Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Due to Covid-19, donations have diminished. We are working on donation drives through our social media and approaching various foundations to seek grants. Presently we are spending 50 percent in excess of our received donations, through the generosity of our President, Tibor Stern, who is donating in kind, offices rent free, office expenses, utilities, office supplies, etc free of charge.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Victim Support Services
One of our primary missions at Families Against Cult Teachings (FACT) is to help cult victims get out of destructive situations and rehabilitated so that they may be reunited with their families and reintegrated into society. We handle a broad range of issues:
• Help for those trapped in a destructive group
• Reconnection support with estranged family members
• Slave labor and sex trafficking
• Child abuse
• Victim recovery and reintegration support
Education and Public Awareness
FACT is dedicated to educating and raising awareness in the youth about destructive groups in the United States and abroad.
Cult Investigative Research
FACT conducts investigative research into cult groups the organization receives complaints about, in order to ascertain the validity of the complaints. Once verified, the information is sent to the proper authorities / legal entities and used in public education and awareness campaigns.
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of clients who self-report increased skills/knowledge after educational program/intervention
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, At-risk youth, Victims and oppressed people
Related Program
Education and Public Awareness
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
1000+ This is documented through correspondence via our social media and blog platforms, email, phone, especially with regard to school systems.
Number of requests for advocate products or information, including downloads or page views of online material
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Education and Public Awareness
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Based on requests via social media, email, download metrics, including website page views.
Number of print, radio, or online ads developed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Education and Public Awareness
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Yielding over 200,000 ad impressions per month
Number of unique website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
As reported by Google.
Number of websites and organizations (outside of our organization) that share our resources and information
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Religious groups
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
As reported by Google.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
- Develop professional audio / visual materials for educating students in classrooms that support / reinforce our printed materials
- Create and host educational online web seminars accessible to the public
- Establish local meetings and support groups around the country
- Conduct recovery workshops for former group members nationwide
- Organize protests when appropriate to bring attention to destructive groups / related issues
- Establish official F.A.C.T. chapters at universities around the country, focusing initially on schools with known cult activity on campus to peacefully counteract their recruitment and indoctrination practices
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
First and foremost FACT needs the funds to execute our planned programs, and are launching a donation drive to raise the funds necessary for proper execution of these goals. Once attained, we can then hire the necessary staff to accomplish our goals and outsource.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
FACT has many years of experience in dealing with cult groups, victim support, education, etc., and have trained staff and support networks all working in support of our mission. The current demand for victim support however is time and resource consuming and limiting our ability to grow and accomplish other goals without additional trained staff and an outsourcing budget.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
- FACT worked for months on the Matthew Fenner case, resulting in the indictment of five Word of Faith Fellowship members accused of kidnapping and beating Fenner because he was gay, where we received media attention for our involvement
- Provided intervention support for many victims and happy to say with success!
- FACT had cases involving potential suicide which we handled successfully
- Provided ongoing support and aid for families throughout the arduous and highly emotional process of victim intervention support
- Tracked cult leader Katsura Kan’s movements and alerting educational institutions about his history and true nature in an effort to protect susceptible students from his dangerous manipulation and abuse
- High-schools used our educational materials to inform and warn students about high control groups and manipulative recruitment tactics, with the students being receptive and eager to learn more. (This is important because when these students go off to college the chances are high that there will be cult recruiters at their campuses. Once they get sucked in it is very difficult to rescue them and bring them back home, which is why advancing our preventative education campaign is so important.)
- Maintained and grew our social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ to warn, educate, and inform the public of cult threats
- Established connections and aligned ourselves with other anti-cult organizations and professionals to develop a support network
- Created preventative education materials focusing on warning and educating students, teachers, clergy, counselors, etc.
- Contacted many schools and colleges around the nation and sent them our educational materials
- Blogged via Google / website to share news, organizational activities and developments
- Our educational / support website has generated a lot of traffic, and FACT now receives emails daily with all kinds of requests and information
- Received a great deal of positive feedback from visitors on our website regarding the educational content contained therein, with new information added / updated regularly
- Daily communication with the public on a variety of cult related topics
- And more...
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FAMILIES AGAINST CULT TEACHINGS, INC.
Board of directorsas of 02/22/2022
Tibor Stern
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