The Natural World
FBB announces newest slate of beneficiaries
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Giving Program presents our first quarter 2018 beneficiaries. At the beginning of 2016, we made a commitment to particular beneficiaries to give an initial grant, and then a potential renewable grant later on in order to show a longer-term commitment, supply steady grant income, and to develop long-term relationships with beneficiaries…
Read MoreHumanist Grants Q4 beneficiaries deliver on innovation, research and community involvement.
October means a new slate of our Humanist Grant beneficiaries! It's hard to believe that quarter four is already upon us, but we're thrilled to announce the nonprofits we will be supporting for the last three months of 2017. We look forward to our partnership with each of them. First is our Natural World beneficiary,…
Read MoreSkyTruth: Using Satellites to Protect the Planet
SkyTruth uses satellite imagery and other technology to protect the environment. They identify and monitor threats in order to make environmental concerns more visible and motivate people to take action to protect the planet. Skytruth’s innovative use of federal data and satellite imagery gives activists and legislators what they need to enforce existing laws and…
Read MoreLightHawk: The Power of Aerial Images to Benefit Conservation
Seeing is believing. It’s an idea at the cornerstone of the work we do as a non-partisan conservation non-profit group. We believe that people will make the right decision when given a clear picture of an issue and what’s at stake. We have seen the magic of the aerial perspective at work for some of…
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 MoreSkyTruth gives new view in the fight for the environment
The uncertain future of the coal industry has been a central figure in the media’s portrayal of the political turmoil disrupting a large swath of the United States. So too has the uncertain future of environmental policy that protects the land in coal-rich regions. It’s never been more important to be able to take a…
Read MoreHumanist Grants present evidence-based solutions in new beneficiaries
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Grants program chose four beneficiaries this quarter that highlight the use of evidence-based solutions in their methodology. Our new Poverty and Health beneficiary, World Bicycle Relief, lives by the motto, “Do it right, even if it takes a little longer,” which is why they used a long pilot period to test…
Read MoreLightHawk’s mission is flying to save the earth
LightHawk, our current Natural World beneficiary, utilizes the unique perspective of flight to advance the conservation efforts of their many partner organizations. LightHawk "mobilizes volunteer pilots, photographers, environmental experts, and storytellers to make images, collect data, inform the public and share their experiences about some of our environment's most critical issues, landscapes, and wildlife." The goal…
Read MoreFBB announces Q1 2017 Humanist Grants beneficiaries
At the beginning of 2016, we made a commitment to Q1 beneficiaries to give a grant in 2016, and then a potential renewable grant in 2017 in order to show a longer term commitment, supply steady grant income, and to develop long-term relationships with beneficiaries to serve them better. Successive, unrestricted grants are viewed as best…
Read MoreFBB announces Compassionate Impact Grant – Natural World and Human Interaction with the environment
Since 2014, we have been fortunate to award three substantial grants for increasing the impact of innovative non-profits through program capacity building grants. Once again in 2017, FBB seeks to support organizations that are developing or broadening potentially transformative evidence-informed social innovations that solve critical community problems related to the problems faced between people and…
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