I'm not exactly sure what their status was before, but they are listed here as a "private foundation" as of December 2003

http://www.irs.gov/irb/2003-49_IRB/ar16.html

Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2003-49 December 8, 2003

Announcement 2003-77 Foundations Status of Certain Organizations

The following organizations have failed to establish or have been unable to maintain their status as public charities or as operating foundations.

Accordingly, grantors and contributors may not, after this date, rely on previous rulings or designations in the Cumulative List of Organizations (Publication 78), or on the presumption arising from the filing of notices under section 508(b) of the Code. This listing does not indicate that the organizations have lost their status as organizations described in section 501(c)(3), eligible to receive deductible contributions.

Former Public Charities. The following organizations (which have been treated as organizations that are not private foundations described in section 509(a) of the Code) are now classified as private foundations:

Criminon Community Education Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose CA

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Feisty

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From: Mike O'Connor <mike@leptonicsystems.com>
Subject: Re: Criminon California - Change of Status Per IRS
Message-ID: <mike-BDE79F.09573204012004@news4-ge1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 14:57:16 GMT

In article <NToJb.17130$aw2.10361108@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com>, "Feisty" <sunny@skytoday.com> wrote:

> I'm not exactly sure what their status was before, but they are listed here
> as
> a "private foundation" as of December 2003
>
> http://www.irs.gov/irb/2003-49_IRB/ar16.html
>
> Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2003-49
> December 8, 2003
>
> Announcement 2003-77
> Foundations Status of Certain Organizations
>
> The following organizations have failed to establish or have been
> unable to maintain their status as public charities or as operating
> foundations.
>
> Accordingly, grantors and contributors may not, after this date, rely
> on previous rulings or designations in the Cumulative List of
> Organizations (Publication 78), or on the presumption arising from
> the filing of notices under section 508(b) of the Code. This listing
> does not indicate that the organizations have lost their status as
> organizations described in section 501(c)(3), eligible to receive
> deductible contributions.
>
> Former Public Charities. The following organizations (which have been
> treated as organizations that are not private foundations described
> in section 509(a) of the Code) are now classified as private
> foundations:
>
> Criminon Community Education Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose CA

Doesn't this mean:

1) Criminon is not legally a charity any more. 2) Contributions to Criminon are not tax-deductible any more. 3) Funds flowing from the cult to Criminon are not to be considered funds spent for charitable or religious purposes.

Number three may be significant. For an organization, such as Scientology, to be considered tax-exempt non-profit, it must spend all its excess money exclusively on religious and/or charitable purposes.

I am not a lawyer but perhaps it's possible Scientology can't overtly give Criminon any money, or it may lose its excemption. And Criminon better not be officially linked to Scientology, as it's now not a charitible organization any more. Corrections?

-- LYING IS A SCIENTOLOGY SACRAMENT ASK THEM ABOUT XENU Mike O'Connor <http://www.leptonicsystems.com/>

<p><hr><p> From: Rod Keller <rkeller@unix01.voicenet.com>
Subject: Re: Criminon California - Change of Status Per IRS
Message-ID: <d1560$3ff83d0c$d14730fa$21870@allthenewsgroups.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 16:19:24 +0000

Mike O'Connor <mike@leptonicsystems.com> wrote: > In article <NToJb.17130$aw2.10361108@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com>,
> "Feisty" <sunny@skytoday.com> wrote:
>> The following organizations have failed to establish or have been
>> unable to maintain their status as public charities or as operating
>> foundations.
>>
>> Criminon Community Education Center of Silicon Valley, San Jose CA
>
> Doesn't this mean:
>
> 1) Criminon is not legally a charity any more.
> 2) Contributions to Criminon are not tax-deductible any more.
> 3) Funds flowing from the cult to Criminon are not to be considered
> funds spent for charitable or religious purposes.

There are several other Criminon organizations. The Silicon Valley branch is a minor branch that never filed a 990 that I can find. Here are the others, that I assume are still tax-deductible.

Criminon Florida, Inc. P.O. Box 7727 Clearwater, FL 33758

Criminon Connecticut, Inc. 31 Woodsedge Dr. 6B Newington, CT 06111

Criminon Minnesota, Inc. P.O. Box 82 Newport, MN 55055

Criminon International 11712 Moorpark St. Studio City, CA 91604

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