Join Our Fireside Chat with Nadya Hutchin

Nadya Dutchin—the new Executive Director of American Humanist Association—has more than 10 years experience in community engagement, strategic partnership, youth program development, multi-method fundraising, and change management experience. She’s known for using her voice within nonprofits to highlight the fact that challenges like the climate crisis and medical disparity cannot be addressed without acknowledging their…

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As Blood Supply Dwindles, Humanists Call on FDA to Reevaluate Further its Discriminatory Blood Donation Policy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Mon., May 4, 2020) Barker, TX. — Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB), an international secular humanist charity whose work includes recovery efforts following disasters and humanitarian crises, is partnering with the American Humanist Association (AHA) to ask for further reforms to the U.S. FDA’s anti-gay blood donation policy.

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Secular Week Of Action is a Go!

Secular Week of Action (WoA)— the nonreligious community's response to the National Day of Prayer— is in full swing! Dozens of atheist, humanist, and other secular groups from across the country are putting their values into action, many emphasizing a compassionate response to COVID-19. FBB is coordinating this year's WoA, and has a hand in…

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Matching grant from the AHA

Foundation Beyond Belief is so proud of our Humanist Action: Ghana (HA: Ghana) team in Ghana and the great work they do. We're glad to bring you updates of the team's accomplishments and daily life, as well as give you glimpses into life in Ghana right here on this blog. Yesterday we announced the HA:…

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Beyond Belief Network February round-up

Foundation Beyond Belief was pleased to announce the Beyond Belief Network (BBN) Picture and Team of the Month Winners for February, but those weren't the only BBN teams doing amazing work! Beyond Belief Network teams reported nearly 30 events and 1,300 hours of service in February. Here's what some other teams were doing in February! South Texas…

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Beyond Belief Network 2016 highlights and 2017 announcements

Beyond Belief Network (BBN) teams contributed more than 18,000 hours of service in their communities in 2016. Their dedication inspired us at Foundation Beyond Belief to continue to look for new ways to support them and raise awareness about the ways BBN teams are putting their humanism into action. Here are a few 2016 highlights from…

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FBB proud to announce AHA partnership and racial justice volunteer opportunity

Foundation Beyond Belief (FBB) is excited to announce the American Humanist Association (AHA) as the first Beyond Belief Network National Partner. Beyond Belief Network is FBB’s collective of over 125 freethought organizations putting compassionate humanism into action through community volunteering and charitable fundraising. Many Beyond Belief Network organizations are affiliates of the American Humanist Association,…

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Deserving organizations benefit from strong Q3 2014 giving results

The grants we provide to our featured beneficiaries each quarter are funded by our monthly giving members. Each quarter we see a steady increase in total member giving, and therefore an increase in the support we can give to our beneficiaries. This quarter, our Natural World beneficiary was Rainforest Foundation US. Their techniques are to…

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