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Foundation Beyond Belief is a charitable and educational foundation created to focus, encourage and demonstrate humanistic generosity and to support nontheistic parent education.

Website: http://www.foundationbeyondbelief.org
Members: 252
Latest Activity: on Saturday

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Foundation Beyond Belief is a charitable foundation created by and for atheists and humanists. The Foundation highlights ten charitable organizations per quarter in such categories as health, poverty, environment, education, human rights, and more.

Members join by signing up for a monthly automatic donation in the amount of their choice, then set up personal profiles to indicate how they would like their contribution distributed among the categories. Maybe you'd like to give 25 percent each to human rights, poverty, education, and the environment. We'll distribute it accordingly. By year's end, you will have helped support a dozen organizations in the areas you care most about.

Only secular organizations are considered for support, with the exception of our Challenge the Gap category, which features progressive, non-secular, non-proselytizing organizations. At the end of each quarter, 100 percent of the donations will be forwarded and a new slate of beneficiaries selected.

Active members can join online discussions centered on the ten categories of giving, advocate for causes, and help us choose the new beneficiaries each quarter. We also host a multi-author blog focused on the cause areas, as well as humanism, philanthropy, and the intersection of the two.

On January 1, 2010, we launched the full site, including the ten featured causes and the means for members to select and change their preferred distributions. As of August 2011, we've raised over $175,000 for 60 charities and have launched Volunteers Beyond Belief, a US-national network of humanist volunteer teams working for the improvement of their communities.

We've begun creating a powerful presence for compassionate humanism in the world of philanthropy. Join us!

Dale McGowan, Executive Director

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Comment by Claire on March 16, 2011 at 8:47am: So far, 231 awesome humanists have donated over $11,000 to the Japanese Red Cross in support of the earthquake/tsunami relief effort! In the aftermath of the disaster, the Japanese are now dealing not only with the devastation created by natural causes, but also with the very serious threat of nuclear catastrophe. Our fellow human beings need our help, so please, Chip-In!

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node/684

Comment by Claire on March 11, 2011 at 4:00pm: The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan have caused widespread devastation. If you want to contribute to the relief effort, you can use the Chip-In widget in the upper right-hand corner of our website:

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/

Comment by Claire on March 4, 2011 at 1:12pm: And another landmark! We now have 750 members! It's a nice round number, but lets hit the next one. Think we can get 800 members before the end of April?

Tell your friends, neighbors, and family to join up!

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/monthly_donation

Comment by Claire on February 24, 2011 at 2:24pm: We've reached a landmark! Our generous (and just generally awesome) members have donated over $100,000 since our founding back in January 2010.
http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node/653

Comment by Claire on January 5, 2011 at 2:25pm: If you're a member, we now have a form you can fill out to get a tax receipt. Remember, all your donations through Foundation Beyond Belief are tax deductible:

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node/607

Comment by Claire on January 3, 2011 at 2:04pm: The start of a new year and the start of a new quarter... you know what that means! Wonderful new beneficiaries to support:

Animal Protection: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
Challenge the Gap: Interfaith Youth Core
Child Welfare: Children for Children
Education: Roots & Wings International
Environment: Friends of the Earth
Health: First Candle
Human Rights: Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Peace: Nonviolent Peaceforce
Poverty: Women Thrive Worldwide

To learn more about them go to:

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node/604

Comment by Claire on December 31, 2010 at 3:14pm: Tonight marks the end of our first year, and it's been a great one! Thanks to all our supporters, we've accomplished a lot - check out all we've done at the link below:

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node/599

We'll see you in 2011 with a whole new slate of beneficiaries!

Comment by Claire on December 17, 2010 at 12:02pm: Thank you to everyone who contributed to our year-end fund drive, we raised just over $7200 in four weeks!

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node/567

Comment by Claire on December 10, 2010 at 4:08pm: Meet our new Membership Coordinator, Randall Bourquin!

http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node/562

His goal is for the Foundation to have 2000 members before the end of 2011 - let's make it happen!

Comment by Claire on December 7, 2010 at 12:35pm: Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the loving, caring humanist(s) in your life? Or do you just want to express your Foundation Beyond Belief pride? Well now you can! FBB swag is on sale now at http://www.cafepress.com/foundbb