of-town chess coaches
2. Competitive chess ladder games and games with skilled guest players from the Bloomington chess community
3. Information and preparation for upcoming tournaments
Parents must leave a contact phone number for any participating child; Library chapter participants 3rd grade and younger must be accompanied by an adult. To ensure that we provide an enjoyable and learning environment for everyone, we may request players that do not exhibit appropriate behavior to leave a meeting.
To ensure coherence among players, membership with a reasonable fee amount is required for participation beginning in October.
Bittner Woods
Black Bear Grove, ADF
Black Bear Grove, ADF, is a druid grove based in Bloomington, Indiana. They are dedicated to connecting with local land and honoring the spirits that reside around them, as well as working with and honoring the deities and spirits of the ancient Indo-European religious traditions.
Bloomingfoods East
Bloomingfoods promotes healthy, high quality, sustainable and environmentally sound products at a fair price. Our commitment to sustainable agriculture, artisanal producers of local products and delicious regional foods are a few of the things that set us apart.
BloomingLabs
Bloominglabs is Indiana's first hackerspace (also known as a makerspace). We are a group of community members that have commonly rented a place where we can build projects both collectively and individually. We also have a mission to serve the community through educational efforts including conducting workshops and partnerships with libraries and local schools. We are open to the public on Wednesday evenings from 7pm until 10pm and are family friendly.
Bloomington Amateur Radio Club
A club of Amateur Radio Operators living, working, and operating in and around Bloomington, Indiana.
Bloomington Archery Club
Membership is required. Call or visit the web site for more information.
Bloomington Area Music (BAM)
Bloomington Area Music provides support for the Bloomington, Indiana music community through advocacy, networking and education. BAM! envisions an integrated and collaborative Bloomington Music Community in which musicians are educated in the pursuit of professional performance, supportive trades and local businesses prosper, and local residents become entertained and inspired through music spanning cultures and genres.
Bloomington Baptist Church
Bloomington Bible Church
Bloomington Bible Church is a church family that is committed to love God and one another. We are a protestant, evangelical, reformed church, which means we know that we are sinners saved by grace and that only God could save us from our wretched condition through Jesus’s perfect and sufficient sacrifice on our behalf.
Bloomington Bicycle Club
The Bloomington Bicycle Club, Inc., (BBC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting bicycling in all its diversity. Formed in 1976 and incorporated in 1984, the BBC serves primarily Monroe County, Indiana, and the surrounding area.
Bloomington Blades Youth Hockey Association
The Bloomington Blades Youth Hockey Association is dedicated to providing an opportunity for children between the ages of 6 and 12 to play ice hockey in a competitive, organized manner under the instruction and supervision of qualified coaches. The program welcomes all children with an interest in playing hockey. In addition to providing a structured format to enjoy the game, BBYHA also strives to help children develop their athletic skills, sense of citizenship, sportsmanship, and fair play.
Bloomington Board of Realtors
The Bloomington Board of REALTORS® is a professional trade association representing REALTORS® in Monroe and Owen Counties, Indiana. Chartered in 1947, BBOR maintains affiliations with the National and Indiana Associations of REALTORS®, and the many institutes, societies and councils that offer professional accreditation to its members. BBOR and its members maintain at the core of their activities the REALTOR® Code of Ethics, the first of its kind among professional trade associations. BBOR consists of nearly 500 REALTOR® members, including real estate brokers, agents, and appraisers, and another 60 Affiliate members who provide services to the real estate community. Bloomington Board of REALTORS® is the sole shareholder of its two subsidiary companies, Bloomington Multiple Listing Service, Inc. and BBOR Publications, Inc.
Bloomington Catholic Worker/Christian Radical
The Bloomington Catholic Worker is a community in the tradition of the Catholic Worker movement. The Catholic Worker movement lives the vision of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, who believed that a peaceable revolution would result if people imitated Jesus Christ's nonviolence, voluntary poverty, and radical hospitality. The BCW/CR is an ecumenical Christian intentional community that tries to live, pray and work both with each other and with the poor we encounter.
The BCW/CR is completely autonomous and has no institutional connection to the Roman Catholic Church. We try to offer housing, food, clothing and love to people facing homelessness. We perform the works of mercy and nonviolently oppose the works of war. We strive to practice the Sermon on the Mount, community living, voluntary poverty, personalism, and care for the environment.
We host a potluck every Thursday evening from 5:30 - 7:30 pm that is open to all who may be interested in our mission or in need of a meal. You may also call to make arrangements to join us for dinner any other night of the week.
Bloomington Chamber Singers
In the belief that choral singing nurtures the human spirit, the mission of Bloomington Chamber Singers is to provide excellence in performance, education, and community engagement.
Bloomington Chapter of the Eastern Star
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm.
The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic-related fraternal organization of women and men dedicated to charity, truth and loving kindness. This order is comprised of people with deep religious convictions and spiritual values, open to all faiths except no faith. Although not a part of the Masonic fraternity, membership is based on a Masonic affiliation or relationship, a belief in God and a desire to acquire additional knowledge and for self improvement. The degrees of the Order of the Eastern Star teach lessons of fidelity, constancy, loyalty, faith and love. These degrees are presented in a beautiful ritualistic ceremony designed to not only teach the lessons, but also to provide insight for future study and understanding. The organization was founded in the mid to late 1800s by our founder, Dr. Rob Morris, for the expressed purpose of offering support and affiliation to the wives, mothers, daughters, grandchildren, etc. of Free Masons. The organization is open to both male and female.
Bloomington Chess Club
Bloomington Area Chess Club, also has connections with IU Chess Club. All chess players are welcome.
Bloomington Cohousing
Bloomington Cohousing is bubbling with ideas for making Bloomington Cohousing a vibrant multigenerational community that provides a perfect mix of privacy and sharing for all residents.
Bloomington Coin Club
We encourage and promote the hobby of numismatics (coin collecting).
We meet the third Thursday of each month. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Methodist Church at 1820 Arlington Rd Bloomington, Indiana.
Call Bill at (812) 322-7131
Coincollec [at] aol.com
Bloomington Community Band
Rehearsals on Monday evenings, 7:00 PM, St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 3rd Street and Smith Road. An adult volunteer concert band. Woodwind, brass, and percussion players are welcome. No auditions necessary.
Bloomington Community Bike Project
Bloomington based group that focuses on providing bicycle transportation. Services include the following:
- bikes for sale: we sell gently used bikes at bargain prices
- earn-a-bike program: participants can receive a bicycle after volunteering their time in our shop
- advocacy: we support alternative forms of transportation; we support the reuse and recycling of bicycles
- workshops & classes: we offer unique bike maintence workshops and classes for children and adults
- open shop: we make our tools available to the public
- bike distribution: we give away one free bike a month for qualified applicants
- art: we weld old bike parts to make bike racks, tables, or sculptures
Bloomington Community Orchard
Bloomington Community Orchard is an organization devoted to growing fruit for the community to share and enjoy.
The publicly owned orchard is maintained entirely by volunteers and the harvest is available to everyone in the community.
Bloomington Cooperative Living
Bloomington Cooperative Living Inc. was founded in the Fall of 2007 in Bloomington, Indiana using a nonprofit housing cooperative model. The organization is incorporated for the fostering of an economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable society through the practice of cooperative living. Bloomington Cooperative Living welcomes all community members to join the organization for weekly potlucks. BCL was founded by students from Indiana University and experienced coopers from places such as Ann Arbor, MI, Madison, WI , Athens, OH , and Berkley, CA. We are members of the North American Students of Cooperation. Please contact us if you would like to learn more about visitng and/or joining the co-op!
Bloomington Country Club
Bloomington Country Club is Bloomington's only private country club and proudly offers the best golfing experience in South Central Indiana. The club offers a unique and wonderful experience whether you are a hard-core golfer, just an occasional golfer, or only want a beautiful pool and an incredible dining opportunity. There are memberships to suit all needs.
Bloomington Developmental Learning Center, Inc.
The purpose of the Bloomington Developmental Learning Center is to provide an educational, child-centered, family-oriented, multi-ethnic child care program to our member families. BDLC provides individualized attention through a self-paced environmental exploration with appropriate guided instruction.