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


This list is intentionally narrower than Wikipedia. It focuses on organizations that are themselves central to the study of cults, sects, coercive systems, and related abusive structures. It does '''not''' aim to include every adjacent member, affiliate, celebrity connection, or tangential subtopic.
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.


This page is part of Cultopedia's curation layer. Over time, monthly rebuilds can refresh the underlying Wikipedia-based content while keeping this scoped list stable and intentional.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Organization
== Current focus ==
! Founded
* [[Scientology]]
! Status
* [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
! Founder
* [[Branch Davidians]]
! Current leader
* [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]]
! Current name
* [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
|-
* [[Peoples Temple]]
| [[Alamo Christian Foundation]]
* [[Rajneesh movement]]
|
* [[Unification Church]]
| Active
* [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]
| Tony Alamo, Susan Alamo
* [[The Family International]]
|
 
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== Scope notes ==
|-
* Include organizations that are themselves major target topics for Cultopedia.
| [[Amnesty International]]
* Exclude peripheral people, general pop-culture overlap, and broad fan-out branches unless they become central to the project.
| 1961
* Use this page as a starting list for future monthly review and expansion.
| 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
|
|
|
|-
| [[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
|
|
|
|}


== Related pages ==
== Related pages ==
* [[Leaders]]
* [[Leaders]]
* [[Main Page]]
* [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 20:17, 4 April 2026

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.

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 Mads Christensen
Happy Science 1986 Active Ryuho Okawa Happy Science 幸福の科学
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
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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