BBN Guides: Starfish and DNSI Fundraising Ideas

  Looking for new and creative ideas to mobilize your community and maximize your impact? This month host a fundraiser for one of Foundation Beyond Belief’s beneficiaries. Beyond Belief Network teams are in the unique position of being able to connect with several of FBB’s programs while bolstering their own team. Your team doesn’t have…

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Support for Q1 2016 to build relationships

At the end of the 2015 fundraising year, non-profit organizations have all experienced the energy and expenditures it takes to raise money.  This quarter’s five beneficiaries will receive grants this quarter which are also renewable in Q1 of 2017.  This continuing support will allow FBB to incorporate philanthropic best practices and give our beneficiaries assured…

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DSNI’s Fair Chance for Family Success: An inside perspective

Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), our Compassionate Impact Grant beneficiary from Quarter 4 of 2014, has implemented many programs in an effort to raise the quality of life for families in the Dudley area in the Roxbury-Dorchester neighborhoods in Boston. The program funded by the Compassionate Impact Grant is the Fair Chance for Family Success…

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Compassionate Impact Grant Letter of Intent Due Soon

Foundation Beyond Belief is happy to inform our current, past, and perhaps future beneficiaries that our application period for our Compassionate Impact Grant, to be awarded in April 2016 is open. Members and friends, if you know of any worthy organizations, please invite them to look at the grant packet on our website. Foundation Beyond…

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FBB Hits $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed

Foundation Beyond Belief is proud to announce that it has reached the $2 million mark in funds raised and distributed to charities in the United States and around the world.   In addition to small grants in the $10,000 range to dozens of organizations during that time, that total also includes larger Compassionate Impact Grants to…

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FBB recognizes DSNI as Humanism at Work conference approaches

As Foundation Beyond Belief prepares for its second annual Humanism at Work conference, we look at one of our innovative Humanist Giving programs: the Compassionate Impact Grant (CIG). Chosen at the last quarter of 2014, our first CIG beneficiary was Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI). DSNI is focused on raising the quality of life and…

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Compassionate Impact Grant Recipient Starfish Strongly Supports Education

Starfish is a powerful model of education and support focused within the native Mayan community in Guatemala. Throughout their history, they have a track record of empowering Girl Pioneers, increasing literacy in students and their parents, and encouraging traditional education and strong mentorship for girls after the sixth grade. Their mentorship program strengthens the bonds…

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Connections in Humanist Giving

Over the years, Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Giving program has transformed, most notably when we went from featuring 10 beneficiaries each quarter to selecting five beneficiaries. This action did not limit the number of charities that could become beneficiaries; instead, it recognized that many categories overlap. Charities and potential beneficiaries occasionally fit neatly into one…

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Foundation Beyond Belief Guide: Teaching kids to manage finances

It’s never too early to educate children and teens about making smart financial decisions. Learning how to manage money wisely is a valuable skill that can determine the quality and stability of a child’s adult life. This guide is designed for parents to find opportunities to discuss money management with children and teens. This guide…

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FBB members show strong support for our first Compassionate Impact Grant

Foundation Beyond Belief members continued their strong support of our featured beneficiaries and FBB itself during the last quarter of 2014. During that quarter, we introduced a new program, the Compassionate Impact Grant. We featured one organization, the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, as our sole featured beneficiary in order to provide a capacity-building grant that…

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