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Read our board's response to the ongoing racial injustices and police violence in the U.S.
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Learn how FBB is responding to COVID-19
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Our Beyond Belief Network is a collective of organizations putting compassionate humanism into action through community volunteering and charitable fundraising.
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Highlights 4 carefully vetted charities per quarter in the areas of Poverty and Health, Education, Human Rights, and Natural World.
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The hosts of our official podcast travel the country telling stories of life-changing events, expanding our horizons and our compassion.
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Raising funds to assist families separated at the southern US border.
We are Humanism at Work
Foundation Beyond Belief is a humanist charity that promotes secular volunteering and responsible charitable giving. Guided by the principles of secular humanism, our mission is to:
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Unite the humanist community in volunteering and charitable efforts.
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Advocate for compassionate action throughout the world.
We forward our mission through our programs: Grants, Disaster Recovery, Service Corps, and Volunteer Network.
Upcoming at FBB
May 1st-10th: Secular Week of Action: A Compassionate Response to COVID-19
This year, Secular Week of Action falls in the midst of a public health crisis that is especially threatening for medically and economically vulnerable people. There are safe ways to help!
What is Humanism?
The word "humanism" has a number of meanings, depending on who you ask. In different contexts, the word may reference philosophy, literary pursuits, values connected to religion, or secular movements looking to stand in contrast to it.
When FBB talks about humanism, we mean a philosophy for living that implores us to lead fulfilling, ethical lives. Without necessarily believing in the supernatural, we seek to meet human needs and solve human problems, both individually and collectively. In short, humanism is a philosophy of right-here, right-now integrity.
Humanists value:
- Civil liberties and human rights
- Global consciousness
- Mindfulness of the natural world
- Seeking new knowledge
- Imagination
- Scientific inquiry
- Analytical thought, reason, and science
- Radical compassion extending beyond the boundaries of geography, gender, sexuality, ability, belief, or race.
While many humanists eschew religious belief, we at FBB are less concerned with theological debate and more concerned with direct, compassionate action. We are a community that largely believes that no supernatural power will make the world a better place for us; we must do it ourselves. We invite anyone who shares this drive to join us.
Inside FBB: Latest News
more news ►Announcing FBB’s 3rd quarter Compassionate Impact Grant Beneficiary: Common Ground Community Center
01 Jul 2020
During three grant cycles each year, Foundation Beyond Belief makes grants to charities working in the areas of Poverty & Health, Human Rights, Education, and the Natural World. However, once per year we hold a competitive application process to award one Compassionate Impact Grant to an organization working to solve a complex problem with innovative, evidence-based solutions.
By FBB
Beyond Belief Network is a collective of over 125 humanist, atheist, and other non-believing organizations putting compassionate humanism into action through community volunteering and charitable fundraising. Each month we round up the previous month's activities and award the top performers. Let's see what teams crushed it in May!
By FBBMay Beyond Belief Network Roundup
21 Jun 2020
Let’s see what teams in the Beyond Belief Network got up to for Secular Week of Action and the rest of May!
By FBBIt Takes a Village
11 Jun 2020
This blog entry comes to us from Atheists of Polk County, a Florida-based volunteer group that is part of the Beyond Belief Network: is a collective of nonreligious clubs putting compassionate humanism into action through community service.
On an otherwise nondescript Saturday morning in April, a text from Kathy Dobson (a fairly new friend and community partner) lit up my phone detailing a need for several families near Ft. Meade, Florida who have been experiencing difficulty in the wake of COVID-19. These families desperately needed food, cleaning supplies, and more, and for one reason or another slipped through the cracks of the established safety net and support services. “They need like 30 bottles of laundry detergent now,” she said. “What do you think about us asking other similar organizations to go in on this together and help these folks?”
By Sarah Ray, Co-Founder and Director of Atheists of Polk County
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