List of Scientology organizations
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The worldwide network of Scientology
organizations consists of numerous entities and corporations, located in the United States as well as in other countries. All these organizations are interrelated and connected through an internal hierarchy
system, which is called the "Command Channels of Scientology".
At the top of the "Command Channels" are management
corporations, such as the Religious Technology Center
, the Church of Spiritual Technology
or the Church of Scientology International
, who own and license the Scientology
trademarks and service marks to other entities and corporations within the internal hierarchy system of the network.
Within the sphere of the upper Scientology management exist also several corporations with specific functions with regards to publication
, distribution
, administration and finances. Examples are the Scientology-owned publishing house Bridge Publications
or the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
, which promotes and sells Scientology services to businesses and entrepreneurs.
Below the Scientology management are Scientology service organizations ("Churches"), who deliver Scientology services to its members, and so-called secular Scientology organization, who seek to introduce the overall "technology
" of the organization's founder
L. Ron Hubbard
in various parts of today's society
. Examples are the Florida-based
service organization Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc.
, the German "Scientology Kirche Hannover e.V." or local chapters of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights
, an organization that seeks to abolish any form of psychiatry
. Most of the Scientology organizations in a geographical area, secular or otherwise, are members of the Clear Expansion Committee, with the goal of clearing
the entire community and establishing a Scientology world.
In a response to questions by the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) with regards to its application for tax exemption
under section 501(c)3) of the Internal Revenue Code
, the Church of Scientology International
provided to the IRS a list of Scientology corporations and entities, categorized by their functions and activities.
Trademark Service Organizations
Financial Trusts
Financial Service Organizations
Publishing Houses & Publication Organizations
Secular & Social Management Entities
Other Management Organizations
Membership Service Organizations
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
organizations consists of numerous entities and corporations, located in the United States as well as in other countries. All these organizations are interrelated and connected through an internal hierarchy
Hierarchy
A hierarchy is an arrangement of items in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another...
system, which is called the "Command Channels of Scientology".
At the top of the "Command Channels" are management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
corporations, such as the Religious Technology Center
Religious Technology Center
The Religious Technology Center is a Californian non-profit corporation. RTC was founded in 1982 by the Church of Scientology in order to control and oversee the use of all of the trademarks, symbols and texts of Scientology and Dianetics, including the copyrighted works of Scientology founder and...
, the Church of Spiritual Technology
Church of Spiritual Technology
The Church of Spiritual Technology, also known as CST, is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation, incorporated in 1982, which owns all the copyrights of the estate of L. Ron Hubbard. The CST is doing business as L. Ron Hubbard Library...
or the Church of Scientology International
Church of Scientology International
The Church of Scientology International, Inc. is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation. Within the worldwide network of Scientology corporations and entities, CSI is officially referred to as the "mother church" of the Church of Scientology....
, who own and license the Scientology
Scientology
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
trademarks and service marks to other entities and corporations within the internal hierarchy system of the network.
Within the sphere of the upper Scientology management exist also several corporations with specific functions with regards to publication
Publication
To publish is to make content available to the public. While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other audio-visual content on any medium, including paper or electronic publishing forms such as websites, e-books, Compact Discs and MP3s...
, distribution
Distribution (business)
Product distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. An organization or set of organizations involved in the process of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer or business user.The other three parts of the marketing mix are product, pricing,...
, administration and finances. Examples are the Scientology-owned publishing house Bridge Publications
Bridge Publications
Bridge Publications may refer to:*Bridge Publications , the Church of Scientology's North American publishing arm*Bridge Publications , a United Kingdom publisher of guides to vacation and holiday activities in the UK and Ireland...
or the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises is an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology that educates and assists businesses in the use of management methods and techniques developed by Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, such methods and techniques being, like all of Hubbard's...
, which promotes and sells Scientology services to businesses and entrepreneurs.
Below the Scientology management are Scientology service organizations ("Churches"), who deliver Scientology services to its members, and so-called secular Scientology organization, who seek to introduce the overall "technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
" of the organization's founder
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard , better known as L. Ron Hubbard , was an American pulp fiction author and religious leader who founded the Church of Scientology...
in various parts of today's society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
. Examples are the Florida-based
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
service organization Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc.
Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc.
The Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization is an American 501 non-profit corporation. Within the worldwide network of Scientology corporations and entities, the FSO is officially referred to as the "spiritual headquarters" of the Church of Scientology...
, the German "Scientology Kirche Hannover e.V." or local chapters of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights
Citizens Commission on Human Rights
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights is an advocacy group established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. The group promotes several video campaigns which support views against psychiatry...
, an organization that seeks to abolish any form of psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
. Most of the Scientology organizations in a geographical area, secular or otherwise, are members of the Clear Expansion Committee, with the goal of clearing
Clear (Scientology)
Clear in Dianetics and Scientology is one of two levels a practitioner can achieve on the way to personal salvation. A state of Clear is reached when a person becomes free of the influence of engrams, unwanted emotions or painful traumas not readily available to the conscious mind...
the entire community and establishing a Scientology world.
In a response to questions by the Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue...
(IRS) with regards to its application for tax exemption
Tax exemption
Various tax systems grant a tax exemption to certain organizations, persons, income, property or other items taxable under the system. Tax exemption may also refer to a personal allowance or specific monetary exemption which may be claimed by an individual to reduce taxable income under some...
under section 501(c)3) of the Internal Revenue Code
Internal Revenue Code
The Internal Revenue Code is the domestic portion of Federal statutory tax law in the United States, published in various volumes of the United States Statutes at Large, and separately as Title 26 of the United States Code...
, the Church of Scientology International
Church of Scientology International
The Church of Scientology International, Inc. is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation. Within the worldwide network of Scientology corporations and entities, CSI is officially referred to as the "mother church" of the Church of Scientology....
provided to the IRS a list of Scientology corporations and entities, categorized by their functions and activities.
Management Organizations
Principal Organizations- Religious Technology Center (RTC)Religious Technology CenterThe Religious Technology Center is a Californian non-profit corporation. RTC was founded in 1982 by the Church of Scientology in order to control and oversee the use of all of the trademarks, symbols and texts of Scientology and Dianetics, including the copyrighted works of Scientology founder and...
- Church of Spiritual Technology (CST)Church of Spiritual TechnologyThe Church of Spiritual Technology, also known as CST, is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation, incorporated in 1982, which owns all the copyrights of the estate of L. Ron Hubbard. The CST is doing business as L. Ron Hubbard Library...
- Church of Scientology International (CSI)Church of Scientology InternationalThe Church of Scientology International, Inc. is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation. Within the worldwide network of Scientology corporations and entities, CSI is officially referred to as the "mother church" of the Church of Scientology....
- Church of Scientology of California (CSC)
Trademark Service Organizations
- Inspector General Network (IGN)
- IGN International AB
- Dianetics Centers International (DCI)
- Dianetics Foundation International (DFI)
- Hubbard Dianetics Foundation (HDF)
- WISE, Inc.
Financial Trusts
- Author's Family Trust
- Church of Scientology Religious Trust (CSRT)
- Scientology International Reserves Trust (SIRT)
- Trust for Scientologists
- United States Parishioners Trust
- Flag Ship Trust (FST)
- International Publications Trust
- Scientology Defense Trust
Financial Service Organizations
- SOR Services Ltd.
- Nesta Investments Ltd.
- FSO Oklahoma Investments Corporation
- Theta Management Ltd. (TML)
Publishing Houses & Publication Organizations
- Golden Era ProductionsGolden Era ProductionsGolden Era Productions is an organization operated by the Church of Scientology that produces promotional material for the Church's membership, as well as many of the restored lectures, E-meters, training films and other materials related to the works of church founder L...
- Author Services Inc. (ASI)Author Services Inc.Author Services Inc. represents the literary, theatrical and musical works of the late Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Church of Spiritual Technology....
- Bridge Publications Inc. (BPI)Bridge Publications (Scientology)Bridge Publications, Inc. is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation. It is based in Los Angeles, California, and is the Church of Scientology's North American publishing corporation. It publishes the Scientology and nonfiction works of L. Ron Hubbard...
- New Era Publications ApS
- Scientology Publications Ltd.
Secular & Social Management Entities
- Association for Better Living and Education International (ABLE)Association for Better Living and EducationThe Association for Better Living and Education is a non-profit organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It states that it is "dedicated to creating a better future for children and communities." It promotes secular uses of L. Ron Hubbard's works, and has been classified as a...
- Applied Scholastics Inc.Applied ScholasticsApplied Scholastics is a non-profit corporation founded in 1972 to promote the use of study techniques created by L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction author and the founder of the Church of Scientology...
- Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR)Citizens Commission on Human RightsThe Citizens Commission on Human Rights is an advocacy group established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. The group promotes several video campaigns which support views against psychiatry...
- Criminon InternationalCriminonCriminon is a program for rehabilitating prisoners using L. Ron Hubbard's teachings. Criminon International, a non-profit, public-benefit corporation managing the Criminon program, was spawned from Narconon International in 2000, and is part of Association for Better Living and Education's public...
- Narconon InternationalNarcononNarconon is a residential program aimed at substance abusers, headquartered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It operates through several dozen treatment centers worldwide, chiefly in the United States and Western Europe. Each Narconon center is independently owned and operated under a license...
- Way to Happiness Foundation International
- World Institute of Scientology Enterprises International (WISE)World Institute of Scientology EnterprisesWorld Institute of Scientology Enterprises is an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology that educates and assists businesses in the use of management methods and techniques developed by Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, such methods and techniques being, like all of Hubbard's...
Other Management Organizations
- Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International (CC Int.)
- International Hubbard Ecclesiastical League of Pastors (IHELP)
- Scientology Missions International (SMI)Scientology Missions InternationalScientology Missions International is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation, which is located in Los Angeles, California. SMI is part of the Church of Scientology network....
Service Organizations
Advanced Organizations- Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc.Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc.The Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization is an American 501 non-profit corporation. Within the worldwide network of Scientology corporations and entities, the FSO is officially referred to as the "spiritual headquarters" of the Church of Scientology...
- Church of Scientology Flag Ship Service Organization
- Church of Scientology Western United StatesChurch of Scientology Western United StatesThe Church of Scientology Western United States is a Californian 501 non-profit corporation, located in Los Angeles. CoSWUS is integrated within the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Church of Scientology...
- Church of Scientology Advanced Organization Saint Hill Europe & Africa
- Church of Scientology Religious Education College, Inc.
- Church of Scientology, Inc.
Membership Organizations
Unincorporated Associations- International Association of Scientologists (IAS)International Association of ScientologistsThe International Association of Scientologists is an English non-profit organization, which was formed in October 1984 by a group of Scientologists, who assembled at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, Sussex, England...
- Hubbard Association of Scientologists International (HASI)
Membership Service Organizations
- International Association of Scientologists Administrations, N.V. (IASA)
- Membership Services Administrations (UK) Ltd. (MSA)
See also
- L. Ron HubbardL. Ron HubbardLafayette Ronald Hubbard , better known as L. Ron Hubbard , was an American pulp fiction author and religious leader who founded the Church of Scientology...
- ScientologyScientologyScientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
- DianeticsDianeticsDianetics is a set of ideas and practices regarding the metaphysical relationship between the mind and body that was invented by the science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard and is practiced by followers of Scientology...
- Church of ScientologyChurch of ScientologyThe Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...