Scaife Family Foundations
Background
The Scaife family foundations are made up of the Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundation, the Carthage Foundation, the Allegheny Foundation, and the Scaife Family Foundation. Originally, the foundations were managed by Sarah Mellon Scaife. Effective January 1, 2015, The Carthage Foundation merged with and into the Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated and no longer provides donations.
The foundations are financed by the Mellon industrial, oil, and banking fortune. In 1869, the Mellon family created T. Mellon & Sons Bank. Later, the bank would be renamed Mellon Bank and become the largest bank in the state of Pennsylvania. The fortune of the Mellon family was also increased through significant investments in the Gulf Oil Corporation and the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA).
In 1957, when Fortune created its first list of the wealthiest Americans it estimated that Sarah Mellon Scaife, her brother, and two of her cousins, were all amongst the eight richest people in the United States—each with a fortune valued between $400-$700 million.
Richard Mellon Scaife, the son of Sarah Mellon Scaife, runs the Scaife Foundations. According to Forbes magazine, in 2008 Richard Mellon Scaife was worth $1.3 billion. Richard took charge of the Foundations in 1973. Currently, Richard runs the Sarah Mellon Scaife, Carthage, and Allegheny Foundations. His daughter and son control the Scaife Family Foundation.1 “The 400 Richest Americans: #355 Richard Scaife,” Forbes.com, September 17, 2008. Archived September 10, 2015. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bRmiVCxz
The National Journal has stated that the growth of the conservative movement was possible because a “handful of deep-pocketed, committed, and unusually patient wealthy benefactors such as Richard Scaife were willing to underwrite the broad ideological movement.”2 Julie Kosterlitz. “As Times Change, Key Think Tanks Trade Places,” National Journal, February 14, 2009. Available at EBSCO Host.
ThinkProgress reported on how Richard Scaife was also a major funder of the “Islamophobia Network,” and by “serving as the vice chairman of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank (Heritage president Edwin Feulner serves as a trustee for the Sarah Scaife Foundation), Scaife has positioned himself as a central figure in conservative politics.3 Eli Clifton. “Meet An Islamophobia Network Funder: Richard Scaife,” ThinkProgress, August 29, 2011. Archived September 10, 2015. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bRsno5Le
The Scaife Family Foundation started to provide major funding to conservative organizations when Richard Scaife took control in 1973. According to Media Transparency, the Sarah Scaife Foundation is considered to be one of the top four conservative foundations.4 “The Scaife Foundations,” Media Transparency (old.mediatransparency.org). Archived October 29, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The Washington Post estimates that Scaife gave about $200 million to conservative causes and organizations from 1974 to 1992.5 Robert G. Kaiser and Ira Chinoy. “Scaife: Funding Father of the Right,” Washington Post, May 2, 1999. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bRyLZrqr
One of Scaife’s beneficiaries is the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, which received $18,237,000 in funding from 1986 to 2012 according to data from the Conservative Transparency project.6 “Free Congress Research and Education Foundation,” ConservativeTransparency.org. Accessed September 10, 2015. The Free Congress Research and Education Foundation’s mission is to apply “conservative solutions to the challenges facing all Americans regardless of race, age or gender.”
According to SourceWatch, their original mission statement read that the “Free Congress Foundation is politically conservative, but it is more than that: it is also culturally conservative. Most think tanks talk about tax rates or the environment or welfare policy and occasionally we do also. But our main focus is on the Culture War. Will America return to the culture that made it great, our traditional, Judeo-Christian, Western culture? Or will we continue the long slide into the cultural and moral decay of political correctness? If we do, America, once the greatest nation on earth, will become no less than a third world country.”7 “Free Congress Foundation,” SourceWatch.
Stance on Climate Change
Scaife Foundations finance several organizations that actively dispute the scientific evidence produced by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. These organizations include the Heartland Institute, the Hoover Institution, the Heritage Foundation, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the Atlas Economic Research Foundation.
Heartland Institute Conferences on Climate Change
Sponsors behind the Heartland Institute’s International Conferences on Climate Change have themselves received significant funding from Scaife Foundations over the years. Examples below:
- Second International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC2): DeSmog found that collectively Scaife foundations gave $36,868,640 in funding to the sponsors of the Heartland Institute‘s 2009 International Conference on Climate Change.
- Fourth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC4): Sponsors had collectively received $16,352,000 between 1985 and 2008 from Scaife foundations.
- Sixth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC6): $28,557,000
- Seventh International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC7): $45,337,640
Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundation (EIN 25-1113452)
According to the Scaife Foundations website, the Sarah Scaife Foundation’s grant program is primarily directed toward public policy programs that address major domestic and international issues. There are no geographical restrictions. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals for any purpose or to nationally-organized fundraising groups.8 “Application Guidelines,” Scaife Foundations. Archived September 11, 2015. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bSDqfGmi
990 Forms
Annual Reports
Carthage Foundation (EIN 25-6067979)
Effective January 1, 2015, The Carthage Foundation merged with and into the Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated. Hence, The Carthage Foundation is no longer accepting grant inquiries/applications for funding.9 “The Carthage Foundation: Application Guidelines,” Scaife Foundations. Archived September 11, 2015. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bSEBBStG
990 Forms
Annual Reports
Allegheny Foundation (EIN 25-6012303)
According to the Foundation’s website, The Allegheny Foundation concentrates its giving in the Western Pennsylvania area and confines most of its grant awards to programs for historic preservation, civic development and education. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals.10 “Allegheny Foundation: Application Guidelines,” Scaife Foundations. Archived September 11, 2015. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bSEP3aVQ
990 Forms
Annual Reports
Scaife Family Foundation (EIN 25-1427015)
According to their website, “Scaife Family Foundation grant awards will support and develop programs that strengthen families, address issues surrounding the health and welfare of women and children, promote animal welfare, and that demonstrate the beneficial interaction between humans and animals. The Foundation will consider grants directed toward early intervention and prevention efforts in the area of drug and alcohol addiction. Consideration may be given to organizations that encourage private conservation. The Foundation will remain flexible in order to offer support in areas of importance as determined by the Trustees. The Foundation will not consider grants to individuals. Proposals for the following are usually declined: event sponsorships, endowments, capital campaigns, renovations or government agencies.”11 “Scaife Family Foundation,” Scaife Family Foundation. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bSEcFmzS
990 Forms
Annual Reports
Colcom Foundation (EIN 31-1479839)
990 Forms
Scaife Foundation Funding Highlights
The following includes archived funding data via the Conservative Transparency (CT) project combined with values from publicly available 990 tax forms. Note that this does not include all funding recipients, and not all CT values have been verified by DeSmog.
For a more complete list of donees, see the attached spreadsheet for Scaife Foundation funding by year (.xlsx).
| Recipient | Allegheny Foundation | Colcom Foundation | Sarah Scaife Foundation | Scaife Family Foundation | The Carthage Foundation | Grand Total |
| NumbersUSA | $38,936,336 | $445,000 | $1,000,000 | $37,500 | $40,418,836 | |
| Federation for American Immigration Reform | $33,354,236 | $2,525,000 | $210,000 | $2,554,500 | $38,643,736 | |
| The Heritage Foundation | $1,350,000 | $27,535,000 | $702,640 | $2,544,000 | $32,131,640 | |
| Institute For Foreign Policy Analysis | $75,000 | $17,458,000 | $1,345,000 | $18,878,000 | ||
| Center for Immigration Studies | $14,193,000 | $2,115,000 | $1,388,500 | $607,500 | $18,304,000 | |
| Free Congress Research and Education Foundation | $144,000 | $6,283,000 | $400,000 | $11,450,000 | $18,277,000 | |
| Center for Strategic and International Studies | $900,000 | $13,663,000 | $200,000 | $145,000 | $14,908,000 | |
| Hoover Institution on War Revolution and Peace | $13,704,500 | $898,400 | $14,602,900 | |||
| Intercollegiate Studies Institute | $2,943,500 | $9,675,000 | $50,000 | $436,300 | $13,104,800 | |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $11,611,000 | $590,000 | $900,000 | $13,101,000 | ||
| The Social Contract Press | $10,649,200 | $10,649,200 | ||||
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | $1,800,000 | $6,875,000 | $1,225,000 | $625,000 | $10,525,000 | |
| Judicial Watch | $67,000 | $5,765,000 | $4,675,000 | $10,507,000 | ||
| Landmark Legal Foundation | $40,000 | $6,775,000 | $1,095,000 | $2,000,000 | $9,910,000 | |
| Allegheny Institute for Public Policy | $2,090,000 | $2,897,500 | $285,000 | $2,478,500 | $7,751,000 | |
| The Claremont Institute | $6,500,000 | $50,000 | $775,000 | $7,325,000 | ||
| National Association of Scholars | $7,231,000 | $7,231,000 | ||||
| Brandywine Conservancy | $2,642,000 | $3,000,000 | $1,500,000 | $7,142,000 | ||
| Center for Security Policy | $5,951,000 | $1,000,000 | $6,951,000 | |||
| Maldon Institute | $115,000 | $2,393,000 | $4,289,000 | $6,797,000 | ||
| Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies | $6,480,000 | $275,000 | $6,755,000 | |||
| Immigration Reform Law Institute | $6,742,500 | $6,742,500 | ||||
| Capital Research Center | $6,150,000 | $255,000 | $225,000 | $6,630,000 | ||
| Hudson Institute | $5,363,000 | $221,000 | $875,000 | $6,459,000 | ||
| Manhattan Institute for Policy Research | $5,765,000 | $25,000 | $543,000 | $6,333,000 | ||
| George Mason University | $5,071,000 | $1,015,000 | $6,086,000 | |||
| Collegiate Network | $4,695,000 | $600,000 | $680,000 | $5,975,000 | ||
| Competitive Enterprise Institute | $5,440,000 | $350,000 | $60,000 | $5,850,000 | ||
| Counterterrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation | $1,150,000 | $1,350,000 | $3,150,000 | $5,650,000 | ||
| Pacific Legal Foundation | $4,280,000 | $875,000 | $5,155,000 | |||
| Media Research Center | $50,000 | $4,942,000 | $10,000 | $5,002,000 | ||
| George C. Marshall Institute | $50,000 | $4,290,000 | $582,500 | $4,922,500 | ||
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | $3,185,000 | $1,515,000 | $4,700,000 | |||
| Ethics and Public Policy Center | $4,605,000 | $80,000 | $4,685,000 | |||
| National Institute for Public Policy | $4,180,000 | $380,000 | $4,560,000 | |||
| Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy | $4,472,000 | $4,472,000 | ||||
| Carnegie Institute | $47,500 | $4,220,000 | $116,000 | $4,383,500 | ||
| Accuracy in Media | $2,640,000 | $15,000 | $1,720,000 | $4,375,000 | ||
| American Spectator Foundation | $2,175,000 | $1,869,000 | $4,044,000 | |||
| Washington Legal Foundation | $200,000 | $920,000 | $2,910,000 | $4,030,000 | ||
| Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives | $40,000 | $3,517,000 | $225,000 | $10,000 | $3,792,000 | |
| Reason Foundation | $3,241,000 | $191,500 | $316,000 | $3,748,500 | ||
| Institute on Religion and Democracy | $1,725,000 | $150,000 | $1,735,000 | $3,610,000 | ||
| Center for Individual Rights | $2,130,000 | $189,000 | $1,150,000 | $3,469,000 | ||
| Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment | $1,530,000 | $1,860,000 | $3,390,000 | |||
| Jamestown Foundation | $2,875,000 | $485,000 | $3,360,000 | |||
| America’s Survival | $1,000,000 | $1,185,000 | $1,035,000 | $3,220,000 | ||
| American Foreign Policy Council | $2,250,000 | $930,000 | $3,180,000 | |||
| Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow | $1,495,000 | $1,565,000 | $3,060,000 | |||
| Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation | $2,380,000 | $650,000 | $3,030,000 | |||
| National Center for Policy Analysis | $2,385,000 | $100,000 | $470,000 | $2,955,000 | ||
| Missouri State University | $2,734,000 | $100,000 | $2,834,000 | |||
| American Civil Rights Institute | $2,730,000 | $40,000 | $2,770,000 | |||
| Cato Institute | $2,457,500 | $225,000 | $2,682,500 | |||
| Independent Women’s Forum | $2,050,000 | $200,000 | $400,000 | $2,650,000 | ||
| Institute for Health Freedom | $1,725,000 | $175,000 | $750,000 | $2,650,000 | ||
| Institute on Religion and Public Life | $2,100,000 | $535,000 | $2,635,000 | |||
| Atlantic Legal Foundation | $2,530,000 | $2,530,000 | ||||
| Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies | $1,985,000 | $275,000 | $237,000 | $2,497,000 | ||
| Tax Foundation | $2,285,000 | $205,000 | $2,490,000 | |||
| Property and Environment Research Center | $2,217,000 | $250,000 | $2,467,000 | |||
| Southeastern Legal Foundation | $1,975,000 | $475,000 | $2,450,000 | |||
| National Strategy Information Center | $2,323,000 | $125,000 | $2,448,000 | |||
| Institute for Justice | $2,390,000 | $35,000 | $2,425,000 | |||
| George Mason University Foundation | $2,420,000 | $2,420,000 | ||||
| National Legal and Policy Center | $1,290,000 | $140,000 | $972,000 | $2,402,000 | ||
| Center for Neighborhood Enterprise | $225,000 | $200,000 | $1,905,000 | $71,000 | $2,401,000 | |
| Progressives for Immigration Reform | $2,375,000 | $2,375,000 | ||||
| George Mason University School of Law | $2,205,000 | $2,205,000 | ||||
| Center for Media and Public Affairs | $1,620,000 | $512,000 | $2,132,000 | |||
| American Legislative Exchange Council | $2,080,000 | $50,000 | $2,130,000 | |||
| Pepperdine University | $1,925,000 | $190,000 | $2,115,000 | |||
| Foundation for Individual Rights in Education | $2,005,000 | $100,000 | $2,105,000 | |||
| FreedomWorks Foundation | $2,090,000 | $2,090,000 | ||||
| Institute for Humane Studies | $1,550,000 | $480,000 | $2,030,000 | |||
| Tufts University | $2,015,000 | $2,015,000 | ||||
| National Taxpayers Union Foundation | $1,705,000 | $275,000 | $1,980,000 | |||
| Freedom House | $1,360,000 | $490,000 | $1,850,000 | |||
| Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship | $1,675,000 | $1,675,000 | ||||
| Center for Equal Opportunity | $100,000 | $1,360,000 | $175,000 | $1,635,000 | ||
| Foreign Policy Research Institute | $1,410,000 | $195,000 | $1,605,000 | |||
| High Frontier | $750,000 | $785,000 | $1,535,000 | |||
| Institute for Contemporary Studies | $1,255,000 | $200,500 | $1,455,500 | |||
| National Center for Public Policy Research | $540,000 | $880,000 | $1,420,000 | |||
| New England Legal Foundation | $1,355,000 | $60,000 | $1,415,000 | |||
| American Immigration Control Foundation | $1,369,332 | $1,369,332 | ||||
| Defenders of Property Rights | $475,000 | $5,000 | $885,000 | $1,365,000 | ||
| Foundation for American Communications | $1,240,000 | $75,000 | $1,315,000 | |||
| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty | $100,000 | $710,000 | $465,000 | $1,275,000 | ||
| Mercatus Center | $1,230,000 | $1,230,000 | ||||
| Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research | $1,225,000 | $1,225,000 | ||||
| Statistical Assessment Service | $1,050,000 | $100,000 | $1,150,000 | |||
| Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom | $1,050,000 | $1,050,000 | ||||
| Defense Forum Foundation | $450,000 | $580,000 | $1,030,000 | |||
| Philanthropy Roundtable | $380,000 | $58,000 | $280,000 | $295,000 | $1,013,000 | |
| Media Institute | $820,000 | $175,000 | $995,000 | |||
| Human Rights Foundation | $975,000 | $975,000 | ||||
| Young America’s Foundation | $900,000 | $900,000 | ||||
| Johns Hopkins University | $20,000 | $718,000 | $139,000 | $4,000 | $881,000 | |
| Witherspoon Institute | $850,000 | $850,000 | ||||
| Rockford Institute | $675,000 | $100,000 | $775,000 | |||
| American Civil Rights Union | $300,000 | $450,000 | $750,000 | |||
| Environmental Literacy Council | $750,000 | $750,000 | ||||
| Galen Institute | $750,000 | $750,000 | ||||
| New Citizenship Project | $452,400 | $175,000 | $105,000 | $732,400 | ||
| National Defense University | $100,000 | $626,000 | $726,000 | |||
| America’s Future Foundation | $722,500 | $722,500 | ||||
| Americans for Tax Reform Foundation | $375,000 | $325,000 | $700,000 | |||
| American Defense Institute | $50,000 | $560,000 | $610,000 | |||
| Americans Back In Charge | $50,000 | $550,000 | $600,000 | |||
| Institute for American Values | $580,000 | $580,000 | ||||
| Institute of the North | $365,000 | $200,000 | $565,000 | |||
| National Bureau of Economic Research | $557,000 | $557,000 | ||||
| Negative Population Growth | $540,000 | $540,000 | ||||
| American Council of Trustees and Alumni | $480,000 | $50,000 | $530,000 | |||
| The Freedom Foundation | $410,000 | $100,000 | $510,000 | |||
| American Family Foundation | $510,000 | $510,000 | ||||
| Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies | $500,000 | $500,000 | ||||
| Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty | $275,000 | $210,000 | $485,000 | |||
| Institute for Policy Innovation | $225,000 | $245,000 | $470,000 | |||
| ProEnglish | $500 | $450,000 | $450,500 | |||
| International Freedom Educational Foundation | $450,000 | $450,000 | ||||
| Conservative Caucus Research Analysis and Education Foundation | $450,000 | $450,000 | ||||
| Mountain States Legal Foundation | $150,000 | $275,000 | $425,000 | |||
| Madison Center for Educational Affairs | $420,000 | $420,000 | ||||
| The Fund for American Studies | $400,000 | $400,000 | ||||
| Nonproliferation Policy Education Center | $235,000 | $145,000 | $380,000 | |||
| Free to Choose Network | $350,000 | $350,000 | ||||
| Friedman Foundation For Educational Choice | $350,000 | $350,000 | ||||
| Heartland Institute | $325,000 | $10,000 | $335,000 | |||
| VDARE Foundation | $325,000 | $325,000 | ||||
| Pennsylvania Right To Work Defense & Education Foundation | $325,000 | $325,000 | ||||
| Bill of Rights Institute | $310,000 | $310,000 | ||||
| Committee on the Present Danger | $210,000 | $100,000 | $310,000 | |||
| Citizens Coal Council | $303,000 | $303,000 | ||||
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies | $300,000 | $300,000 | ||||
| Moving Picture Institute | $300,000 | $300,000 | ||||
| Center for Coalfield Justice | $300,000 | $300,000 | ||||
| American Council on Science and Health | $280,000 | $280,000 | ||||
| International Policy Network US | $275,000 | $275,000 | ||||
| Fraser Institute | $225,000 | $50,000 | $275,000 | |||
| American Media Institute | $250,000 | $250,000 | ||||
| Foundation for Government | $250,000 | $250,000 | ||||
| The Daily Caller News Foundation | $250,000 | $250,000 | ||||
| Mineral Information Institute | $250,000 | $250,000 | ||||
| Foundation for Economic Education | $196,500 | $35,000 | $231,500 | |||
| Center for Education Reform | $198,600 | $25,000 | $223,600 | |||
| Philadelphia Society | $175,000 | $40,000 | $215,000 | |||
| Donors Trust | $210,000 | $210,000 | ||||
| United States Global Strategy Council | $210,000 | $210,000 | ||||
| Committee for the Free World | $135,000 | $70,000 | $205,000 | |||
| Ashland University | $200,000 | $200,000 | ||||
| State Policy Network | $200,000 | $200,000 | ||||
| Empower.org | $200,000 | $200,000 | ||||
| Commentary | $65,000 | $120,000 | $185,000 | |||
| Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute | $85,000 | $95,000 | $180,000 | |||
| Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments | $150,000 | $150,000 | ||||
| Legatum Institute Foundation | $150,000 | $150,000 | ||||
| Council for Basic Education | $120,000 | $30,000 | $150,000 | |||
| Frontiers of Freedom Institute | $100,000 | $35,000 | $135,000 | |||
| Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee | $135,000 | $135,000 | ||||
| Mont Pelerin Society | $100,000 | $35,000 | $135,000 | |||
| CO2 Coalition | $132,000 | $132,000 | ||||
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $125,000 | $125,000 | ||||
| Center for Individual Freedom | $125,000 | $125,000 | ||||
| The Fairness Center | $125,000 | $125,000 | ||||
| American Council for Capital Formation | $125,000 | $125,000 | ||||
| Freedom Alliance | $125,000 | $125,000 | ||||
| Global Strategy Council | $120,000 | $120,000 | ||||
| Intellectual Takeout | $120,000 | $120,000 | ||||
| American Transparency | $120,000 | $120,000 | ||||
| Better Government Association | $43,500 | $68,500 | $112,000 | |||
| National Legal Center for the Public Interest | $80,000 | $30,000 | $110,000 | |||
| Ashland University (Ashbrook Center) | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| Network of Enlightened Women | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation | $50,000 | $50,000 | $100,000 | |||
| Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| Mackinac Center for Public Policy | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| George C. Marshall Foundation | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||
| Parents Television Council | $75,000 | $75,000 | ||||
| Center for Sustainable Shale Development | $75,000 | $75,000 | ||||
| Institute for Energy Research | $75,000 | $75,000 | ||||
| Corporation for Maintaining Editorial Diversity in America | $70,000 | $70,000 | ||||
| Institute for Educational Affairs | $70,000 | $70,000 | ||||
| American Legal Foundation | $66,500 | $66,500 | ||||
| Middle East Media and Research Institute | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Archbridge Institute | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Capital Legal Foundation | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Thomas More Law Center | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Lincoln Network | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Just Facts | $50,000 | $50,000 | ||||
| Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation | $45,000 | $45,000 | ||||
| American Security Council Foundation | $40,000 | $40,000 | ||||
| Discovery Institute | $40,000 | $40,000 | ||||
| National Endowment for Democracy | $40,000 | $40,000 | ||||
| Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity | $35,000 | $35,000 | ||||
| Bastiat Society | $35,000 | $35,000 | ||||
| California Association of Scholars | $30,000 | $30,000 | ||||
| American Foundation for Resistance International | $30,000 | $30,000 | ||||
| Citizens for Common Sense | $30,000 | $30,000 | ||||
| The Lucy Burns Institute | $25,000 | $25,000 | ||||
| International Institute for Economic Research | $25,000 | $25,000 | ||||
| American Tort Reform Foundation | $25,000 | $25,000 | ||||
| Alliance for School Choice | $20,000 | $20,000 | ||||
| Alexis de Tocqueville Institution | $15,000 | $15,000 | ||||
| Campus Crusade for Christ | $10,000 | $10,000 | ||||
| Grand Total | $20,564,000 | $113,921,104 | $336,257,400 | $17,280,240 | $80,908,700 | $568,931,444 |
Key People
Sarah Scaife Foundation
According to the Sarah Scaife Foundation’s 2013 Annual Report:
- Richard M. Scaife — Chairman
- Michael W. Gleba — President and Treasurer
- Barbara L. Slaney — Vice President *
- R. Daniel McMichael — Senior Fellow and Assistant Secretary **
- Yvonne Marie Bly — Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
* through 8/31/13
** through 9/23/13
Carthage Foundation
According to the Carthage Foundation’s 2013 Annual Report:
- Richard M. Scaife — Chairman
- Michael W. Gleba — President and Treasurer
- R. Daniel McMichael — Senior Fellow and Assistant Secretary*
- Yvonne Marie Bly — Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
- Roger W. Robinson, Jr. — Assistant Treasurer
* through 9/23/13
Allegheny Foundation
According to the Allegheny Foundation’s 2013 Annual Report:
- Richard M. Scaife — Chairman
- Matthew A. Groll — Executive Director
Scaife Family Foundation
According to the Sarah Family Foundation’s 2012 Annual Report:
- Jennie K. Scaife — Chairman
- David A Zywiec — President
- Elizabeth H. Genter — Vice President
- Mary T. Walton — Vice President
- David A. Zywiec — Secretary/Treasurer
Related Organizations
The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation was formed in 1974 and Richard Scaife was fundamental in providing the necessary seed money for its establishment and growth.
Richard Scaife has served as the vice-chairman of the Heritage Foundation and still serves on the board of trustees. From 1985 to 2006, the Heritage Foundation was the number one recipient of funding from the Scaife Family Foundations, receiving a total of $23,096,640.
Other Resources
- “Richard Mellon Scaife,” Right Web, February 26, 2009.
Resources
- 1“The 400 Richest Americans: #355 Richard Scaife,” Forbes.com, September 17, 2008. Archived September 10, 2015. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bRmiVCxz
- 2Julie Kosterlitz. “As Times Change, Key Think Tanks Trade Places,” National Journal, February 14, 2009. Available at EBSCO Host.
- 3Eli Clifton. “Meet An Islamophobia Network Funder: Richard Scaife,” ThinkProgress, August 29, 2011. Archived September 10, 2015. WebCite URL: http://www.webcitation.org/6bRsno5Le
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