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Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI)
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative has been working through community organizing, activism and empowerment in the Dorchester/Roxbury neighborhoods in Boston, MA for over 30 years. The programs and projects have been community directed and involved, and the organization has repeatedly evolved to meet the needs of their residents. While starting with a campaign to clean up…
Read MoreDudley Street Neighborhood Initiative continues to make great strides
Some may remember Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) as Foundation Beyond Belief’s first Compassionate Impact Grant beneficiary. Today, DSNI remains an innovative organization focused on raising the quality of life and lifting families out of poverty in the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. They started 30 years ago as a grassroots collaborative, and…
Read MoreFun Money Management with Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Foundation Beyond Belief’s 2014 Compassionate Impact Grant beneficiary, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), works to support families as they set and achieve goals in the Fair Chance for Family Success program. Residents can partner with DSNI to set goals to improve their economic well-being. Participants receive cash incentives and are connected to resources for matched…
Read MoreDudley Street Neighborhood Initiative’s Fair Chance for Family Success
For Q4 2014, FBB launched a new program that takes a different approach to funding beneficiaries: This quarter, we are awarding a Compassionate Impact Grant to one organization, selected after an extensive application and review process. We have touted the strengths of our featured beneficiary, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, a 30-year-strong community organization that has…
Read MoreBeyond Belief Network Guides: Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) is Foundation Beyond Belief’s first Compassionate Impact Grant beneficiary, a new program in the Humanist Giving program that combines all member donations into one high-impact capacity-building grant. As with all FBB beneficiaries, DSNI was chosen based on compatibility with the FBB mission, program effectiveness, financial responsibility, and an innovative approach…
Read MoreDudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI)
In the 4th quarter of 2014, Foundation Beyond Belief engaged in an experiment. Instead of our usual five beneficiaries, FBB combined our member donations into one high-impact capacity-building grant—the Compassionate Impact Grant. Our first CIG beneficiary was the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI). DSNI is an innovative organization focused on raising the quality of life…
Read MoreDudley families meeting financial goals with help of Foundation Beyond Belief
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) has been working through community organizing, activism and empowerment in the Dorchester/Roxbury neighborhoods for more than 30 years.DSNI helps families and individuals reach their personal goals, all while surrounded by a community of residents committed to seeing the neighborhood thrive. Foundation Beyond Belief, through its Compassionate Impact Grants, has supported…
Read MoreDudley Neighborhood — Tell me more!
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) is the first recipient of our Compassionate Impact Grant. This grant will fund Phase II of the Fair Chance for Family Success program, aimed at setting goals and establishing financial stability for residents in the Dudley Triangle. Where is the Dudley Triangle? The Dudley neighborhood exists between the Roxbury and…
Read MoreTop 10 moments in FBB history
May 18th, 2019: ten years ago today Foundation Beyond Belief was incorporated in a little town (er, huge suburb) called Alpharetta, Georgia. Founder Dale McGowan knew nonbelievers had the potential to change the world in a big way by working together, and for ten years we have done just that (and more), now under the…
Read MoreSuccessive grant commitments strengthen our beneficiaries
We at Foundation Beyond Belief feel a responsibility to provide adequate support to our beneficiaries and minimize the work that a nonprofit needs to do to obtain the funding they need to function. Developing donors, anywhere from small donors to large donors, can take multiple contacts, careful media attention, and incredible “footwork”. In the past,…
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