Posts Tagged ‘Starfish’
FBB fosters collaborative relationships with beneficiaries
As a volunteer for Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB), it’s often my privilege to sing the praises of our amazing Humanist Grants beneficiaries. Our beneficiaries are, indeed, fabulous, and they do great work. We like to keep you, our supporters and donors, informed about what our partners are working on, so you can see how your…
Read MoreStarfish Impact School opens
The Starfish Impact School is an innovative, intensive girls school program in an indigenous area of Sololá. For the past two years, Starfish has been preparing for the first class of 7th graders. The first group of students started school in the second week of January.
Read MoreFBB announces Q1 2017 Humanist Grants beneficiaries
At the beginning of 2016, we made a commitment to Q1 beneficiaries to give a grant in 2016, and then a potential renewable grant in 2017 in order to show a longer term commitment, supply steady grant income, and to develop long-term relationships with beneficiaries to serve them better. Successive, unrestricted grants are viewed as best…
Read MoreStarfish advances teacher knowledge through intense training
Starish is an innovative Guatemalan education program geared to mentoring and education of middle year native girls. Our 2015 Compassionate Impact Grant provided funds to prepare teachers to instruct Starfish students in their new high performing school, The Starfish Impact School. Since this is a new endeavor not only in Guatemala but much of Central…
Read MoreSuccessive 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 MoreFBB 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…
Read MoreStarfish program offers life-changing opportunities
This guest post is from Ana Teresa, a young woman who has participated in the Starfish program for five years. Starfish is our Q1 2016 Education beneficiary. They also received the Compassionate Impact Grant Q2 2015. Their model is simple: they work with young women from low-income, traditionally marginalized communities who have the talent and desire to…
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 MoreCollaboration between beneficiaries leverages impact
While the grant awards Foundation Beyond Belief makes to our beneficiaries are the primary purpose in our Humanist Giving program; behind the scenes networking is also a goal between FBB and our beneficiaries, and in some cases, the collaboration leverages an additional impact along with our donation, continuing on like a ripple in a pond.…
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…
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