Amana Society, Inc.

E805019

communal organization economic organization nonprofit corporation religious organization

Amana Society, Inc. is a communal religious and economic organization that manages the affairs and heritage of the historic Amana Colonies in Iowa.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Amana Society	5
Amana Society, Inc. canonical	4
Amana Heritage Society	2
Amana Society (historically)	2
Amana Corporation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9530873 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Amana Society, Inc.
Context triple: [Amana Colonies, governingBody, Amana Society, Inc.]

A. Dillingham Corporation
Dillingham Corporation is a Hawaii-based real estate and development company historically involved in major commercial projects across the islands.
B. Amfac, Inc.
Amfac, Inc. was a diversified American company historically involved in real estate development, hospitality, and retail operations, particularly in Hawaii and the western United States.
C. Madison Industries
Madison Industries is a privately held industrial conglomerate based in Chicago, known for acquiring and growing a diverse portfolio of manufacturing and engineering businesses across sectors such as health, safety, and infrastructure.
D. Hathaway Manufacturing Company
Hathaway Manufacturing Company was a New England textile firm that later became part of Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway.
E. Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Amana Society, Inc.
Target entity description: Amana Society, Inc. is a communal religious and economic organization that manages the affairs and heritage of the historic Amana Colonies in Iowa.

A. Dillingham Corporation
Dillingham Corporation is a Hawaii-based real estate and development company historically involved in major commercial projects across the islands.
B. Amfac, Inc.
Amfac, Inc. was a diversified American company historically involved in real estate development, hospitality, and retail operations, particularly in Hawaii and the western United States.
C. Madison Industries
Madison Industries is a privately held industrial conglomerate based in Chicago, known for acquiring and growing a diverse portfolio of manufacturing and engineering businesses across sectors such as health, safety, and infrastructure.
D. Hathaway Manufacturing Company
Hathaway Manufacturing Company was a New England textile firm that later became part of Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway.
E. Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communal organization ⓘ economic organization ⓘ nonprofit corporation ⓘ religious organization ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	East Amana, Iowa ⓘ High Amana, Iowa ⓘ Homestead, Iowa ⓘ Main Amana, Iowa ⓘ linked to: Amana, Iowa Middle Amana, Iowa ⓘ South Amana, Iowa ⓘ West Amana, Iowa ⓘ
basedOn	religious communal principles ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
followsOrganizationalModel	communal ownership of property ⓘ
foundedForPurpose	administration of former communal properties of the Amana Colonies ⓘ continuation of communal economic life after reorganization of the Amana Colonies ⓘ
governs	communal economic enterprises in the Amana Colonies ⓘ industrial and agricultural operations in the Amana Colonies ⓘ land use in the Amana Colonies ⓘ
hasCommunityStructure	shareholder-based communal corporation ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Amana Colonies ⓘ Amana, Iowa ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	guardian of Amana Colonies historic district ⓘ
hasLegalForm	corporation ⓘ
hasMainTerritory	Amana Colonies National Historic Landmark ⓘ linked to: Amana Colonies historic district
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Amana Colonies ⓘ Iowa ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Iowa County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
maintains	communal lands in the Amana Colonies ⓘ cultural traditions of the Amana Colonies ⓘ historic buildings in the Amana Colonies ⓘ
manages	Amana Colonies ⓘ economic affairs of the Amana Colonies ⓘ heritage of the Amana Colonies ⓘ
operatesInSector	agriculture ⓘ hospitality ⓘ real estate management ⓘ retail ⓘ tourism ⓘ
oversees	preservation of historic landscape in the Amana Colonies ⓘ
preserves	German-American cultural heritage in the Amana Colonies ⓘ religious heritage of the Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
regulates	development within the Amana Colonies ⓘ
religiousTradition	Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
typeOfReligion	Pietist Christian tradition (Community of True Inspiration) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amana Colonies → governingBody → Amana Society, Inc. ⓘ

Middle Amana, Iowa → governingBody → Amana Society, Inc. ⓘ

Community of True Inspiration → relatedMovement → Amana Society ⓘ