All of them, those in power, and those who want the power, would pamper us, if we agreed to overlook their crookedness by wilfully restricting our activities.
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Below is a list of all transactions between two identified entities
disclosed in the 990 filings of Scientology's secular fronts. A
word of caution: many entities listed here are not related to Scientology,
for completion purpose I included all the transactions.
But when a non-Scientology entity received funds, it always
involves relatively small amounts (the exception would be
F.A.S.E's grants to various media
outlets.)
Some transactions can appear twice as sometimes there was a disclosure
from both sides (although the amounts differ most of the time):
I listed all the transactions found with no regard whether it
was funds sent or received. To identify whether a specific transaction
appears twice, the line at which it appears in the 990 filing can
be used, one of the transaction is marked as an expense, the other
is marked as a revenue.
Example: for 2005, there are two transactions where Narconon
International sent over $1.4 million to Association for Better Living
and Education ("ABLE"). These two listed transactions actually describe
the same event (although the amounts differ,) one transaction is
from Narconon International's point of view, the other is from ABLE's
point of view.
To determine from which point of view a transaction is listed,
consider whether it is an expense or a revenue: when a transaction
is reported as an expense, it is from the point of view of the entity
on the left-hand side of the transaction (the "From" column), while
when the transaction is reported as a revenue, it is from the point
of view of the entity on the receiving end (the "To" column).
Lines 1 to 11, and 93 to 103 correspond to revenue items on the
990 form. Lines 22 to 43 correspond to expense items on the 990 form. Line
16 correspond to transfer of funds and/or assets between affiliates,
it counts as an expense on the 990 form.
The most common lines you will find in the list:
16: Payments to affiliates = expenses: Source of the
information is from the entity in the "From" column
22: Grants and allocations = expenses: Source of the
information is from the entity in the "From" column
1a-1d: Contributions, gifts, grants = revenues: Source
of the information is from the entity in the "To" column
93: Program service revenue = revenue: Source of the
information is from the entity in the "To" column
Notes
The 990s filings had to be 'normalized' in order to enable proper
reporting of expenses/revenue. This normalization was necessary
because different 990 filings detail expenses/revenue with various
statements. This process of normalization required a subjective
evaluation on my part. I felt most of the statements in these filings
were unambiguous enough so that I could identify properly each statement
with good confidence. In the worst case, I identified statements
with 'general expenses', or 'miscellaneous,' but these were few,
and usually involved low figures.