List of wealthiest religious organizations

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Organization  | Worth
(billion USD)  | Country  | Religion/Belief  | Notes

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 293  |  United States | Mormonism | Includes everything from investments, operating assets (ecclesiastical buildings) and real estate, mostly from USA.[1]
Setad (Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order)  | 95 to 135  |  Iran | Shiite Islam | [2][3][4][5]
Muhammadiyah | 167.74  |  Indonesia | Sunni Islam | Roughly converted from 400 trillion rupiah as of 2023; mostly in the form of land and buildings (Hospitals, Mosques, Schools, & Universities).[6]
Catholic Church in Germany | 47.24 to 265.62  |  Germany | Catholicism | Some sources suggest a value as high as $265.62 billion, while others put it closer to $47.24 billion due to limited public data on the Church's finances. Former totals the value of land, real estate, investments and holdings of the Catholic Church and its institutions.[7][8]
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) | 31.11  |  India | Hinduism | Holdings reportedly includes 10.25 tonnes of gold deposits in banks, 2.5 tonnes of gold jewelry, $1.9 billion in various banks and 960 properties across India.[9]
Catholic Church in France | 23.0  |  France | Catholicism |
Catholic Church in Australia | 23.25  |  Australia | Catholicism | Extrapolated figure from calculating assets and investments in the state of Victoria.[10]
Seventh-day Adventist Church | 15.6  |  United States | Adventism | As of 1998.[11]
Church of England | 13.84  |  United Kingdom | Anglican | Endowment funds.[12]
Church of Sweden | 11.41  |  Sweden | Lutheran | FY2012. Largely of assets that are in forests, buildings and securities. Another 3.07 billion as annual income.[13]
Trinity Church | 6.0  |  United States | Anglican | [14][15][16]
Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church)  | 3.0  |  Italy | Catholicism | [17]
Church of Scientology | 2.0  |  United States | Scientology | [18][19]
Holy See (Vatican) | Incalculable[20] |  Vatican City | Catholicism | Not available due to widespread properties globally.[21][22][23]

## See also

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### Individuals

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* Forbes list of billionaires
* List of wealthiest families
* List of wealthiest animals

### Businesses

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* List of largest church buildings
* List of largest companies by revenue
* List of largest employers
* List of largest corporate profits and losses
* List of public corporations by market capitalization
* List of most indebted companies
* List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue
* List of largest financial services companies by revenue
* List of largest companies in Europe by revenue

## References

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1. ^ "LDS Church investment fund takes another jump as faith's estimated total wealth reaches a new high". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
2. ^ "Fact Check: Are Ali Khamenei's Living Standards 'Below Average'?". iranwire.com. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
3. ^ "Iran's Khamenei 'controls mysterious $95bn business'". France 24. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
4. ^ "Revealed: Iranian supreme leader's $95 billion business empire". Al Arabiya English. 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
5. ^ "How Big Is Khamenei's Economic Empire?". iranwire.com. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
6. ^ "Partially True, Muhammadiyah's Assets Estimated at Rp 400 Trillion in the Form of Land and Buildings (Sebagian Benar, Aset Muhammadiyah Diperkirakan Senilai Rp 400 Triliun Berupa Tanah dan Bangunan)". Tempo (in Indonesian). 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
7. ^ Marianna Deinyan: This is how wealthy the church corporation is: The earthly billionaire empire of the men of God. In: Focus Online, 17. October 2013. Language German
8. ^ "Holy orders: Germany's Catholic Church counts its many financial blessings". www.handelsblatt.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
9. ^ "With net net worth of over Rs 2.5 lakh cr, Tirupati temple is richer than Wipro, Nestle, ONGC". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
10. ^ Millar, Royce; Schneiders, Ben; Vedelago, Chris (February 12, 2018). "Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
11. ^ GORMAN, TOM; LICHTBLAU, ERIC (13 August 1998). "Currents of Change Roil Seventh-day Adventists". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
12. ^ "Church Commissioners reports strong financial returns in 2021 of 13.3%". The Church of England. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
13. ^ Stenman, Jens (10 September 2013). "Kyrkan har makt över 70 miljarder (The church has power over 70 billion)". Länstidningen Östersund (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-07-21.
14. ^ Margolies, Jane (February 8, 2019). "The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
15. ^ "New York's Trinity Church has a diverse investment portfolio worth $6 billion". www.christianpost.com. 14 February 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
16. ^ Widaman, Dwight (February 14, 2019). "With $6 billion, is this the richest church in America?". Metro Voice News. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
17. ^ "Opus Dei sitting on fortune - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
18. ^ Tom Gjelten (March 26, 2015). "Church Of Scientology Calls New HBO Documentary 'Bigoted'". NPR.org.
19. ^ Eric Thurm (March 30, 2015). "10 Things We Learned From Scientology Doc 'Going Clear'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
20. ^ Guillen, Rafael (1994). The Vatican's Finances.
21. ^ Walsh, Joe. "Vatican Owns Over 5,000 Properties Worldwide, It Reveals In First Disclosures On Its Real Estate Holdings". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
22. ^ "Catholic Church worth $25 billion nationally, investigation finds". ABC News. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
23. ^ Posner, Gerald (2015). God's Bankers. Simon & Schuster.

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