Posts Tagged ‘Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative’
Successive grant commitments strengthen our beneficiaries
We at Foundation Beyond Belief feel a responsibility to provide adequate support to our beneficiaries and minimize the work that a nonprofit needs to do to obtain the funding they need to function. Developing donors, anywhere from small donors to large donors, can take multiple contacts, careful media attention, and incredible “footwork”. In the past,…
Read MoreDudley families meeting financial goals with help of Foundation Beyond Belief
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) has been working through community organizing, activism and empowerment in the Dorchester/Roxbury neighborhoods for more than 30 years.DSNI helps families and individuals reach their personal goals, all while surrounded by a community of residents committed to seeing the neighborhood thrive. Foundation Beyond Belief, through its Compassionate Impact Grants, has supported…
Read MoreBBN 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…
Read MoreSupport 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…
Read MoreDSNI’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…
Read MoreCompassionate 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…
Read MoreFBB 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…
Read MoreDudley Street Neighborhood Initiative continues to make great strides
Some may remember Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) as Foundation Beyond Belief’s first Compassionate Impact Grant beneficiary. Today, DSNI remains an innovative organization focused on raising the quality of life and lifting families out of poverty in the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. They started 30 years ago as a grassroots collaborative, and…
Read MoreFun Money Management with Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Foundation Beyond Belief’s 2014 Compassionate Impact Grant beneficiary, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), works to support families as they set and achieve goals in the Fair Chance for Family Success program. Residents can partner with DSNI to set goals to improve their economic well-being. Participants receive cash incentives and are connected to resources for matched…
Read MoreConnections 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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