Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies (AMURTEL)

What Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies (AMURTEL) does

AMURTEL (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1975 in India and currently headquartered in Warren, Vermont (EIN # 47-1136370). The organization is directed and managed entirely by women and delivers disaster relief alongside long-term community development programs targeting vulnerable women and children. It maintains 11 core country programs — Egypt/Gaza, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, and Thailand — with intermittent disaster-response activity extending to Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Turkey, South America, Hawaii, and Vermont. Its portfolio is organized around four service lines: emergency disaster relief (food, shelter, medical care, child-friendly spaces, psychological trauma support, water purification); children's homes and schools (Baan Unrak in Thailand, the AMURTEL Family Children's Home in Romania, the Lotus Children's Center in Mongolia, schools in Haiti and Peru, Uma Nivas in India); maternal and primary healthcare (12 health centers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, of which 4 are certified Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Centers; Abha Light Foundation clinics in Kenya); and women's economic empowerment through microcredit and self-help groups (notably 900+ business launches in Nigeria since 2016 and 660 active women in Haiti).

Notable operational outcomes include 32,000 babies delivered in AMURTEL-assisted Nigerian health centers (as of January 2025), 15,000 children seen annually in Kenya, 6,250+ Ukrainian refugees supported in Romania, and 250+ children educated at the Thailand school. The Haiti children's home relocated from Port-au-Prince to Ste. Suzanne in July 2023 due to gang violence, with a $160,000 capital campaign for a new permanent facility launched in May 2025.

The business model is exclusively donation-based: revenue is generated through individual donations, corporate matching contributions, foundation grants (including CARE-FONPC-SERA), and United Way workplace designations, accepted via website, PayPal, check, and wire transfer. AMURTEL publicly states it operates with "no paid staff and no overhead," relying on volunteer labor and in-country program staff. There is no publicly disclosed financial information; the only verified external funding figure is a 226,633-euro CARE-FONPC-SERA grant over two years for Romania refugee mental health programming. Distribution is direct: website donations, PayPal integration, regional program designation (Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, South America), United Way, and partner referrals through organizations including CARE, FONPC, Amurt, World Central Kitchen, and the Neohumanist Foundation.

Name

Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Ladies (AMURTEL)

Legal name

Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Inc.

Website

https://amurtel.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AMURTEL is a women-directed 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing disaster relief, children's homes, maternal health services, and women's economic empowerment programs across 11+ countries, targeting vulnerable women and children.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Relief and Community Development Services

NAICS

Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Housing Services (62422), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Shelter, Camp Management & Non-Food Items (NFI) (BPAGAAAC), Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Emergency Food Assistance & Nutrition Response (BPADADAE)

Keywords

• Humanitarian disaster relief
• Women and children services
• Community development programs
• Maternal and child health
• Nonprofit charitable services

Headquarters

HQ city

Warren

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: AMURTEL generates revenue entirely through donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. The organization is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit (EIN # 47-1136370). They also receive corporate matching contributions and United Way designations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AMURTEL is a women-directed humanitarian organization that delivers disaster relief and long-term community development programs for vulnerable women and children across 11 countries. It operates children's homes, schools, primary health and maternal care clinics, microcredit and self-help group programs, and rapid-deployment disaster response (food, shelter, medical care, psychosocial support, child-friendly spaces). Funding comes from individual donations, corporate matching gifts, foundation grants, and United Way designations, with 100% of program-designated donations directed to those programs.

Product overview

AMURTEL is a humanitarian organization directed and managed by women, providing disaster relief and community development programs focused on women and children. Rather than a unified software product, AMURTEL operates a portfolio of grass-roots programs across 11 countries including children's homes (Baan Unrak in Thailand, AMURTEL Family in Romania, Lotus Children's Center in Mongolia), health clinics (Nigeria's 12 health centers, Abha Light Foundation in Kenya), schools (Peru's Rurapuk, Uma Nivas in India), and disaster relief services. Programs target progressive education, maternal and child health, financial self-sufficiency, and the creation of nurturing homes for children in need.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Baan Unrak (House of Joy) - Thailand A community development program serving vulnerable children on the Thai-Myanmar border, providing housing, food, education, emotional support, and a children's home for over 130 children with integrated primary and secondary schools.
• AMURTEL Family Children's Home (Romania) A family-style children's home providing safety, love, and hope to children needing protection from abuse and neglect, along with Vistara House for young adults with special needs and the Fountain of Hope After School Center supporting 30 children with meals and educational support.
• Rurapuk (Peru) A neighborhood social development program in Paraiso Alto, Lima, offering online English conversation classes, critical thinking skills training for children, and yoga sessions.
• AMURTEL Nigeria Health Program Primary health care services in Ebonyi State including 12 health centers with 32,000 babies delivered, maternal health care, malnutrition screening, women's economic upliftment through microcredit, and adolescent sexual/reproductive health programs.
• Lotus Children's Center (Mongolia) A children's home in Ulan Bator providing shelter, food, education, and healthcare to up to 65 children, with kindergarten, primary school through grade 5, and a vocational training program.
• Abha Light Foundation (Kenya) Health care program providing affordable primary health care through mobile and permanent clinics, children's health clinics serving 15,000 children annually, and spirulina nutritional supplementation to rural communities.
• Uma Nivas (India) Women's community development program in rural West Bengal offering homeopathic health clinics, girl's home for 24 teenage girls, Rahr Hostel for 50 children, and multiple primary and secondary schools with women's college.
• Disaster Relief Services Immediate disaster relief providing food, medical care, post-disaster cleanup, psychological trauma support, child-friendly spaces, solar charging trailers, emergency lighting, and water purification in response to natural and human-made disasters.
• AMURTEL Haiti Programs Children's home, two primary schools using Neo-Humanism curriculum, self-help groups for 660 women, microcredit programs, and children's summer day camps serving Port au Prince and Anse a Pitre communities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 32,000 babies delivered safely in AMURTEL-assisted health centers
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AmurtcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2023AMURTEL operates alongside Amurt as their partner in disaster relief efforts. Together they have responded to multiple disasters including the Morocco earthquake, providing psychological trauma support and child-friendly spaces.
• FONPC (Federation of NGO's working for Child Protection)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMURTEL partnered with FONPC to provide 'train the trainer' classes, training over 200 psychologists to set up Child-Friendly Spaces for refugee children in Romania.
• World Central KitchenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMURTEL partnered with World Central Kitchen in Hawaii to provide food distribution to wildfire survivors, supplying local produce to meal prep locations.
• Hawaii Food Hub HuiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Hawaii Food Hub Hui for coordinating food distribution to wildfire survivors in Maui.
• Local HarvestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMURTEL volunteer Steve Phillips serves as general manager of Local Harvest, which supplied local fresh produce to meal distribution locations serving 10,000 meals per day.
• Homeless Heroes HawaiiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Homeless Heroes Hawaii for wildfire relief efforts in Maui.
• Hawaii Farmers UnionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Hawaii Farmers Union for wildfire recovery efforts.
• Neohumanist FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBaan Unrak (Thailand) was established in 1991 by the Neohumanist Foundation, which provides the guiding philosophy for the program.
• Abha Light FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAbha Light Foundation has been working in Kenya since 1998, operating village clinics and children's health programs under the AMURTEL Kenya umbrella.
• United WayminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDonors can designate AMURTEL through United Way workplace giving programs.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mercy Corps: Mercy Corps is a large global humanitarian organization that responds to disasters, supports community development, and runs women's empowerment programs. It operates across many of the same fragile states as AMURTEL and serves women and children with similar programmatic approaches.
• UNICEF: UNICEF is a UN agency focused on children's welfare, education, and health in developing countries and emergencies. AMURTEL's children's homes, schools, and maternal health programs in Nigeria, Haiti, Mongolia, and Thailand overlap directly with UNICEF's mission areas.
• Save the Children: Save the Children operates children's homes, schools, maternal health programs, and emergency response in over 100 countries. AMURTEL's Baan Unrak, AMURTEL Family Children's Home, and Lotus Children's Center follow Save the Children's integrated child-welfare approach.
• CARE International: CARE is a major international humanitarian organization focused on fighting global poverty and providing disaster relief. AMURTEL has directly partnered with and received grants from CARE-FONPC-SERA for refugee programs, making them a direct institutional counterpart.
• International Rescue Committee: The IRC responds to humanitarian crises and supports refugees with health care, education, and economic empowerment. AMURTEL's support for 6,250 Slavic refugees in Romania through mental health and resiliency programs parallels IRC's refugee programming model.

Direct peers

• World Central Kitchen: World Central Kitchen provides disaster relief by serving meals to communities impacted by natural disasters and humanitarian crises. AMURTEL partnered with WCK during the Hawaii Maui wildfires for food distribution to survivors, indicating direct operational overlap in disaster food relief.
• International Medical Corps: International Medical Corps provides emergency relief, maternal and child health services, and community health programming in conflict and disaster-affected areas. AMURTEL's 12 health centers in Nigeria delivering 32,000 babies mirror IMC's community health model.
• Direct Relief: Direct Relief provides humanitarian medical aid and disaster relief worldwide, with a focus on maternal and child health in resource-poor settings — directly comparable to AMURTEL's Nigeria health centers and maternal health programs.
• Action Against Hunger: Action Against Hunger focuses on emergency food assistance, nutrition programs, and maternal/child health in humanitarian crises — directly comparable to AMURTEL's nutrition supplementation in Kenya and maternal health centers in Nigeria.
• Beyond Borders (international NGO): Beyond Borders is a smaller nonprofit working on child protection, women's empowerment, and community development in Haiti. AMURTEL's Haiti programs (children's home, self-help groups, schools) address overlapping populations and programmatic themes in similar rural Haiti contexts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=100057418512665
• Instagraminstagram.com/amurtelusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amurtel-greece

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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