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Announcing new slate of beneficiaries
Welcome to 2019 and welcome to our new slate of Humanist Grant beneficiaries! We are thrilled to announce the four organizations that we will be supporting in Q1. We are excited by the work they are doing and our ongoing partnerships with these organizations. Poverty and Health: The Tandana Foundation, our 2018 Compassionate Impact Grant recipient, works in Ecuador…
Read MoreThe Florence Project
The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project provides free legal services to people, including unaccompanied children, in immigration custody in Arizona. 86% of detained people go through immigration removal proceedings without legal representation because of poverty. The Florence Project strives for all immigrants facing removal to have access to counsel, to understand their rights, and…
Read MoreUpdate: Family Separations at U.S. Border
There are currently 13,200 children in custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which is more than ever before, and the average stay has doubled from that of two years ago. (The official Health and Human Services number is 54 days, but officials have anonymously reported that the number is closer to 74.) The…
Read MoreRefugee Children at the U.S. Border
Humanist Crisis Response is now raising funds for The Florence Immigration and Refugee Rights Project and KIND (Kids In Need of Defense), two organizations helping refugee children from Central America who are attempting to enter the United States. The child migration crisis in the United States continues to escalate. The Obama Administration estimates up to 90,000 children from Latin American…
Read MoreYear end review of spectacular beneficiaries
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Grants Program gifted over $175,000 to worthy non-profit organizations in 2016. Here we share a cross-section of our beneficiaries from this year. Cool Earth was a Natural World Beneficiary. They work closely with indigenous communities to help preserve their forest land, and to create a plan to reclaim farmland depleted by…
Read MoreJustice For Our Neighbors
National Justice for Our Neighbors is a project of the United Methodist Immigration Ministry, with numerous individual chapters that function independently. The Justice for our Neighbors (JFON) chapters serve the needs of immigrants facing a broad cross-section of legal issues. JFON-Nebraska has three offices in two in Nebraska and one in Iowa. Their work is…
Read MoreAudre Lorde Project
Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-conforming people of color epicenter for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Its programming includes three main projects and focuses on issues facing both LGBTQ communities and those of color. The Safe OUTside the System (SOS) Collective is an anti-violence…
Read MoreSneak peek into our Q4 beneficiaries
We are thrilled to give you a sneak peek into our fourth quarter Humanist giving beneficiaries. Remember, these beneficiaries will show up on the Now Supporting page of our website on October 1 and you can change the amount you give to each beneficiary by going to your My FBB page in the top right-hand…
Read MoreFor the Transgender Law Center, What is Authenticity?
For current Human Rights beneficiary Transgender Law Center (TLC), authenticity is a core value. Authentic expression is a central part of their mission and vision and is a key word in many of their public statements and outreach efforts. But what, essentially, does it mean to them, to the work they do? For…
Read MoreBeyond Belief Network Guides: Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center is Foundation Beyond Belief’s (FBB) Quarter 4, 2015 Human Rights beneficiary for the Humanist Giving program. Transgender Law Center was chosen based on compatibility with the FBB mission, program effectiveness, financial responsibility, and an innovative approach to solving a problem. Transgender Law Center’s mission is to change “law, policy, and attitudes so…
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