Scientology's secular fronts: Overview of
990 filings' due date compliance
IRS's form 990 filing requirement:
"An organization that
normally
has $25,000 or more in gross receipts must file an exempt organization
information return
Form 990,
Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax. This return is due on the
15th day of the 5th month after the end of the fiscal year. The due date may be
extended for three months, without showing cause, by filing
Form 8868 before the due
date; an additional three-month extension may be requested on Form 8868 if the
organization shows reasonable cause why the return cannot be filed by the
extended due date."
[ref]
A properly managed nonprofit corporation is expected
to file before the first due date, assuming good accounting
practices. As an example,
Christian
Children's Fund — an organization with revenue and expenses
of over $200 millions in
2006 (thus far more complex than any Scientology-related
secular nonprofit) — requested only once an extension, in 2001,
and even so, they filed their Form 990 months before their
extended due date.
The following table demonstrate the systematic late filing of
Scientology-related nonprofit entities: two requests for
extension of the due date seems to be the rule. Note that Delphi
Schools-related organizations stand out as the exception (Phocis is
related to Delphi Schools). Click on a cell to open the form 990 of
an entity for a specific year (PDF).
= |
filed before due date |
= |
due date extended (requires a formal
request to the IRS) |
= |
filed after due date (ex.:
Narconon Hawaii) |
|
an empty cell means the form 990 is
not included in the present database (it might be
added in the future) |
Entity | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 |
Ability Academy Inc. (dba, Delphi Academy of San Diego)
| |  |   |   | |    |    | | |
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Ability Plus Academy of Colorado, Inc.
| |  |    |    |    |    |    |   |    |
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Ability School of Utah
| |    |    |    |    |    |    | | |
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Ability School, Inc.
| |   |   |    |  |   |    |    | |
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Academy for Learning
| |    |    |    |    |    |    |   |    |
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American Detoxification Foundation
|  | | | | | | | | |
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Applied Scholastics International
|    |    |    |    |    |    | |    |    |  
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Applied Scholastics of Florida, Inc. (dba, Applied Scholastics East U.S.)
| | | | |    |    |    |    | |
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Applied Scholastics of Orange County
| | |    |    |    |    | | | |
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Applied Scholastics Western United States
| | | |    |    |    |    |    | |
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Association for Better Living and Education International
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | |  
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Canyon View Academy
|    |    |    |    |    |   | | | |
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Carroll Rees Academy and Arts
| |   |    |    |    |    |    |   |  |
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Chicagoland Academy, Inc.
|  |  |    |   |    |    | | | |
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Church of Scientology of Arizona
|   | |  |    | |   | | | |
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Citizens Commission on Human Rights
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
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Citizens for an Alternative Tax System
| | |   |   |  | | | | |
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Clearwater Academy International, Inc.
|    |    |    |    |    |    |   |   |    |
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Criminon Connecticut, Inc.
|  | | | | | | | | |
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Criminon Inc.
| |  |    |   |   | | | |   |
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Criminon International
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | |
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Delphi Academy of Boston, Inc.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Delphi Academy of Florida, Inc.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Delphi Schools, Inc.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Ebony Awakening, Inc.
| |   |  | | | | | | |
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Education Basics and Beyond, Inc. (also, The Brighten School)
| | |    |    |    |    |    |    |  |
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Excalibur Foundation
| |    |    |    |    |  |   | | |
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Foundation for a Drug-Free World
|    | | | | | | | | |
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Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education
|    |   |   |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
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Foundation for Religious Freedom
| | | | | |    |    |    |    |
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Friends of Narconon, International
| |   |    |    |    |    |    | |  |
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Golden Academy and Tutoring Center
| |  |    |    |    | | | | |
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Hollywood Education and Literacy Project (Los Angeles)
| |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
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Hollywood Education and Literacy Project Miami, Inc.
| |    |    |    | | | | | |
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Hollywood Education and Literacy Project Orange County
| |  | | | | | | | |
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International Academy of Detoxification Specialists
|    |    |    |    |  |    | | | |
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International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance
| |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
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Jensen Family Foundation
|    |   |  |  |  |  |  |   | |
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Lewis Carroll Academy of the Arts, Inc.
| |    |    |    |    |    |    |   |    |
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Literacy and Education Awareness Project
| |    |    |    |    |    | | | |
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Los Gatos Academy
| | |  |    |  |   |    |   |   |
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Minnesota Applied Study Technology, Inc.
| | |  |  |   |   |   |   | |
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Mojave Academy, Inc.
| |   |   |   |  |  | | | |
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Narconon - Hawaii*
|    |    |    |    |    | | | | |
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Narconon Drug Prevention and Education, Inc.
|   |  |  |  |    |    |    |    | |
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Narconon Eastern United States
|    |   |    |    |    | | | | |
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Narconon Florida, Inc.
|    |   |    |    |    |    |    | | |
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Narconon Fresh Start (formerly, Narconon Southern California)
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | |
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Narconon Gulf Coast, Inc.
| | |  |    |    | | | | |
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Narconon Idaho, Inc.
| | | | |    | | | | |
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Narconon Inc.
|    |   |    |    |    |    |   |    |  |
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Narconon International
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
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Narconon Louisiana New Life Retreat
|    |   | | | | | | | |
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Narconon Northern California
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
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Narconon of Georgia, Inc.
|    |   |    |    |    |    |    | | |
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Narconon of Oklahoma, Inc. (also, Narconon Arrowhead)
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | |
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Narconon of the South, Inc.
| | | | |    | | | | |
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Narconon Sacramento
| | |    | | | | | | |
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Narconon South Texas, Inc.
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Narconon Stone Hawk Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
| |    |    |   |    | | | | |
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Narconon Western United States
|    |    |    | | | | | | |
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Phocis, Inc.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Pollack Family Foundation, Inc.
| |    |    |    |    |   |  |  |   |
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Renaissance Academy Inc.
|    |   |    |    |    |    | |   |    |
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Second Chance Program, Inc.
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Set A Good Example Foundation (formerly, Concerned Businessmen's Association of America)
| |    |    |   |   |    |    |    |    |  
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Shuttleworth Leadership Society International
|  |   |    |    |  |   |  |   | |
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Social Betterment Development Company (SBDC) (dba, New Life San Francisco)
| | |    |    | | | | | |
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Social Betterment Properties International
|    |    |    |    |    | | | | |
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Standard Education, Inc.
| |    |    |    |    | | | | |
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The Bryan and June Zwan Foundation, Inc.
|   |    |    |   |   |   | |    |    |
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The Clearwater Community Volunteers, Inc.
| |   |   |    | | | | | |
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The Community Learning Center, Inc. (dba, World Literacy Crusade of Pinellas Co.)
| |  |  |   |  |    |  |  |  |
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The Earth Organization
| |    | | | | | | | |
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The Literacy, Education and Ability Program
| |    |    | | | | | | |
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The Truth and Freedom Foundation
| | |  |  |  |  |  |    |   | 
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The Way to Happiness Foundation International
|    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |  
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Washington Counseling Center
| |  |  | | | | | | |
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World Literacy Crusade of Florida, Inc.
|   |   |  |  |    |   |   |   | |
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Youth for Human Rights International
|    |    |    | | | | | | |
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Youth Specialist Centers, Inc.
| |    |    | | | | | | |
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Notes
The date stamped upon reception of the Form 990 by the IRS was
used as the filing date. Since the Form 990 due date is always on
the 15th of a month, this means that even if the reception date is
passed the due date, as long as it's in the due date's month, it
will be considered as being filed on time. When the date on the IRS
stamp is illegible, the date on which the Form 990 was signed by the
entity's representative is used.
See also