Posts Tagged ‘Thunder Valley CDC’
Top Ten Ways to Spend the Summer Solstice
Slather on the sunscreen and clear your calendar: let’s celebrate the Summer Solstice and World Humanist Day! If you’re not sure how to spend the longest day of the year, look no further than ten of the many charities FBB has featured as Humanist Grants beneficiaries over the years. And for our friends in the…
Read MoreFBB announces newest slate of beneficiaries
Foundation Beyond Belief’s Humanist Giving Program presents our first quarter 2018 beneficiaries. At the beginning of 2016, we made a commitment to particular beneficiaries to give an initial grant, and then a potential renewable grant later on in order to show a longer-term commitment, supply steady grant income, and to develop long-term relationships with beneficiaries…
Read MoreFBB 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 MoreHDR Drives raise over $35,000 in 2016
Foundation Beyond Belief ran a total of four Humanist Disaster Recovery Drives in 2016. In quarter two, we launched a drive to raise funds in the wake of the Ecuadorian earthquake. Thanks to your generous support, we were able to provide a grant of $13,045 to Aquality (formerly Water Ecuador), representing 100% of the funds raised by FBB. Aquality raised additional…
Read MoreFBB joins in historic Women’s Marches
On January 21, 2017, millions of women and men marched across the United States and the world in an inspiring act of solidarity. In the words of the march organizers on their Facebook page, "In the spirit of democracy and in honor of the champions of human rights, dignity, and justice who have come before us, we…
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 MoreFFB grant creates needed synergy between humanists and Lakota
Foundation Beyond Belief is a charitable foundation functioning internationally. Thunder Valley CDC’s Lakota Language Initiative and Iyápi Glukínipi language immersion preschool, on the other hand, are located on the edge of a tiny town in one corner of a vast Indian reservation on the northern Great Plains. What connects these two programs, in such seemingly…
Read MoreLakota Language Initiative- Start from the Beginning – Compassionate Impact Grant
The “language nest” (Iyapi Glukinipi) is a safety net created by educators, parents, and native speakers to provide a warm embrace for children immersed in Lakota Language. This nest is created to nurture the children at the Lakota Language Immersion Childcare, creating a group of Lakota first language learners, and developing a strong basis for…
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