FBB celebrates six years of work toward equality

March is Women's History Month and March 8 is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievement of women, and a day to serve as a call to action for acceleration toward gender parity. Foundation Beyond Belief believes everyone has a right to live a full and equal life of dignity regardless…

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FBB 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…

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Akili Dada: Supporting and inspiring women to become the leaders of tomorrow

March is Women’s History Month. Unfortunately, women of color are often underrepresented even among change movements. This makes the work of a group like our first quarter 2015 Human Rights beneficiary, Akili Dada, even more important. Akili Dada helps young women establish their own voice and empower themselves so that they may become the history makers of their…

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Intelligence. Sisterhood. Akili Dada.

Intelligence. Sisterhood. Akili Dada. The current Foundation Beyond Belief Human Rights beneficiary, Akili Dada, has a meaning deeper than its name. 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. The organization was…

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Foundation 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:…

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