My Nonprofit Reviews

Zero financial transparency and they keep an elephant with heavy chains on her feet every day of her life, and locked in a small cage in the middle of the very busy ashram.
People come her to take selfies with her pretending to be spiritual while having no concern for the suffering of the elephant.

The only reason this organization is filed with the IRS as a church, is that it allows them not to be transparent with their finances. Except for the obvious need for severe skepticism when an organization makes huge claims to humanitarian work but produces only some promotional videos and every trace of scrutiny shows most funds goes to other places than humanitarian work, one should also be gravely concerned to know that Amma keeps an elephant caged and chained in the middle of the ashram where she resides. There has been offers to pay for the elephant to be moved to a sanctuary for elephants but the poor elephant remains chained with Amma in the middle of the very busy ashram. The elephant shows strong signs of distress and anxiety with her head bobbing almost all the time.
So, an organization that hides their finances under the veil of being a church, though they’re clearly not a church, while torturing an elephant in their main ashram, shouldn’t be receiving any funds from any conscientious person.