GUIDELINES
1. In 2026 we will provide $1,200 to 35 humanist individuals and groups, in $300 installments in January, April, July, and October.
2. Please 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, 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 large animals (livestock), use pesticide, or do hair cutting, basket-making, soap-making, beauty salons, fashion design, or cake-baking.
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 US dollars in your budget.
10. Send proposal with correct spelling, punctuation and capitalization
11. Project reports are due 60 days after receiving funds.
15. In your budget, and wherever necessary, include links that indicate items you need to purchase cost what you list.
APPLICATION
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Project Name:
Individual or 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?
Project Description
Budget - Please include links to verify the costs that you list.
Expected Income from Project, with Timeline
Benefits to your Community
Explain how to send money to you, using the methods below :
Crypto Wallet
Paypal
Donate button on your website
Mobile Money Provider (Airtel, MTN, etc)
Bank, Bank Branch name (if there is one) plus Swift Code number (if there is one) or IBAN number + Bank Account Number + your home address, email, and phone number
SEND THREE PHOTOS:
· 1st photo of you or your group with either the item you or your group wants, or doing the task you or your group wants funding for, or just a single or group photo. This photo is for publicity purposes.
· 2nd photo of you or your group holding a sign that says: THANK YOU HuMAN
· 3rd photo of you or your group holding a sign that says THANK YOU BOB -
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PHOTO DIRECTIONS
DO NOT put both Thank You signs in one photo
· 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.