The Natural World
Q3 Beneficiaries Announced at Foundation Beyond Belief (a little early)
Our Q3 2015 Beneficiaries at Foundation Beyond Belief have one thing in common: they all use long-term studies and evidence-based practices to guide their programming. The underlined portions of the descriptions highlight some of the examples of this evidence-based approach. Human Rights and Conference Charity Benefit Beneficiary Community Change, Inc #blacklivesmatter: listen, learn, think, discuss,…
Read MoreFBB Enables Q1 Beneficiaries to reach further with larger grants
Akili Dada has been our Human Rights beneficiary this quarter. “…In Swahili, “akili dada” translates to “intelligent sister,” and that is the goal of Akili Dada – to build an intelligent sisterhood of talented young women and future leaders in Kenya….Program participants learn from other women and each other through mentorship and work to build…
Read MoreFoundation Beyond Belief introduces five new beneficiaries for the first quarter of 2015
Throughout the years, Foundation Beyond Belief has worked to achieve philanthropic best practices and stay true to our values and mission. Incorporating best practices into our Humanist Giving model is a closely monitored balancing act. We are currently adapting our approach to selecting beneficiaries—while selecting our first-quarter 2015 beneficiaries, we reviewed and researched the following:…
Read MoreRethinking nature
In Western culture, humans often view society and themselves as separate from nature. We view cities and suburbs as if they are disconnected from the surrounding forests, prairies, wetlands, etc. It is very easy for us to see wilderness, an image that we most likely associate with that of a national park, as “nature,” and…
Read MoreDeserving organizations benefit from strong Q3 2014 giving results
The grants we provide to our featured beneficiaries each quarter are funded by our monthly giving members. Each quarter we see a steady increase in total member giving, and therefore an increase in the support we can give to our beneficiaries. This quarter, our Natural World beneficiary was Rainforest Foundation US. Their techniques are to…
Read MoreClosing the Book on Our 3rd Quarter Beneficiaries
As the 3rd quarter of 2014 comes to a close, we'd like to take a look back at the many ways that our beneficiaries this quarter put your contributions to good use in putting humanism into action. Poverty and Health: Sustaining Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL). SOIL is doing important work in Haiti building ecological sanitation…
Read MoreRainforest Foundation US offers long-term solutions for indigenous communities
Helping others through charitable giving is certainly worthy of admiration; however, the act of giving to others does not necessarily equate to being helpful. Many charities give aid to those in need with the best of intentions, then proceed to withdraw that aid after the immediate problem has been patched up, leaving the communities more…
Read MoreQ2 2014 Humanist Giving results arrive on the eve of FBB’s conference
Each quarter, Foundation Beyond Belief presents a different and varied slate of beneficiaries that will be the recipients of member donations for that quarter. You can reacquaint yourself with our Q2 2014 featured beneficiaries in this video. 50 Cents. Period. made us aware of the impact of menstruation on women across the world. Greening of…
Read MoreProtecting the land by empowering the people
Rainforest Foundation US, this quarter’s Natural World beneficiary, is responding to the global issue of deforestation in a truly unique and inspiring way. By making it their mission to protect the rights of the indigenous people who live on the land that is so rapidly being devastated, Rainforest Foundation US is helping to protect the…
Read MoreMeet our third-quarter beneficiaries
It’s time for a new quarter and a new slate of featured beneficiaries! Get to know our new charities for the third quarter of 2014: Human Rights: Footsteps Footsteps is a New York-based organization that helps people from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community leave this insular way of life. Most leave with a limited knowledge…
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