Amala Foundation

Name

Amala Foundation

Legal name

Amala Foundation

Website

https://amalafoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Amala Foundation is an Austin, Texas nonprofit that trains Community Specialists to deliver mindfulness, movement, and sharing-circle programs to schools, workplaces, and community members across Central Texas, supplemented by venue rental income from the Amala Sanctuary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Wellness Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Promotion, Prevention & Wellness Education (EDALAFAF), After-School, Tutoring & Academic Enrichment Nonprofits (BPAGADAC)

Keywords

• Community wellness programs
• Social-emotional learning
• Professional development training
• Trauma-informed facilitation
• Community mental health

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Event Space Rental (Amala Sanctuary): The Amala Sanctuary event space is rented for weddings, celebrations, retreats, workshops, and corporate events. Peak season (Sept-Dec, Mar-June) has higher rates; off-season has lower rates. Studio space is also available for smaller workshops at $58/hour. All proceeds support youth and adult programs of the foundation.
2. Professional Development Services: Customized team-based trainings and retreats for organizations including nonprofits, schools, businesses, corporate teams, and government agencies. Programs cover team culture, leadership development, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, workplace wellness, and facilitation skills.
3. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization is nonprofit and relies on community donations to fund programs. The generosity of community members has kept Amala thriving for over 20 years.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Amala Foundation is a nonprofit that delivers community-led wellness programs grounded in a trauma-informed facilitation model adapted from the World Health Organization's Optimal Mix of Services. It sells and delivers Circle Up mindfulness circles in schools, customized professional development trainings and retreats for organizations, an immersive Community Specialist facilitator certification program, drop-in wellness classes at its Community Center, and rents out its Amala Sanctuary event venue in South Austin.

Product overview

Amala Foundation is a nonprofit organization offering a unified portfolio of community wellness programs centered on in-person human connection, emotional intelligence, and leadership development. The core offerings include Circle Up (mindfulness, movement, and sharing circles for schools and communities), Professional Development (team-based trainings and retreats for organizations), Community Specialist Training (trauma-informed facilitator certification program), and the Community Center (physical space for wellness classes and community gatherings). The Amala Sanctuary Event Space rounds out the offerings as a rentable venue whose proceeds fund the foundation's programs. The Healing Centered Leadership Training is a specialized 8-month module within the professional development offering targeting school leadership. All programs work together to support community-led wellbeing across Central Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Circle Up: A program offering mindfulness, movement, and sharing circles to help people of all ages learn self-care practices, connect with peers, build healthy relationships, and engage with their communities.
• Community Specialist Training

Products and services

• Circle Up Mindfulness, movement, and sharing circles for students and community members that help people of all ages learn self-care practices, connect with peers, build healthy relationships, and engage with their communities; grounded in the WHO model for accessible mental health care.
• Professional Development Customized team-based trainings and retreats for organizations (nonprofits, schools, businesses, corporate teams, government agencies) covering team culture, leadership development, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, workplace wellness, and facilitation skills.
• Community Specialist Training Immersive, trauma-informed facilitator certification program that trains local community members to lead community circles focused on self-awareness, healing, connection, mental health literacy, and healthy culture building; no previous formal training required.
• Community Center A physical hub in South Austin for community-led wellbeing offering weekly wellness classes and gatherings that support emotional, physical, and social wellbeing, plus a restorative space for community helpers.
• Amala Sanctuary (Event Space) Indoor/outdoor event venue in South Austin under a canopy of ancient oak trees, available for weddings, receptions, showers, rehearsal dinners, memorial services, retreats, workshops, and corporate events; proceeds support the foundation's youth programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20%+ reduction in burnout among school principals after 8-month Healing Centered Leadership Training
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Peace First: Nonprofit that trains young people as leaders and changemakers, with a community facilitator model similar to Amala's Community Specialist Training. Both organizations focus on youth empowerment, social-emotional development, and peer-led community impact.
• Challenge Success: Stanford-affiliated nonprofit serving K-12 schools with programs addressing student wellbeing, engagement, and reducing burnout among educators. Direct overlap with Amala's Circle Up school programming and Healing Centered Leadership Training for principals.
• Mindful Schools: Nonprofit that provides mindfulness and SEL training to educators and school districts, including a certification program for instructors. Comparable to Amala's Community Specialist Training and school-based mindfulness offerings.
• The Jed Foundation: Nonprofit focused on youth mental health and suicide prevention, providing programs to schools, colleges, and communities. Shares the youth mental health and wellbeing focus with Amala's Circle Up and community wellness programming.
• Born This Way Foundation: Nonprofit co-founded by Lady Gaga focused on youth mental health, kindness, and building supportive communities. Similar mission around youth emotional wellbeing and community-led mental health support.
• Search Institute: Nonprofit research and training organization focused on youth development, relationships, and developmental assets. Shares the youth wellbeing and community capacity-building mission with Amala's school and community programming.

Broad incumbents

• Communities In Schools: Largest national nonprofit providing school-based services including SEL and mental health support. Operates in 25 states with significantly more scale than Amala but overlapping mission of supporting students within K-12 schools.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Established leadership development organization offering training, coaching, and retreats for executives and teams. Overlaps with Amala's Professional Development offerings in team culture, leadership, and emotional intelligence training, but at significantly larger scale and broader market reach.

Others

• CASEL: Leading research and standards organization for social-emotional learning in education. Not a direct competitor but shapes the framework that K-12 SEL providers like Amala must align with for school district adoption.

Emerging players

• LifeLabs: Corporate training company offering programs on productivity, wellbeing, and resilience for organizations. Comparable to Amala's Professional Development offerings targeting corporate teams and government agencies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TheSanctuaryEventSpace
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amala-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/sanctuaryeventspace
• Xx.com/amalafoundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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