Wednesday, June 24, 2026

John Travolta Still Giving Thousands of Dollars to Scientology Every Year from Dead Son’s Not for Profit 501 c3 Foundation

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Is John Travolta still in Scientology?

Oh yes.

The former movie star — now making straight to video “D” movies — has been doling out money to Scientology for years.

The known donations from his the not for profit he set up in memory of late son, Jett Travolta. The irony is that for years Jett was never treated for autism because Scientology dened its existence. Travolta and late wife Kelly Preston said Jett suffered from a disease caused by home cleaning fluids.

Jett fell, hit his head and died on January 2, 2009 on a boat parked in the Bahamas. He was being looked after by a male nanny who was also a wedding photographer.

According to the Form 990s for the Jett Travolta Foundation, the one time Vinnie Barbarino gave them $5,000 in 2023 and 2022, as well as the last several years. In 2021, the number rose to $15,875.

As the years have passed, Travolta’s charitable giving has dwindled almost to just sending money to Scientology from the Jett account.

So don’t think for a minute Travolta has hung up his Xenu shoes.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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