Compassionate Impact Grant
Announcing a Bigger, Bolder Compassionate Impact Grant
In October, Foundation Beyond Belief stated that we had several upcoming announcements. And now, we are excited to formally announce the launch of a brand new format — and the opening of applications — for our 2021 Compassionate Impact Grant (CIG). You may know the CIG as a part of the Humanist Grants program, which…
Read MoreAnnouncing FBB’s 3rd quarter Compassionate Impact Grant Beneficiary: Common Ground Community Center
During three grant cycles each year, Foundation Beyond Belief makes grants to charities working in the areas of Poverty & Health, Human Rights, Education, and the Natural World. However, once per year we hold a competitive application process to award one Compassionate Impact Grant to an organization working to solve a complex problem with innovative,…
Read MoreEcoViva: The top five reasons we must fight to protect mangrove ecosystems
EcoViva is a multiple-time recipient of our Humanist Grants program. They received a quarterly Humanist Grant in 2015, a game-changing Compassionate Impact Grant in 2017, and are our current Natural World grantee for Q1 2021. These grants support their community-based approach to mangrove restoration and preservation in El Salvador. The team at Foundation Beyond Belief…
Read MorePueblo a Pueblo: Set Up For Success
“This is the most cohesive group we’ve partnered with,” says Genaro Simalaj, Pueblo a Pueblo’s Senior Beekeeping Project Technician. “They work very well together, and they are well-organized—and as a result, their hives are more stable and more successful than we’ve seen from any other partner group at this stage in the project.” They are…
Read MoreAnnouncing FBB’s 3rd quarter Compassionate Impact Grant Beneficiary: Pueblo a Pueblo
Foundation Beyond Belief usually chooses four beneficiaries to receive grants each quarter in the categories of Poverty & Health, Human Rights, Education, and the Natural World. However, one quarter per year we instead have an open, competitive process to award one innovative organization with the game-changing Compassionate Impact Grant. This grant is given to organizations whose programs are demonstrably…
Read MoreAnnouncement of FBB’s Compassionate Impact Grant recipient
You may already know that Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB) collects monthly donations from humanists across the globe and uses every penny of these funds to make grants to secular charitable organizations in the categories of Poverty & Health, Human Rights, Education, and the Natural World. Each quarter FBB chooses four organizations–one per category–to receive an…
Read MoreStarfish Impact School hits the mid-year mark and makes great strides
The Starfish Impact School (SI) is officially at the mid-year mark, and we’ve learned and achieved so much in just six months. Our school opened in January 2017 with a cohort of 48 young women entering the 7th grade. Each year, SI will expand by one grade level, until it is a fully operational 7th…
Read MoreEcoViva’s Community Management of Mangroves Receives Compassionate Impact Grant Funding
Foundation Beyond Belief usually chooses four beneficiaries to receive grants each quarter, but one quarter a year we feature a single, game-changing grant for one innovative organization. The Compassionate Impact Grant Program is an open, competitive process intended to identify organizations with projects that are innovative, evidence-based, and solve community problems. Foundation Beyond Belief is…
Read MoreCompassionate Impact Grant deadline February 23rd by noon
Thank you for the outpouring of interest in our Compassionate Impact Grant. This year's Compassionate Impact Grant focuses on how specific programs can increase capacity working within the natural world and local communities. Your programs can fit into the specific target areas of Education, Economic Opportunity, or Healthy Futures, however, we want these projects to…
Read MoreCompassionate Impact Grant informational meeting tomorrow
This is a reminder that the Humanist Grants Program Coordinator will be hosting an information session on the Compassionate Impact Grant. A brief introduction on Foundation Beyond Belief and our vision for awarding grants will be made. After, we will cover the basic requirements of the Letter of Intent. We will field all questions from…
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