A while back, I posted a call for non-religious charities, and donated $200 to two organizations recommended by readers. Having done that, I would be remiss in my duties as a blogger if I didn’t mention the ne plus ultra of atheist charities, the newly launched Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
Ten of the eleven missions listed are about the promotion of atheism, making it more like a missionary organization than the Red Cross, but the list does include:
7. Charitable giving by secularists to humanitarian good causes. Major disasters like earthquakes or tornados prompt a desire by decent people of all persuasions to help. Many would-be donors, for various reasons prefer our gifts to go via secular rather than religious charities RDFRS will hope to maintain a list of charities, worldwide, which are not associated with religious institutions or missions.
So, good on him.