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{{short description|Charitable foundation in India founded by Salman Khan}}
{{Infobox non-profit
| name = Being Human Foundation
| logo = BeingHumanFoundationLogo.jpg
| caption = '''Real Hero'''
| founder = [[Salman Khan]]
| type = Education and healthcare for underprivileged
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| founded_date = 2007 
| location = [[Mumbai]]
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| area_served = [[India]]
| products = Clothing, watches and jewellery
| services = Education, employment and medical treatment
| focus = Underprivileged children
| mission =
| method = Direct training, funding medical treatment, supplies for the differently-abled
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| owner = [[Salman Khan]]
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| homepage = {{URL|www.beinghumanonline.com}}
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The '''Being Human Foundation''' is a [[Mumbai]]-based charity, founded by [[Bollywood]] star [[Salman Khan]] in 2007, that provides education and healthcare services for the underprivileged in [[India]]<ref name="Being Human Reference1" />.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.beinghumanonline.com/|title=BEING HUMAN FOUNDATION|website=www.beinghumanonline.com|access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref><ref name=":2"/> The organization is primarily funded by sales of Being Human-branded merchandise, which amounted the profit of approximately 120 crore till 2018 August out of which the charity's share was 12-15cr.<ref name=":1" />

The foundation performs many charitable activities. It funds the education of 200 children at the Akshara High School in Mumbai and another 300 through Aseema, a Mumbai-based non-profit.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> The foundation supports the VEER Initiative, a program to train differently-abled people.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> Being human store has a provision to employ at least one differently abled person.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> As of December 2015, the program has trained 1909 individuals, 1194 of whom have gained employment. The organization has set up programs to improve basic skills for students and career development centers.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.beinghumanonline.com/education.html|title=BEING HUMAN FOUNDATION- Education|website=www.beinghumanonline.com|access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref>

Being Human has provided funding to treat children with [[congenital heart defect]]s by partnering with Fortis Foundation<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> and craniofacial deformities. It has provided drought relief in [[Maharashtra]] and [[blankets]] for flood victims in [[Kashmir]], conducted free eye camps to provide [[Cataract surgery|cataract surgeries]],<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> and helped conduct [[Bone marrow|bone-marrow]] donor registration camps in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="BEING HUMAN FOUNDATION">{{Cite web|url=http://www.beinghumanonline.com/healthcare.html|title=BEING HUMAN FOUNDATION- Healthcare|website=www.beinghumanonline.com|access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref>

In 2017 the [[Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai]] threatened to blacklist the foundation for failing to set up dialysis machines in [[Bandra]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/big-setback-for-salman-khan-being-human-in-trouble-with-bmc-find-out-why/1068484/|title=Big setback for Salman Khan! Being Human in trouble with BMC; find out why|date=2018-02-16|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/160218/salman-khan-being-human-trouble-bmc-blacklist.html|title=Salman Khan's Being Human in trouble with BMC, faces blacklist; here's why|date=2018-02-16|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en}}</ref> The project was a public-private partnership where the municipal government would provide the space while the foundation was to maintain and staff the low-cost dialysis facility.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The foundation's representative denied that the organization signed any formal contract with the civic body.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />

== Education ==
#Akshara High School<ref name="Being Human Reference1" />
#Aseema<ref name="Being Human Reference1" />
#Career Development Centers
#Educational Resource Center, Maharashtra
#Banashthali vidyapith jaipur rajashthan
#Maharashtra Prabodhan Seva Mandal (MPSM)<ref name="Being Human Reference1" />
#Theatre And Drama #Initiative
#Being Bajrangi
#Brillant School of Science
#Tubelight Project<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beinghumanonline.com/education.html|title=Education|website=www.beinghumanonline.com|access-date=2018-06-15}}</ref>

== Partners ==
[[File:Being human store .jpg|thumb|one of Being Human store in Mumbai]]
#Akshara High School<ref name="Being Human Reference1">{{cite news |title=The atonement! How Salman Khan built Being Human to help thousands |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/how-salman-khan-built-being-human-to-help-thousands/story/274293.html |access-date=4 March 2021 |publisher=businesstoday |date=6 April 2018}}</ref>
#Aseema<ref name="Being Human Reference1" />
#Maaya Foundation
#Marrow Donor Registry, India
#Hardik Sethi
#The Max Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beinghumanonline.com/partners.html|title=Partners|website=www.beinghumanonline.com|access-date=2018-06-15}}</ref>
#Maharashtra Prabodhan Seva Mandal<ref name="Being Human Reference1" />

== Funding ==
[[File:Salman's Being Human show at HDIL India Couture Week 2010 (1).jpg|thumb|[[Salman Khan]]'s ''Being Human'' show at [[HDIL|HDIL India Couture Week]] (c. 2010)]]
[[File:Salman Khan at People's Choice Awards 2012.jpg|thumb|Founder Salman Khan in Being Human merchandise]]

The Organisation designed "Little Hearts Programme" which was aimed at helping children below poverty line and till July 2015 849 sugeries were funded through this programme.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> The Being Human Foundation programme also have an revenue sharing model understanding with a private company to fund its programmes, and according to this it gets 5.75 percent share from the sale of tees, women's wear, kid's wear jewellery, flip flops and electric bikes getting sold under "Being Human" brand.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> The foundation partnered with non-profit Akshara high school, NGO Asseem, and Maharastra prabodhan Seva Mandal to provide free education directly to 500 children and indirectly to 4000 children.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> The organisation also funds career development centres along with NIIT and Coca-Cola in addition to financing educational resource centres across Zilla Parishads in Maharastra.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> The charity accepts direct donations, but it is primarily funded by 8 to 10% share of the sales of Being Human-branded clothing, manufactured and marketed by [[Mandhana Industries]], as a licensing fee for the use of charity's name as brand.<ref name=":1" /> The charity's share in 2016 was approximately INR3 crore from the sales revenue of nearly INR30 crore.{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}} A quarter of the brand's revenue comes from overseas sales and a tenth of the revenue comes from online sales.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=2020-04-15|title=Being Human: Why Salman Khan is selling clothes for charity|language=en-IN|newspaper=Forbes|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/2017-celebrity-100/being-human-why-salman-khan-is-selling-clothes-for-charity/48997/1|access-date=2016-03-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

On June 23, 2017, [[PVR Cinemas]] announced a partnership with the foundation, allowing its customers to donate two rupees whenever purchasing a movie ticket.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tubelight-i-was-expecting-minus-3-and-minus-4-pleased-to-get-ratings-like-1-says-salman-khan/story-L71tx7Ohw5jCCb5zGU8pFI.html|title=Tubelight: I was expecting minus 3 and minus 4, pleased to get ratings like 1, says Salman Khan|date=2017-06-24|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=2018-04-23}}</ref>

== Brand ==

In the year 2009, at HDIL Couture week 2009, Being Human Foundation under Salman Khan launched its own brand, supported by lot of Bollywood personalities, through a tie up with Cotton $ Linen Clothing major Cottonworld and T shirts were sold at offline stores and BookMyShow website.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> Similarly, the watches brand were sold under beinghumanwatches.com.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> In year 2011 the foundation tied up with Mandhana Retail Ventures Limited(MRVL) till 2028 to design, manufacture, retail, market and distribute globally all "Being Human" retail merchandise.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> Being Human brand as on year 2017 has presence across 15 countries with over 600 points of sale and exclusive stores in 45 cities across India and sells its products through shop-in-shops, distributor networks and online portals like Myntra.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> Tie up of Foundation with MRVL also helped its entry to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> Currently, Being Human brand is also famous in West Asia and France and is being sold in 256 points and has an exclusive deal with The Landmark Group for its West Asia business.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" /> In the year 2016-17 MRVL under "Being Human" brand reported sale of Rs 216 crores, with net profit of Rs 20.02 crore as per its Balance Sheet.<ref name="Being Human Reference1" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.beinghumanonline.com Official website of the Being Human Foundation]
* [http://aseema.org/ Website for the Aseema non-profit]

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