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    Free Hearts Free Minds
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    Free Hearts Free Minds
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    501(c)(3) organization
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    www.freeheartsfreeminds.com
    2010 EL CAMINO REAL PMB 3098 SANTA CLARA CA 95050-4051

    SANTA CLARA CA | IRS ruling year: 2022 | EIN: 87-2259495  
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
     
     

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    Rating Report

    Leadership & Adaptability
    Score

    100

    This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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    Strategy

    40 out of 40 points

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    Mission Statement
    10 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission.
    Free Hearts Free Minds offers trauma-informed psychosocial support to people from Muslim backgrounds suffering from religious trauma. The experience of renouncing any religion of your family, community, and society is a devastating and traumatic ordeal for millions of people around the globe. However, those who renounce Islam face the most dire risks. As of 2023, leaving Islam is punishable by death in 12 Muslim-majority countries. In addition to state-sanctioned persecution, apostates face the risk of social isolation, violence, imprisonment, torture, disownment and honour killing. While there are a range of support services available to people who suffer from religious trauma stemming from fundamentalist Christianity, those with a background in Islam have nowhere else to turn. Free Hearts Free Minds is the only non-profit on the planet that is focused on their unique and specific needs.
    Vision Statement
    10 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's vision.
    A world where every human is free to think and love without persecution.
    Strategic Goals
    20 out of 20 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
    Goal One: Our first goal is to be able to reduce our waitlist time and serving more people by offering multiple group sessions concurrently.
    Goal Two: Our second goal is to be able to serve participants who only speak Arabic. We need to develop an Arabic website, translate our session content, and hire bilingual group session facilitators.
    Goal Three: Our third goal is to offer religious trauma training to professionals interested in serving the exMuslim community.

    Leadership

    30 out of 30 points

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    Investment in Leadership Development
    15 out of 15 points
    The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development.
    FHFM Group facilitators have enrolled in various professional development including courses by Dr Steven Hassan, Simon Sinek, and Dr Darren Slade
    External Focus on Mobilizing Mission
    15 out of 15 points
    The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
    • Strategic Partnerships
    • Collaborative Engagement
    • Thought Leadership
    • Social Promotion
    • Civic Engagement

    Adaptability

    30 out of 30 points

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    Partial Credit
    No Credit
    Adaptability Practices
    30 out of 30 points
    The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year
    In the past year, FHFM has adapted in two significant ways: First, we were able to expand our services to not only include one-on-one sessions, but to include group sessions and community support as well! Secondly, we have been able to expand our reach from only serving people in Muslim majority countries to being able to support anyone from anywhere around the globe. These changes have allowed us to significantly improve our program both internally and externally.