The Cost of Scientology

There exist various categories of memberships within Scientology. Each category defines itself through the amount of money which was paid to the "International Association of Scientologists" (IAS), or the number of people who were signed up for the IAS.
These are the different categories:

a) 6 month begiining membership - free
b) Annual membership - 300 US $
c) Lifetime membership - 2,000 US $
d) Sponsor - 5,000 US $
e) Crusader (New!) - 10,000 US $
f) Honor Roll - 20,000 US $ or 20 new members for the IAS recruited
g) Patron - 40,000 US $
h) Patron with Honors - 100,000 US $
i) Patron Meritorious - 250,000 US $
j) Gold Patron Meritorious - 1,000,000 US $
k) Senior Honor Roll - 100 new members for the IAS recruited or "contributed to IAS expansion in some stellar fashion".


1.) Patron Income in US-$
1985: 1,400,000
1986: 4,880,000
1987: 11,600,000
1988: 9,480,000
1989: 16,620,000
1990: 13,410,000
1991: 14,160,000
1992: 9,070,000
1993: 8,940,000
1994: 14,210,000
1995: 12,220,000
1996: 16,530,000

2.) Patron Income in US-$ (United States only)
1990: 5,610,000
1991: 4,944,000
1992: 4,850,000
1993: 5,970,000
1994: 8,410,000
1995: 6,760,000
1996: 10,800,000

3.) Honor Roll Income in US-$
1985: 920,000
1986: 1,560,000
1987: 1,580,000
1988: 1,700,000
1989: 2,740,000
1990: 1,230,000
1991: 3,465,000
1992: 2,355,000
1993: 1,305,000
1994: 2,175,000
1995: 2,880,000
1996: 1,920,000

4.) Sponsor Income in US-$
1985: 280,000
1986: 1,746,000
1987: 2,304,000
1988: 2,007,000
1989: 1,392,000
1990: 1,914,000
1991: 1,806,000
1992: 2,421,000
1993: 2,046,000
1994: 2,520,000
1995: 3,177,000
1996: 2,412,000

5.) Total IAS-Income in US-$ (without Annual and Lifetime membership)
1985: 2,600,000
1986: 8,186,000
1987: 15,484,000
1988: 13,187,000
1989: 20,752,000
1990: 16,554,000
1991: 19,431,000
1992: 13,846,000
1993: 12,291,000
1994: 18,905,000
1995: 18,277,000
1996: 20,862,000

[Via Xenu.net]