GUIDELINES
1. We will provide between $300-$1,800 grants in 2025 to humanist community groups.
2. Please reply to questions from the Program Director, and any HuMAN advisor, within three days. Failure to respond quickly can disqualify your application.
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 are sent soon after that.
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 is due 60-90 days after receiving funds.
15. We do not fund ‘middle-men’ i.e., people serving as representatives of others.
16. 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:
Group Name:
Location of Group and Project:
Group Members (list their names, genders, age, telephone number, and email addresses):
Group Email:
Group Phone:
Group Website or Facebook page?
What does humanism mean to your group?
Project Description
Budget - (the amount you are allowed to request might be listed HERE) Please include links to verify the costs that you list.
Expected Income from Project, with Timeline
Benefits to your Community
Explain how to send your group money, 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 your group with either the item your group wants, or doing the task your group wants funding for, or just a group photo. This photo is for publicity purposes. Photo needs to include at least 50% of the group member.
· 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
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.