It is a national travesty SCI has any kind of non-profit status at all, since its only real mission is to protect the right of hunters to hunt any animal they want, in whatever quantity they want, anywhere in the world they want. Yet, until 2014 SCI held 501 (c) (3) status--despite the fact one of the few missions that allows an organization to claim this status is preventing cruelty to children or animals--which gave it exemption from federal income tax; rights to tax-deductible contributions; exemption from state income, sales, and employment taxes; reduced postal rates; exemption from federal unemployment tax; and tax-exempt financing. In 2014 SCI changed its status to 501 (c) (4), supposedly awarded only to organizations operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare.
This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.
