The ties the Atlas's own files name: 102 people, 33 dossiers, 22 ring bodies and 33 funds, joined by 246 ties. A ★ marks a person with a field file. A tie is what a file states or plainly implies; it is not a charge.
The Eastern Orthodox Church
Its people · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Dossiers that share its words · 1
The Roman Catholic Church
Its people · 15
Pope Leo XIV★Cardinal Pietro Parolin★Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re★Cardinal Kevin Farrell★Abp Paul Richard Gallagher★Abp Paolo Rudelli★Cardinal Baldassare Reina★Sr Raffaella Petrini★Cardinal Mario Grech★Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich★Abp Thibault Verny★Abp Luis Marín de San Martín★Fr Roberto Pasolini★Bishop Robert Barron★Cardinal Robert Sarah★
Ring bodies housed · 2
Its money · 3
Oriental Orthodox
Its people · 3
Named here from other decks · 1
Dossiers that share its words · 2
The Assyrian Church of the East
Its people · 3
Named here from other decks · 3
Dossiers that share its words · 1
Anglicanism
Its people · 4
Named here from other decks · 2
Its money · 4
Lutheranism
Its people · 2
Named here from other decks · 2
Its money · 1
Reformed Confessional Bodies
Its people · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
Mainline Protestantism
Its people · 10
Sean W. RoweYehiel CurryVashti Murphy McKenzieJulia Ayala HarrisAndrew Q. HendrenMary Kate WoldPhillip A. JacksonKrysten Carter HollowayThomas F. TaylorChris Johnson
Named here from other decks · 2
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 6
Baptists & the Free Church
Its people · 5
Named here from other decks · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
The Anabaptists
Its people · 3
Named here from other decks · 1
Its money · 1
The Black Church
Its people · 4
Named here from other decks · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
Pentecostal & Charismatic
Its people · 5
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
The Non-Denominational Megachurch
Its people · 3
Ring bodies housed · 1
Messianic Judaism & Hebrew Roots
Ring bodies housed · 1
Mormonism (LDS)
Its people · 2
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 2
Jehovah's Witnesses
Its people · 2
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
Judaism
Its people · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
Islam
Its people · 4
Ring bodies housed · 3
#48 Sunni Orthodoxy & English-Web Dawah#49 Shia / Twelver#50 Sufi & Perennialist / Traditionalist School
Its money · 3
Hinduism
Its people · 3
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 2
Dossiers that share its words · 1
Buddhism
Its people · 5
Named here from other decks · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
Dossiers that share its words · 1
Sikhism
Its people · 2
Its money · 1
The Baha'i Faith
Its people · 1
Dossiers that share its words · 1
Confucianism, Taoism & Shinto
Its people · 3
Named here from other decks · 1
Dossiers that share its words · 1
The Secular Age
Its people · 1
Transhumanism
Its people · 4
Named here from other decks · 2
Its money · 3
The New Movements
Its people · 6
Rod of Iron MinistriesAnthony LevandowskiTHIS HOUSEMilieu controlThe cult of confessionDispensing of existence
Named here from other decks · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Hebrew Israelites & the Nation of Islam
Ring bodies housed · 1
The Unification Church
Its people · 3
Named here from other decks · 1
Its money · 1
Scientology
Its people · 2
Named here from other decks · 3
Its money · 1
Freemasonry & Fraternal Esoterica
Its people · 1
Ring bodies housed · 1
Its money · 1
Thelema, Theosophy & the OTO
Ring bodies housed · 1
The Anatomy of a Cult
Its people · 3
Named here from other decks · 4
The money · 33 funds
Each fund is named in the Atlas's own files: a dossier, a saved card, or a card sourced this week. 'serves' is the dossier whose body the money belongs to. 'heads' is the card of the person who runs it. 'held' is a card whose business the fund's group owns. Sizes are given only where a file states one, with where it came from.
- Ensign Peak Advisers
Investment arm - The Church's reserve fund. The SEC settled disclosure charges in 2023 ($4M from Ensign Peak, $1M from the church). The pilot power card records the church-to-Ensign-Peak link from that release.
Size: over $100 billion, per the dossier's saved text
Serves Mormonism (LDS).
SEC release 2023-35: disclosure charges against Ensign Peak and the church - Latter-day Saint Charities
Humanitarian giving - The Church's global humanitarian arm, the money going out.
Serves Mormonism (LDS). Run by Sharon Eubank. - Institute for the Works of Religion (the Vatican Bank)
Bank - The Institute for the Works of Religion. Named in the Catholic dossier through the Banco Ambrosiano scandal. In 2026 François Pauly, a Luxembourg banker, was named to succeed Jean-Baptiste de Franssu (president since 2014), taking office after the April board meeting; the handover is not yet confirmed here. Neither man has a card.
Serves The Roman Catholic Church.
National Catholic Register / CNA: Vatican Bank names new president - Church Commissioners for England
Endowment - Holds and invests the Church of England's central endowment: the money behind bishops, cathedrals and the national church.
Serves Anglicanism. Run by Alan Smith. - Global South Fellowship treasury
Treasury - The treasury of the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches; the Archbishop of Uganda is its treasurer.
Serves Anglicanism. Run by Stephen Kaziimba. - GuideStone Financial Resources
Pension board - Holds the pensions of Southern Baptist ministers: quiet power, as the card puts it.
Serves Baptists & the Free Church. Run by Hance Dilbeck. - Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
Principal corporation - The Witnesses' principal corporation. Since 1976 its president has held an administrative office; the Governing Body leads.
Serves Jehovah's Witnesses. Run by Robert Ciranko. - Egypt's Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments)
State endowments - Runs Egypt's mosques and imams through the state's religious endowments.
Serves Islam. Run by Usama al-Azhari. - Mennonite World Conference treasury
Treasury - The treasury of world Anabaptism, appointed by its Executive Committee.
Serves The Anabaptists. Run by Sunoko Lin. - Tongil Group
Business conglomerate - The church's business empire in Korea. Kahr Arms, run by Justin Moon, is held through it.
Serves The Unification Church. - Wespath Benefits and Investments
Pension board - Administers benefits for more than 100,000 people serving United Methodist institutions; one of the largest faith-based retirement funds in the world.
Serves Mainline Protestantism. Run by Andrew Q. Hendren.
Wespath: Leadership Team - Church Pension Group
Pension board - Pensions and insurance for the Episcopal Church, a province of the Anglican Communion, so it serves both dossiers.
Size: about $17.7 billion (from a search summary; confirm in its 2026 annual report)
Serves Mainline Protestantism, Anglicanism. Run by Mary Kate Wold.
Church Pension Group: Mary Kate Wold - Trinity Church Wall Street
Endowed parish - An Episcopal parish whose Manhattan property makes it the best-endowed in its church. Its wealth is widely reported but not yet sourced here.
Serves Mainline Protestantism, Anglicanism. Run by Phillip A. Jackson.
Trinity Church Wall Street - Board of Pensions of the PC(USA)
Pension board - The PC(USA)'s pension and benefits agency.
Serves Mainline Protestantism. Run by Krysten Carter Holloway.
PC(USA) News, 12 May 2026 - Presbyterian Foundation
Foundation - Manages endowments and charitable gifts for PC(USA) ministries.
Serves Mainline Protestantism. Run by Thomas F. Taylor.
Presbyterian Foundation - Portico Benefit Services
Pension board - Pensions and health plans for the ELCA, a Lutheran body, so it serves both dossiers.
Serves Mainline Protestantism, Lutheranism. Run by Chris Johnson.
Portico Benefit Services - AME Department of Retirement Services
Pension board - The AME clergy retirement fund, rebuilding after the scandal.
Size: lost at least $90 million, about 70% of the fund, per the clergy's class-action suit
Serves The Black Church. Run by Brian Blackwell.
RNS, 22 Apr 2026 - Geneva Benefits Group
Pension board - The PCA's pension and insurance agency, formerly PCA Retirement & Benefits.
Serves Reformed Confessional Bodies. Run by Ed Dunnington.
Geneva Benefits Group - Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA)
Patrimony - Manages the Holy See's property and investments. Its president is Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti (since 2 October 2023, still listed in August 2026); he has no card yet.
Serves The Roman Catholic Church.
Vatican News: APSA's tasks and mandate (July 2025) - Governorate of Vatican City State
State treasury - Runs Vatican City State itself, including the revenue of the Vatican Museums.
Serves The Roman Catholic Church. Run by Sr Raffaella Petrini. - Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
Temple trust - The trust of the Tirumala temple, the richest temple trust in Hinduism by budget.
Size: ₹5,456.26 crore budget for 2026–27, approved 28 February 2026; temple offerings the largest income
Serves Hinduism. Run by Bollineni Rajagopal Naidu.
UNI: TTD approves 2026–27 budget - Isha Foundation
Foundation - Sadhguru's foundation, the vehicle of his global following.
Serves Hinduism. Run by Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev). - Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)
Gurdwara trust - Runs the historic gurdwaras, including the Golden Temple, and their revenue.
Size: ₹1,487.41 crore budget for 2026–27, passed 28 March 2026
Serves Sikhism. Run by Harjinder Singh Dhami.
The Tribune: SGPC approves 2026–27 budget - Muslim World League
Funding body - The Mecca-based body through which Saudi money has long reached mosques and Islamic centres abroad.
Serves Islam. Run by Mohammed al-Issa. - Diyanet (Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs)
State religious budget - Turkey's state religious authority: it pays the imams and runs the mosques at home and in the diaspora.
Serves Islam. Run by Safi Arpaguş. - International Association of Scientologists
Fundraising body - Scientology's fundraising and membership body, based at Saint Hill Manor; it holds a card of its own as a body.
Serves Scientology. - AGFinancial (Assemblies of God)
Pension board - The retirement plan endorsed by the General Council of the Assemblies of God. An offering circular names Gerald B. Hindy as president of the wider financial group; he has no card yet.
Size: its 403(b) plan: nearly $2 billion and more than 29,000 participants (from a search summary of AGFinancial's page)
Serves Pentecostal & Charismatic.
AGFinancial 403(b) Retirement Plan - Founders Fund
Venture fund - Peter Thiel's venture fund, the money behind much of the transhumanist and AI frontier the dossier maps.
Serves Transhumanism. Run by Peter Thiel. - The Longevity Fund
Venture fund - Laura Deming's fund for anti-ageing companies.
Serves Transhumanism. Run by Laura Deming. - Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation
Foundation - Aubrey de Grey's foundation for anti-ageing research.
Serves Transhumanism. Run by Aubrey de Grey. - Shriners Children's
Hospital endowment - The Shriners' children's hospital system, the Craft's public face and its largest pool of money. The Imperial Potentate presides over Shriners International, which runs it.
Size: about $10 billion in total assets in one filing year (ProPublica; the year is not confirmed here)
Serves Freemasonry & Fraternal Esoterica. Run by Lawrence J. Leib.
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: Shriners Hospitals for Children - UJA-Federation of New York
Federation - The largest local Jewish philanthropy in the world. Its CEO, Eric S. Goldstein, steps down at the end of the 2026 fiscal year; he has no card yet.
Size: $316.1 million raised in FY2025, $275.8 million in grants (its annual report)
Serves Judaism.
UJA-Federation of New York: Annual Reports - Soka Gakkai
Lay organisation's holdings - Its wealth has never been publicly audited. Estimates from the 1990s ran to about $100 billion and cannot be checked, so no size is given.
Serves Buddhism. Run by Minoru Harada.
Forbes, 2004: Sensei's World