The Foundation Beyond Belief.org

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About the Foundation
Foundation Beyond Belief is a non-profit charitable and educational foundation created (1) to focus, encourage and demonstrate the generosity and compassion of atheists and humanists, and (2) to provide a comprehensive education and support program for nontheistic parents.

the Foundation features ten charitable organizations per quarter in the following cause areas:

•Health
•Education
•Poverty
•Environment
•Child Welfare
•Human Rights
•Animal Protection
•Peace
•The "Big Bang" Fund (small charity, big impact)
•Foundation Beyond Belief
Members join the Foundation 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 ten categories.

The centerpiece of the Foundation is a lively online community. Active members can join a social network and discussion forums centered on the ten categories of giving, advocate for causes, and help us choose the new beneficiaries each quarter. We'll also be hosting a multi-author blog of world-class contributors focused on humanism, philanthropy, and the intersection of the two.

Carefully selected for impact and efficiency, our featured beneficiaries may be founded on any worldview so long as they do not engage in proselytizing. At the end of each quarter, 100 percent of the donations are forwarded and a new slate of beneficiaries selected.

On the educational side, the Foundation will help create and fund local groups for the education and social support of humanist and atheist parents.
http://foundationbeyondbelief.org/node

Interesting. The 10 charities are listed with Charity Navigator ratings.

[hootinholler]

1. Gotta kick this...

Thanks for bringing this up, I have some fundy acquaintances to pass this along to.

-Hoot

[niyad]

2. k and r and thanks for sharing this

[dgibby]

3. Thanks.

I hadn't heard of them before. I'm definitely going to check this out.

K&R!

[liberal_at_heart]

4. Thank you so much

I have been looking for a positive group my atheist daughter can be a part of. We've checked out a couple of groups but some of them are nothing more than people sitting around berating and belittling religious people and that is not what I want my daughter to come away with. I want her to learn how to make a positive difference.

[dmallind]

5. Then you need to look at Humanists (and I say this as an atheist)

Atheists aren't FOR anything. We shouldn't be. Our reason for organizing is to be small pockets of friction to slightly retard the enforcement of religion on the lives of everyone in the nation, religious or not. Atheist groups surely do positive things - our Solstice events raised money for at-risk youth for example, and we did a lot of school outreach explaining what atheism really is and it isn't. But since we are defined by what we are NOT, rather than what we are, our purposes and goals are mostly those of resistance. Atheists don't have a credo. We don't have an aim in mind that isn't in one way or another the rejection of theistic (and almost entirely Christian in this country) hegemony.

Humanists on the other hand are FOR something. Almost all Humanists are atheists in the technical sense (ignoring the silly modern vernacular that pretends agnosticism is a middle position rather than a separate question entirely) but they also agree to a manifesto that is written down and publicly acknowledged. It is for the most part a benign and positive manifesto. I agree with almost all of it. I choose to maintain alliance with specifically atheist groups personally because I think that's the more important fight, but if you seek a group that is more for rather than against, check out www.humanists.org and look for your local affiliate.

[liberal_at_heart]

11. we'll do some reseach and I'll let her decide what she wants to do

I'm not sure she fits in to any particular group per say. She's alot like her father. She doesn't like labels or manifestos. If I had to guess I'd say she's probably somewhere in the middle of atheist and humanist. She doesn't believe in God. She doesn't want people telling her how she has to believe or how she has to live. She doesn't like the belittling that either side does. She doesn't like it when religious people belittle atheists and she doesn't like it when atheists belittle religious people. She doesn't like it when religious people write laws that oppress people's freedoms. She already volunteers down at the Humane Society and is thinking of joining the gay/straight alliance at her school. But all in all she's not that much of a people person. The reason she volunteers at the Humane Society is because she feels more comfortable around animals than people. She is a bit distrustful and skeptical of people. One of the reasons she is an atheist is because she sees all the bad things people do and is mad at humanity for all the bad things they do and doesn't believe a God would allow such bad to happen in the world. I'm sure we'll find a place where she can belong. It may take a while and we may have to try a few different groups but she is interested in joining a group so she can share her common interests with others that share her views.

[Better Today]

6. Either it's been hacked or something, I see nothing at the link except

symbols across the entire page. Nothing readable at all, I've tried numerous time.

[piratefish08]

7. same here.

[Better Today]

9. Here's a link that works

Here's a link that works. . . seems this site needs the "www" in it to work and no "/node" at the end

[Better Today]

8. Here's a link that works. . . seems this site needs the "www" in it to work.

http://www.foundationbeyondbelief.org

Clicking on this link from google works, but clicking the one you presented and the one identical to it on google don't.

Edited to remove the "/node" from the end as well, seems to make it just hang. Now the link works.

[liberal_at_heart]

10. yes I was able to google it and find it