GUIDELINES
1. We provide funding to our humanist partners. We do not accept unsolicited proposals. Partners need to ask the Program Director what amount they are eligible for - it is usually either $300 or $600.
2. All applicants must reply to questions from the Program Director, and any HuMAN advisor, within three days. Failure to respond quickly can disqualify your partnership.
3. Before sending in your proposal, you can ask humanistmutualaid@gmail.com if your project is likely to be funded. Do not assume you will get funded just because you sent in a proposal.
4. We DO NOT fund projects that raise and slaughter animals, we do not fund pesticide, or hair cutting, basket-making, soap-making, beauty salons, fashion design, or cake-baking/cookies/confections, etc, or scented candles, or solar-powered ice-block factories.
5. If your first proposal is rejected, you can re-do the proposal. If your second proposal is still unacceptable, you do not get a third chance.
6. If a proposal is accepted, funds will be delivered by a date that you are provided with.
7. DO NOT send tables or graphs. Write out all details so they can easily be cut-and-pasted.
8. Send application in the body of email or in Word doc. DO NOT send pdf or google link. Email to humanistmutualaid@gmail.com
9. Use only US dollars in your budget.
10. Send proposal with correct spelling, punctuation and capitalization
11. Project reports are due 60 days after receiving funds.
12. In your budget, and wherever necessary, include links that indicate items you need to purchase cost what you list.
13. We do not fund emergency relief.
14. We do not send money through “middle men” - we only send money directly to recipients.
15. Do not request money for “attendees” - we cannot pay people to attend the educational workshops.
APPLICATION
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Project Name:
Group Name:
Location of Group and Project:
Members (list their names, genders, age, telephone number, and email addresses):
Email:
Phone:
Website or Facebook page?
What does humanism mean to you? Your definition must indicate that your group is not religious, that you don’t believe in “God” etc.
Project Description
Budget - Please include links to verify the costs you list. We don’t pay people to attend workshops, but we do provide funds for food at the gatherings and for transportation to the events.
Expected Income from Project, with Timeline
Benefits to your Community
Explain how to send money to you, using one of the their methods below.
Bank Account (send the name of your bank, the name of the bank branch, the account number, the routing number/Swift code, the name on the account, and your home address, including postal code)
Paypal -
Donate button on your website
SEND THREE PHOTOS:
· 1st photo is a group photo of your members. This photo is for publicity purposes.
· 2nd photo of your group holding a sign that says: THANK YOU HuMAN
3rd photo of your group holding a sign that says THANK YOU BOB
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PHOTO DIRECTIONS
· PHOTOS must be in focus, with adequate lighting, and people smiling. Good photos usually have many people in them.
· The photos should not depict women wearing veils, or people with crosses, or wearing religious t-shirts, or any priests or imans, etc. We only fund non-religious people and the photos must indicate this.
You need to have as many members as possible in the group photo.