our mission

To help street children, slum children, and orphans in India as directly and efficiently as possible, while investing in ways to provide these children with an education.
Baal Dan Charities is a 501c3 public charity.
Federal Tax ID/EIN 20-4658983

from the founder

I started Baal Dan in 2006 after volunteering at Mother Teresa's orphanage in Calcutta in 2005. I saw many children, even babies, who lived on the streets. Begging, sleeping on pavements, foraging through trash looking for things to play with.

Did you know $1 = 45 rupees?
That's enough to buy a meal. A book. A toy.

We can leverage the power of our dollar to give these children simple things to make their lives easier and give them more of a childhood.

I started Baal Dan to help children in need.

Help me to make a difference in even one child's life →

Dhanyavaad = Thank you.
Tanya Pinto,
Founder & President

baal dan programs

we feed the hungry : feeding programs
we educate for their future : sponsoring education and building schools
we provide essential supplies : for orphanages and children
we try to break the cycle of poverty : one child at time

our approach

Baal Dan's remarkable growth is due in large part to its uplifting philosophy of helping children in need in India in many different ways and on many different scales. Baal Dan provides grants of varying sizes that address everything from critical needs, to larger building projects and special activities that uplift the lives of orphans and street children.

Without a rigid model, Baal Dan is open to continual change and restructuring, and our Board is focused on addressing the needs at hand for the children we support and continually seeking better more efficient models to help children in India. With this flexibility we are able to stay nimble and focused on our core mission of helping children in need in the most efficient and effective ways possible.