Editing Organizations

'''Organizations''' is a curated index of groups that Cultopedia currently tracks.

Cultopedia imports Wikipedia entries of organizations which, at least by some, have been indicated to be a cult or a sect. This page is intentionally selective and is meant to give a quick overview of the organizations currently included in the project.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Organization
! Founded
! Status
! Founder
! Current leader
! Current name
|-
| [[Alamo Christian Foundation]]
| 
| Active
| Tony Alamo, Susan Alamo
| 
| 
|-
| [[Amnesty International]]
| 1961
| Active
| [[Peter Benenson]]
| [[Agnès Callamard]]
| 
|-
| [[Ant Hill Kids]]
| 
| Unknown
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
| 1987
| Active
| [[Shoko Asahara]]
| No single leader
| Aleph / other successor groups
|-
| [[Branch Davidians]]
| 1955
| Active
| [[Benjamin Roden]]
| [[Trent Wilde]] ''(one continuing group)''
| Branch Davidian Seventh Day Adventists and related claimant groups
|-
| [[Church of Bible Understanding]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God]]
| 
| Unknown
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Church of the Living Word]]
| 1951
| Active
| 
| [[John Robert Stevens]]
| The Living Word Fellowship
|-
| [[Church of Wells]]
| 2011
| Active
| 
| [[Ryan Ringnald]]
| 
|-
| [[Church Universal and Triumphant]]
| 1975
| Unknown
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Colonia Dignidad]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Destiny Church (New Zealand)]]
| 
| Active
| [[Brian Tamaki]], [[Hannah Tamaki]]
| 
| Destiny Church
|-
| [[Divine Light Mission]]
| 
| Unknown
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Eckankar]]
| 1965
| Active
| [[Paul Twitchell]]
| [[Doug Kunin]]
| 
|-
| [[Falun Gong]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Fellowship of Friends]]
| 1970
| Active
| Robert Earl Burton
| [[Robert Earl Burton]]
| 
|-
| [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]
| 1935
| Active
| [[Lorin C. Woolley]]
| [[Warren Jeffs]]
| FLDS Church
|-
| [[Good News International Ministries]]
| 2003
| Closed 2019
| Paul Nthenge Mackenzie
| 
| 
|-
| [[Greenpeace]]
| 1971
| Active
| [[Irving Stowe]], [[Dorothy Stowe]], [[Jim Bohlen]], [[Paul Cote]], [[Bill Darnell]], [[Bob Hunter]], [[Ben Metcalfe]], [[Patrick Moore (consultant)|Patrick Moore]]
| [[Mads Christensen]]
| 
|-
| [[Happy Science]]
| 1986
| Active
| [[Ryuho Okawa]]
| 
| Happy Science 幸福の科学
|-
| [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]]
| 1974
| Closed 1997
| [[Marshall Applewhite]], [[Bonnie Nettles]]
| None
| 
|-
| [[House of Yahweh]]
| 1980
| Active
| Yisrayl Hawkins
| 
| 
|-
| [[International Churches of Christ]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[International Committee of the Red Cross]]
| 1863
| Active
| [[Henry Dunant]], [[Gustave Moynier]], [[Guillaume-Henri Dufour]], [[Louis Appia]], [[Théodore Maunoir]]
| [[Mirjana Spoljaric Egger]]
| 
|-
| [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]
| 1966
| Active
| [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]
| [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]
| 
|-
| [[Jesus Christians]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
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|-
| [[Kashi Ashram]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[La Luz del Mundo]]
| 1926
| Active
| Aarón Joaquín González
| [[Naasón Joaquín García]]
| Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World
|-
| [[Love Has Won]]
| 
| Active
| [[Amy Carlson (religious leader)]]
| [[Amy Carlson (religious leader)]]
| 
|-
| [[Manson Family]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God]]
| 1989
| Closed 2000
| [[Credonia Mwerinde]], [[Joseph Kibweteere]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[Nation of Yahweh]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[NXIVM]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| NXIVM Corporation
|-
| [[Oneness Movement]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| Oneness Pentecostalism
|-
| [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
| 1984
| Closed 1994
| [[Joseph Di Mambro]], [[Luc Jouret]]
| None
| 
|-
| [[Peoples Temple]]
| 1955
| Closed 1978
| [[Jim Jones]]
| None
| 
|-
| [[Plymouth Brethren Christian Church]]
| 1848
| Active
| [[John Nelson Darby]]
| [[Bruce Hales]]
| 
|-
| [[Raelian movement]]
| 
| Active
| [[Raël]]
| [[Raël]]
| Raëlism
|-
| [[Rajneesh movement]]
| 1970
| Active
| [[Rajneesh]]
| No single leader
| Osho movement / Osho International Foundation
|-
| [[Remnant Fellowship]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[Rotary International]]
| 1905
| Active
| [[Paul Harris]]
| [[Paul P. Harris]]
| 
|-
| [[Sahaja Yoga]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[School of Economic Science]]
| 1938
| Active
| [[Leon MacLaren]]
| [[Leon MacLaren]]
| School of Philosophy and Economic Science
|-
| [[Scientology]]
| 1952
| Active
| [[L. Ron Hubbard]]
| [[David Miscavige]]
| [[Church of Scientology]]
|-
| [[Shincheonji Church of Jesus]]
| 1984
| Active
| [[Lee Man-hee]]
| [[Lee Man-hee]]
| Shincheonji
|-
| [[Soka Gakkai]]
| 1930
| Active
| [[Tsunesaburō Makiguchi]], [[Jōsei Toda]], [[Daisaku Ikeda]]
| [[Minoru Harada]]
| Sōka Gakkai
|-
| [[Synanon]]
| 1958
| Closed 1991
| Charles Dederich Sr.
| 
| 
|-
| [[The Family (Australian New Age group)]]
| 
| Unknown
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[The Family International]]
| 1968
| Active
| [[David Berg]]
| [[Karen Zerby]]
| 
|-
| [[The Way International]]
| 
| Active
| 
| 
| The Way International Victor Paul Wierwille
|-
| [[Twelve Tribes communities]]
| 1972
| Active
| Elbert "Gene" Spriggs
| [[Elbert "Gene" Spriggs]]
| Twelve Tribes
|-
| [[Unification Church]]
| 1954
| Active
| [[Sun Myung Moon]]
| [[Hak Ja Han]]
| Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
|-
| [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]]
| 1977
| Active
| Edir Macedo
| [[Edir Macedo]]
| 
|-
| [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| 2003
| Active
| [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Angela Beesley Starling]]
| [[Bernadette Meehan]]
| Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
|-
| [[Word of Faith Fellowship]]
| 
| Active
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|}

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