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Eligibility

To join as a Member your organization must be a humanist organization, run on a not-for-profit basis, and it must support all the following objectives:

1. The advancement of Humanism;
2. The advancement of education and in particular the study of and the dissemination of knowledge about Humanism and about the arts and science as they relate to Humanism;
3. The promotion of equality and non-discrimination and the protection of human rights generally and in particular as it relates to religion and belief;
4. The promotion of understanding between people holding religious and non-religious beliefs so as to advance harmonious cooperation in society;
5. To do all such other lawful things as are conducive or incidental to furthering or advancing any of the above mentioned objects.

About the Member category

The Member category is for:

1. national level or state level membership organizations
2. dedicated to the promotion of humanism
3. open to all humanists in their state
4. run on a not-for-profit basis.

For example, this category is for organisations like:

• American Humanist Association
• Humanists UK
• Humanists Guatemala
• Society for Humanism Nepal
• Uganda Humanist Association

Membership fees for Members

The annual financial contribution required from a Member is 1% of the organization’s average annual income over the previous three years.

For example:

1. your organization’s income for the last three years is £10,000 in 2018, £12,000 in 2019, £8,000 in 2020;
2. the average annual income over the three years is £10,000;
3. 1% of £10,000 is £100;
4. your organization’s membership fees will be £100.

Members with over 10,000 members or receiving regular government funding can enter into discussion with the Board and Management of Humanists International to establish what support the Member can reasonably provide, either in money or in-kind, to help develop humanist organizations in less fortunate regions, using the 1% required as a benchmark.

Benefits of joining as a Member

Read more about the benefits for Members of Humanists International, or have a look at our Welcome Pack, designed to introduce new Members to the work of Humanists International.

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Eligibility

To join as an Associate your organization must be a humanist organization, run on a not-for-profit basis, and it must support all the following objectives:

1. The advancement of Humanism;
2. The advancement of education and in particular the study of and the dissemination of knowledge about Humanism and about the arts and science as they relate to Humanism;
3. The promotion of equality and non-discrimination and the protection of human rights generally and in particular as it relates to religion and belief;
4. The promotion of understanding between people holding religious and non-religious beliefs so as to advance harmonious cooperation in society;
5. To do all such other lawful things as are conducive or incidental to furthering or advancing any of the above mentioned objects.

About the Associate category

The Associate category is for:

1. humanist organisations;
2. run on a not-for-profit basis;
3. which are not membership organisations;
4. and/or not national or state level.

For example, this category is for organisations like:

• Atheists United
• Humanists in Northern Uganda
• East London Humanists
• Conway Hall Ethical Society
• Think Bangla
• Pink Triangle Trust

Membership fees for Associates

The annual financial contribution required from an Associates is 0.5% of the organization’s average annual income over the previous three years, from a minimum of £30 to a maximum of £1,500.

For example:

1. your organization’s income for the last three years is £500 in 2018 , £600 in 2019, £1,000 in 2020;
2. the average annual income over the three years is £700;
3. 0.5% of £700 is £3,5;
4. since this is less than the minimum fees for Associates, your organization’s membership fees will be £30.

Another example, for for medium-to-big Associates:

1. your organization’s income for the last three years is £300,000 in 2018 , £320,000 in 2019, £310,000 in 2020;
2. the average annual income over the three years is £310,000;
3. 0.5% of £310,000 is £1,550;
4. since this is more than the maximum fees for Associates, your organization’s membership fees will be £1,500.

Benefits of joining as an Associate

Read more about the benefits for Associates of Humanists International, or have a look at our Welcome Pack, designed to introduce new Associates to the work of Humanists International.

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Everyone can support the work of Humanists International on an individual basis by setting up a recurring contribution: humanists.international/support

By setting up their recurring contributions, Individual Supporters confirm that they agree with the Minimum Statement on Humanism:

“Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own lives. It stands for the building of a more humane society through an ethic based on human and other natural values in the spirit of reason and free inquiry through human capabilities. It is not theistic, and it does not accept supernatural views of reality.”

Recurring contributions for Individual Supporters

Individual Supporters can support our work in three ways:

1. as Monthly Individual Supporters with a recurring contribution of £5/$5 per month
2. as Annual Individual Supporters with a recurring contribution of £60/$60 per year
3. as Life Supporters with a single contribution of £550/$550

Benefits for Individual Supporters

Read more about the benefits for Individual Supporters here.

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