No. TST lacks the logistical capacity and ideological desire to help feed anyone going hungry from lack of food benefits, and it does not deserve your support.

To be clear, this is a bullshit claim. This is not happening.

The Satanic Temple does not feed people. It has never fed people. It does not have the physical infrastructure, personnel, mission, or inclination to do this, and it never will. It has a reputation as the tapeworm of progressive causes, and it has earned this.

For anyone who doesn’t know our bona fides, we’re not evangelical Christians; we’re Satanists, and in fact, former members of TST. The Satanic Temple pursued 4.5 years of frivolous litigation against us, and they failed every attempt, despite numerous do-overs, re-filings, and appeals in that time.

In addition to the knowledge we gained from reading through their court depositions in other TST cases and their financial statements, we — as the most visible targets of the Temple’s owners — have had dozens of other former members, including those involved at the national level, come to us to share their own experiences and confirm anecdotally what the paper trail shows: The Satanic Temple is a Potemkin village, a façade-only organization that focuses on gathering attention and donations with next to nothing resting behind their claims to help people. Its history from the very beginning, is of intentionally misrepresenting themselves as a larger and more credible organization than they actually are, and this often come at the expense of doing the harder, boring, invisible work of growing their capacity.

Before we explain where this specific false claim of “TST being able to feed people when Christians won’t” apparently originated, let’s just try to help people understand why this is not true with a thought experiment.

For context, due to a white nationalist takeover of the federal government and desire to destroy the social safety net to return to pre-New Deal America, Republicans are letting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Program end Saturday, Nov. 1.

Imagine we are in Seattle, and we’re hungry because our family just lost its SNAP benefits. Walk us through how we get food from The Satanic Temple in Seattle. Be specific about what we should do next to fill our bellies.

Because we can show you lots of Christian churches that have times and places you go, and who’ve been doing it for years here. Where do we go for TST’s program? What location, what hours and days?

If you don’t know Seattle well enough, pick your city. But then be specific, and walk us through the process of being a person seeking food and getting it from The Satanic Temple.

In truth, The Satanic Temple has one public location. It is in Salem, Massachusetts. It is a for-profit art gallery they sell tickets for people to come inside and take a picture with the Baphomet statue they fundraised tens of thousands of dollars for back in 2013 on the promise it would go to the Oklahoma State Capitol.

There is no evidence TST do or have ever done free, public feedings there.

Let’s approach it from a different direction. You claim you’ve personally seen some TST Satanists in your area doing something good and charitable, like feeding people.

All the same “when” and “where” questions remain, but also: what did The Satanic Temple do to facilitate that charity? “A local TST group fundraised for a food bank for the holidays!” That’s neat. But that means a food bank actually fed people, doesn’t it? “A TST member I know helps stock free fridges!” That’s great. But that means that person actually fed people, doesn’t it? How does donating to TST end up helping someone (versus donating to a food bank, a Food Not Bombs group, or a church)?

To help draw this distinction better, what was TST’s budget in 2024 for providing food to people? How did a donation to “The Satanic Temple, Inc.” headquartered in Salem, Mass., reach anyone, anywhere in the USA who needed it?

Can you find any financial transparency about how much money is coming in or going out of The Satanic Temple to validate that giving $100, tax-deductible donation to that org helps anyone at all?

When you, say, read TST’s court depositions or otherwise find out how they treat money that comes in to them, you actually get the exact opposite of wanting to give those two guys who own it — with no oversight board or public audit! — the benefit of the doubt. You donate to them wanting to help feed hungry kids, but then they turn around to pay tens of thousands of dollars to a crisis public relations firm to help them spin negative coverage of sexual abuse in the org.

Seriously.

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There is more that could be said, and we have, but let’s assume that’s out of the way for now. How did this even happen?

Here’s what TST’s website says about its supposed “Satanic Good Works” or “GSW” program:

MISSION

Satanic Good Works performs services that improve communities. From food and clothing drives to parks and road cleanups, Satanic Good Works assists members and congregations build a better world.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Satanic Good Works takes on a wide range of projects in response to community needs. Efforts have involved collecting donated menstrual products, diapers, clothing, food, and other necessities, which SGW then delivers to shelters or other distribution centers.

SGW, along with the satanic representation campaign, have initiated cleanup activities within communities. These include Adopt-a-Highway projects, park or beach cleanups, and cemetery restoration.

If you are a TST member looking to organize a community service event, please use the contact form below, and an SGW team member will work with you to develop your project.

Which Google AI overview then (falsely) summarizes as:

Yes, The Satanic Temple (TST) and its local congregations engage in activities that provide food assistance to people in need.

Through its “Satanic Good Works” (SGW) campaign, TST members and congregations organize various community service events, which often include:

• Collecting food and other necessities (like hygiene products and diapers) and delivering them to existing shelters, food banks, and distribution centers.
• Responding to specific community needs, such as announcing efforts to provide food to individuals affected by SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefit reductions or shutdowns.

Local chapters, such as the one in Salt Lake City, have been noted to offer direct assistance to individuals who are struggling to obtain food, without regard to their religious beliefs. The core mission of the Satanic Good Works campaign is to perform services that improve communities and provide support in response to specific local needs.

Online, starting maybe Oct. 26, someone starts to claim that, unlike those dastardly Christians, TST will be feeding anyone who needs it when SNAP runs out. Probably this started or at least really gained steam via video, but the earliest we can find is Threads.

Note the misspelling as “Santanic”, by the way. But pretty quickly, it goes to other sites.

[Bluesky]

And yup, check out the reply to it.

In case anyone is wondering,…They really do this!!!

— Wayne Out West 🏳️‍🌈 (@waynehedges.bsky.social) 2025-10-27T15:12:50.750Z

But we became aware after Temu Marilyn Manson posted about it.

And then shit got out of control once “The Other 98%” share it to their millions of followers on Facebook and Instagram, as shared up above. But in the mix, more people talking into camera for TikToks and Reels than we can possible keep track of.

So people see false information posted on social media, they Google it to see if it’s true and get a misleading summary, and then even if they click thru to the source, it sounds like there’s an actual, active program from the national org up and helping people locally. Because TST is trying to promote itself and sound good more so than have an actual, functional program running.

It is not obvious that, even before a third of people and congregations split in 2024, that program had about $1,000 in it for everyone who’d need it, according to someone who used to actually be involved in the campaign.

Accurate. I see the posts that are also pointing to the Good Works campaign. I was a part of that campaign. When we did get funding to help people, we had maybe 1K in the account, and had to select recipients off of that. There is NO infrastructure to handle an endeavor this large. Cont…

— Mx. Asherah Amare (@mxasherah.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T01:16:54.828Z

‪Mx. Asherah Amare‬ @mxasherah.bsky.social‬
Accurate. I see the posts that are also pointing to the Good Works campaign. I was a part of that campaign. When we did get funding to help people, we had maybe 1K in the account, and had to select recipients off of that. There is NO infrastructure to handle an endeavor this large.

There are not enough volunteers, no employees that I am aware of, and the campaign was completely dead just one year ago. It isn’t logistically possible that they rebuilt it, with all the labor, infrastructure, funding and plans needed, to handle something so large scale and nationwide, in a year

It’s simply not possible. Now, you might see congregations doing food drives for pantries, but they have ALWAYS done those, and it isn’t “feeding the folks who lost snap”. It’s doing what Satanists do. We try to help. Other Satanic groups do the same. Individual Satanists do the same sometimes too.

If you want to help, dig in and help. Just like a lot of us are. But don’t lift up an org like they’re some kind of savior when truth be told, the churches are doing a hell of a lot more than they can. Because they simply do not have the power or funds to do it. Period

On Reddit, someone else tried to head-off the misinformation, though getting an orders magnitude less traction than the rah-rah misinformation:

In recent days, numerous posts have circulated across social media claiming that The Satanic Temple (TST) is collecting food for individuals affected by the suspension of SNAP benefits. These claims have led some people to make financial donations to TST, believing their contributions will help feed those in need.

These claims are completely false.

Neither The Satanic Temple nor its Satanic Good Works campaign has the staffing, infrastructure, partnerships, or resources required to organize or manage large-scale food relief operations. Any donations sent to TST will not be used to provide food or aid to struggling families. Funds donated to TST are instead likely to be directed toward the organization’s legal expenses or internal operations.

At a time when lives and livelihoods are at risk, every dollar and every can of food counts. Diverting donations under false pretenses, especially when people are hungry, is deeply irresponsible and unethical. To mislead potential donors into believing they are helping feed families, when in fact their money is going elsewhere, is a betrayal of public trust. By profiting from the suffering of others, TST is engaging in behavior that lacks integrity and compassion, and betrays the tenets they so often espouse.

We urge everyone: Do not send any financial donations to The Satanic Temple.

Instead, direct your generosity to legitimate organizations equipped to deliver real help to those in need. Consider donating to your local food bank or trusted national organizations such as:

• Feeding America
• FoodFinder
• Freedge

If religious or community organizations in your area are offering food or financial support, please make use of those resources if you’re in need or contribute to help them continue their essential work.

In this moment of hardship, let’s ensure our compassion reaches the people who truly need it.

Lacking any financial transparency, how would a person even guess that?

As of right now, we have a chicken-and-egg problem that seems to be reducible to some combination of “a misleadingly positive self-assessment of a negligible program on TST’s website”, “an AI summary that took TST’s self-assessment at face-value”, and “inaccurate but politically satisfying claims on social media about TST and at evangelical Christians’ expense.”

This is not directly The Satanic Temple’s fault, but undoubtedly, money donated by the suckers from this one will spend just as well as all the ones before. Undoubtedly, this is like the After School Satan clubs where TST liked being able to claim such clubs existed when they sent out PR emails, and did it for years knowing there were no clubs, it benefits them to overpromise loudly and underdeliver quietly or in silence.

As TST member Gary Dead Labrot admitted:

We received an email outlining a plan to encourage congregations to collect food for local food pantries. It’s something that TST St. Louis does every year anyhow but this is an initiative to try to get everyone to collect food and money for local pantries all at once at this time.

(Note the negative responses from other members.)

This was not a calculated scam by TST. But they intentionally prop themselves up as a Potemkin village to be able to take advantage of these misconceptions all of the time because that matters a lot more to the owners than doing anything real or helpful to people — which is despicable.

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Do not fall for liberal hopegrifts and wishcasting.

Do not believe AI summaries based on nothing, or nothing other than some group talking about itself.

The Satanic Temple can take your money, but it cannot feed you. The Satanic Temple can sell you a T-shirt, but it cannot protect you or save you. An email newsletter list for merch and soliciting donations, nationwide 300 active members and two buildings in Massachusetts, is not infrastructure to serve tens of millions in need. It is not a solution, but it is not even a band-aid.

No one sharing the claim otherwise can tell you what TST’s budget was last year, how many people they fed last year, or where someone hungry would even need to show up.

Dunking on evangelicals is not a good excuse to ignore these practical, necessary considerations.

Local food banks need your money. Food Not Bombs and legitimate religious organizations (of your own traditions) need your support for doing more of what they’re already doing. Your neighbors need to know you and know y’all can share meals and resources with each other. That is true, and the time for preventative measures is running out.

Do not let people in your life think TST will feed them come Nov. 1; that is not real. The real work is much harder, but it’s all there is.