Donations | LRH vs COB

L. Ron Hubbard - Founder of Dianetics and Scientology

LRH — Founder of Dianetics and Scientology

For years, the term “donation” referred to payments made by the public for org services—training and processing.

This is covered by the very title of a well-known LRH article:

“So little by little, using donations you give us for your service, your training and your processing, we create little by little areas of sanity.”

The Auditor #51, 1970
What Your Donations Buy
(OEC Vol. 2, p. 106)

David Miscavige (COB*) - Leader of Scientology since LRH's death

David Miscavige — SELF-APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, RTC

Within the last decade or so, the term “donation” has come to refer more and more to straight contributions independent of any services rendered by the org.

Examples: IAS donations, Ideal Org donations, Library Project donations, Building Project donations, and Super Power Expansion Project donations.