My Nonprofit Reviews

For more than a year, I have been concerned that FBB has diverged from its original mission to "demonstrate humanism at its best by supporting efforts to improve this world and this life, and to challenge humanists to embody the highest principles of humanism, including mutual care and responsibility." Instead, FBB has turned into a faddish "social justice" organization. The selection of charitable organizations has reflected this transition and has since been confirmed by a recent FBB email and survey:

"One of the areas where FBB seeks to emphasize the importance of humanist action in 2017 is social justice....

In 2017, we hope to see Beyond Belief Network teams and humanists everywhere standing up for racial equality."

I stopped donating some time ago because the charitable selections were based upon gender (exclusively targeting women/girls), sexuality (LGBT, trans-gendered), faddish non-humanist causes (Lakota language preservation) and other ephemeral "social justice" causes. Instead of focusing on human suffering (suicide prevention, drug overdose epidemic, etc) "social justice" charitable organizations now dominate the FBB grant awardees. My conclusion remains correct now that FBB has confirmed it is a "social justice" political organization.

My advice to anyone donating to FBB is to review the listed charities and recognize the diversion from the original mission and purpose. Chose your own charities and donate to them directly instead.