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The Sarah Scaife Foundation is one of the Scaife Foundations overseen by the late right-wing billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, whose wealth was inherited from the Mellon industrial, oil, aluminum and banking fortune. The foundations give tens of millions of dollars annually to fund right-wing organizations such as the American Legislative Exchange Council, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Heritage Foundation, and anti-immigrant and Islamophobic organizations such as the Center for Immigration Studies and the David Horowitz Freedom Center.
- Sarah Scaife Foundation
- Carthage Foundation (now merged with Sarah Scaife Foundation)
- Allegheny Foundation
While the Allegheny Foundation focuses its giving in the western Pennsylvania region, the Sarah Scaife Foundation has a national and international focus. The Sarah Scaife and Carthage Foundations merged aat the end of 2014.[1]
After the death of Richard Scaife in 2014, a significant portion of his assets were given to the foundations, increasing their value substantially. Together with the Carthage merger, the bequest made the Sarah Scaife Foundation one of the largest foundations focused on supporting right-wing causes with assets expected to grow to grow to some $800 million in 2015.[2]
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Finances and Grants Issued
2015
The Sarah Scaife Foundations's total assets at the end of the 2015 according to its IRS filing were $708,658,233.[3]
Grants reported (amount paid, unless otherwise noted):
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $100,000
- The Alexander Hamilton Society: $25,000
- Allegheny Institute for Public Policy: $200,000
- American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education, Standing Committee on Law and National Security: $175,000
- American Civil Rights Institute: $125,000
- American Enterprise Institute, program support: $225,000
- American Enterprise Institute, Sovereignty and International Law Program: $250,000
- American Enterprise Institute, Middle East Policy Studies Program: $175,000
- American Enterprise Institute, International Center on Housing Risk: $100,000
- American Foreign Policy Council: $350,000
- American Transparency: $50,000
- America's Future Foundation: $75,000
- America's Survival, Inc.: $200,000
- Atlantic Legal Foundation: $75,000
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Prague Security Studies Institute: $70,000
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $75,000
- Capital Research Center: $200,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, project support: $90,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, program on regulation and the rule of law: $200,000
- Cato Institute: $60,000
- Center for Equal Opportunity: $100,000
- Center for Immigration Studies: $150,000
- Center for Individual Rights: $110,000
- Center for Media and Public Affairs: $75,000
- Center for Security Policy: $225,000
- Center for Strategic and International Studies, project support: $400,000
- Center for Strategic and International Studies, missile defense project: $450,000
- Citizens' Council for Health Freedom: $150,000
- Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy: $400,000
- Collegiate Network: $390,000
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow: $160,000
- Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $250,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, general operating support: $400,000
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $200,000
- Defense Forum Foundation: $75,000
- DonorsTrust, project support: $200,000
- DonorsTrust, project support: $10,000
- Ethics and Public Policy Center: $200,000
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $450,000
- Federation for American Immigrant Reform: $200,000
- Foreign Policy Initiative: $85,000
- Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania, Government Agency Coordination Office: $130,000
- Foundation for Cultural Review, Inc.: $260,000 (General Operating Support); $40,000 (Project Support)
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $200,000
- Free to Choose Network: $150,000; (Project Support); $150,00 (Project Support, additional donation)
- Freedomworks Foundation: $125,000
- Fund for American Studies: $115,000 (Journalism Fellowship Program); $85,000 (Legal Studies Institute)
- Galen Institute: $75,000
- George Mason University: $115,000 (Center for Study of Public Choice); $300,000 (Program Support, School of Law)
- Heritage Foundation: $600,000
- Hudson Institute: $250,00 (Political Studies Program); $115,000 (Center for Religious Freedom); $50,000 (Center for American Common Culture)
- Human Rights Foundation: $100,000
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis: $160,000 (Economic Security Program); $500,000 (General Operating Support)
- Institute for Humane Studies: $125,000
- Institute for Justice: $150,000
- The Institute of World Politics: $200,000
- The Institute of Religion and Democracy: $250,000
- The Institute of Religion and Public Life: $150,000
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $500,000
- International Freedom Educational Foundation: $100,000
- Jamestown Foundation: $165,000
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University: $60,000
- Judicial Watch: $250,000
- Landmark Legal Foundation: $200,000
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $100,000
- Media Research Center: $300,000
- Mercatus Center: $150,000
- Missoupi State University Foundation: $150,000
- Mont Pelerin Society: $75,000
- Mountain States Legal Foundation: $25,000
- Moving Picture Institute: $100,000
- National Association of Scholars: $225,000
- National Center for Public Policy Research: $5,000
- National Institute for Public Policy: $250,000
- National Legal and Policy Center: $125,000
- National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation: $25,000
- National Taxpayers Union: $50,000
- Network of Enlightened Women: $40,000
- New England Legal Foundation: $50,000
- Nonproliferation Policy Education Center: $60,000
- NumbersUSA: $40,000
- Pacific Legal Foundation: $175,000
- Pacific Research Institute: $150,000
- Philadelphia Society: $25,000
- Philanthropy Roundtable: $25,000
- Princeton University: $85,000
- Property and Environment Research Center: $50,000
- Reason Foundation: $150,000 (General Operating Support); $100,000 (Environment Program)
- Saint Vincent College: $50,000
- Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation: $670,000
- Southeastern Legal Foundation: $50,000
- Stanford University, Hoover Institution on War and Peace: $50,000 (Book Project); $300,000 (Research Programs and Hoovers Fellows Support)
- Tax Foundation: $250,000
- Tufts University, The Fletcher School of Law: $320,000
- University of Chicago, Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics: $100,000
- University of Kentucky: $500,000 (The New University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler); $1,000,000 (The New University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler, additional funds)
- University of Virginia Law School Foundation: $250,000
- Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation: $200,000
- Citizens' Council for Health Freedom: $75,000
2014
The Sarah Scaife Foundations's total assets had a market value of $341,127,732 as of December 31, 2014.[4]
Grants reported (amount paid, unless otherwise noted):
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $50,000
- Allegheny Institute for Public Policy: $125,000
- American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education, Standing Committee on Law and National Security: $150,000
- American Civil Rights Institute: $150,000
- American Enterprise Institute, program support: $550,000
- American Enterprise Institute, Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee: $25,000
- American Foreign Policy Council: $175,000
- America's Future Foundation: $75,000
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $75,000
- Capital Research Center: $200,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, project support: $50,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, Program on Regulation and the Rule of Law: $200,000
- Cato Institute: $50,000
- Center for Equal Opportunity: $75,000
- Center for Immigration Studies: $150,000
- Center for Individual Rights: $110,000
- Center for Media and Public Affairs: $75,000
- Center for Security Policy: $200,000
- Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments: $150,000
- Center for Strategic and International Studies: $500,000
- Citizens' Council for Health Freedom: $150,000
- Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy: $300,000
- Collegiate Network: $240,000
- Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $175,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, project support: $175,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, general operating support: $175,000
- Counterterrorism and Security Education and Research Foundation: $100,000
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $200,000
- Defense Forum Foundation: $50,000
- Ethics and Public Policy Center: 175,000
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $300,000
- Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania, Government Agency Coordination Office: $130,000
- Foundation for Cultural Review: $200,000
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $130,000
- Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, journalism programs: $35,000
- Free to Choose Network: $50,000
- FreedomWorks Foundation: $125,000
- Galen Institute: $50,000
- George C. Marshall Institute: $150,000
- George Mason University Foundation, Law and Economics Center: $150,000
- George Mason University Foundation, Center for Study of Public Choice: $115,000
- Heritage Foundation: $600,000
- Human Rights Foundation: $75,000
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, general operating support: $375,000
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, economic security program: $160,000
- Institute for Humane Studies: $100,000
- Institute for Justice: $125,000
- Institute of World Politics: $200,000
- Institute on Religion and Public Life: $75,000
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $300,000
- International Freedom Educational Foundation, Center for Secure Free Society: $75,000
- Jamestown Foundation: $150,000
- Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, research and writing projects: $60,000
- Judicial Watch: $225,000
- Landmark Legal Foundation: $250,000
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, general operating support: $150,000
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, project support: $50,000
- Media Research Center: $300,000
- Mercatus Center: $100,000
- Missouri State University Foundation, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies: $150,000
- Moving Picture Institute: $50,000
- National Association of Scholars: $200,000
- National Institute for Public Policy: $250,000
- New England Legal Foundation: $50,000
- Pacific Legal Foundation: $150,000
- Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: $150,000
- Princeton University, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions: $85,000
- Reason Foundation, general operating support: $100,000
- Reason Foundation, environmental program: $75,000
- Saint Vincent College, Center for Political and Economic Thought: $50,000
- Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation: $400,000
- Southeastern Legal Foundation: $50,000
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace: $50,000
- Tax Foundation: $250,000
- Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, International Security Studies Program: $280,000
- Twenty First Century Initiatives: $100,000
- University of Chicago, Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics: $100,000
- University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Hospital Auditorium: $500,000
- University of Virginia Law School Foundation, Center for National Security Law: $250,000
2013
The Sarah Scaife Foundations's total assets had a market value of $320,805,498 as of December 31, 2013.[5]
Grants reported (amount paid, unless otherwise noted):
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $50,000
- Allegheny Institute for Public Policy: $125,000
- American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education, Standing Committee on Law and National Security: $115,000
- American Civil Rights Institute: $225,000
- American Enterprise Institute, project support: $400,000
- American Enterprise Institute, program support: $200,000
- American Enterprise Institute, Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee: $25,000
- American Foreign Policy Council: $125,000
- America's Future Foundation: $40,000
- Atlantic Legal Foundation: $75,000
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $75,000
- Capital Research Center: $200,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, project support: $75,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, Center for the Study of Public Policy: $125,000
- Cato Institute: $40,000
- Center for Equal Opportunity: $50,000
- Center for Immigration Studies: $150,000
- Center for Individual Rights: $110,000
- Center for Media and Public Affairs: $75,000
- Center for Security Policy: $175,000
- Center for Strategic and International Studies: $600,000
- Citizens' Council for Health Freedom: $150,000
- Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Washington Fellow support: $100,000
- Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, general operating support: $300,000
- Collegiate Network: $240,000
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow: $240,000
- Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $175,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, project support: $175,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, general operating support: $250,000
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $300,000
- Defense Forum Foundation: $50,000
- Ethics and Public Policy Center: $125,000
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $400,000
- Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania, Government Agency Coordination Office: $100,000
- Foundation for Cultural Review, general operating support: $200,000
- Foundation for Cultural Review, project support: $32,500
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $125,000
- FreedomWorks Foundation: $250,000
- Galen Institute: $35,000
- George C. Marshall Institute: $180,000
- George Mason University Foundation, Law and Economics Center: $225,000
- George Mason University Foundation, Center for Study of Public Choice: $100,000
- Heritage Foundation: $800,000
- Hudson Institute, Center for Religious Freedom: $100,000
- Hudson Institute, project support: $50,000
- Human Rights Foundation: $75,000
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, general operating support: $450,000
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, economic security program: $160,000
- Institute for Humane Studies: $50,000
- Institute for Justice: $100,000
- Institute of World Politics: $200,000
- Institute on Religion and Public Life: $60,000
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $450,000
- International Freedom Educational Foundation, Center for Secure Free Society: $75,000
- Jamestown Foundation: $125,000
- Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, research and writing projects: $60,000
- Judicial Watch: $225,000
- Landmark Legal Foundation: $250,000
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, general operating support: $150,000
- Media Research Center: $400,000
- Mercatus Center: $75,000
- Missouri State University Foundation, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies: $140,000
- National Association of Scholars: $200,000
- National Center for Policy Analysis: $100,000
- National Center for Public Policy Research: $35,000
- National Institute for Public Policy: $240,000
- National Taxpayers Union Foundation: $50,000
- New England Legal Foundation: $40,000
- NumbersUSA Education and Research Foundation: $40,000
- Pacific Legal Foundation: $150,000
- Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: $150,000
- Princeton University, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions: $75,000
- Reason Foundation, general operating support: $100,000
- Reason Foundation, environmental program: $50,000
- Saint Vincent College, Center for Political and Economic Thought: $50,000
- Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation: $400,000
- Southeastern Legal Foundation: $50,000
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, book project: $50,000
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, research programs and Hoover Fellows support: $450,000
- Tax Foundation: $200,000
- Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, International Security Studies Program: $390,000
- Twenty First Century Initiatives: $100,000
- University of Chicago, Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics: $100,000
- University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Hospital Auditorium: $500,000
- University of Virginia Law School Foundation, Center for National Security Law: $325,000
2012
The Sarah Scaife Foundations's total assets had a market value of $272,637,355 as of December 31, 2012.[6]
Grants reported (amount paid, unless otherwise noted):
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $40,000
- Allegheny Institute for Public Policy: $115,000
- American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education, Standing Committee on Law and National Security: $230,000
- American Civil Rights Institute: $75,000
- American Enterprise Institute, project support: $400,000
- American Enterprise Institute, program support: $175,000
- American Enterprise Institute, Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee: $25,000
- American Foreign Policy Council: $125,000
- America's Future Foundation: $40,000
- Atlantic Legal Foundation: $75,000
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $150,000
- Capital Research Center: $200,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, project support: $75,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, Center for the Study of Public Policy: $125,000
- Carnegie Mellon University, Gailliot Center for Public Policy: $62,500
- Cato Institute: $40,000
- Center for Equal Opportunity: $50,000
- Center for Immigration Studies: $125,000
- Center for Individual Rights: $110,000
- Center for Media and Public Affairs: $75,000
- Center for Security Policy: $175,000
- Center for Strategic and International Studies: $375,000
- Center for the Study of the Presidency: $75,000
- Citizens' Council for Health Freedom: $150,000
- Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, general operating, program, and Washington Fellow support: $400,000
- Collegiate Network: $240,000
- Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow: $160,000
- Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives: $150,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, project support: $150,000
- Competitive Enterprise Institute, general operating support: $150,000
- Counterterrorism and Security Education and Research Foundation: $125,000
- David Horowitz Freedom Center: $225,000
- Defense Forum Foundation: $50,000
- Ethics and Public Policy Center: $125,000
- Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $325,000
- Federation for American Immigration Reform: $125,000
- Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania, Government Agency Coordination Office: $100,000
- Foundation for Cultural Review, general operating support: $200,000
- Foundation for Cultural Review, project support: $32,500
- Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $100,000
- Free Congress Research and Education Foundation: $50,000
- FreedomWorks Foundation: $62,500
- Galen Institute: $35,000
- George C. Marshall Institute: $230,000
- George Mason University Foundation, Law and Economics Center: $150,000
- George Mason University Foundation, Center for Study of Public Choice: $100,000
- Heritage Foundation: $400,000
- Hudson Institute, Center for American Common Culture: $50,000
- Hudson Institute, Center for Religious Freedom: $100,000
- Hudson Institute, Project for Civil Justice Reform and International Religious Liberty: $100,000
- Human Rights Foundation: $75,000
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, general operating and special projects support: $600,000
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, economic security program: $160,000
- Institute for Humane Studies: $50,000
- Institute for Justice: $85,000
- Institute of World Politics: $200,000
- Institute on Religion and Public Life: $60,000
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $150,000
- International Freedom Educational Foundation, Center for Secure Free Society: $75,000
- Jamestown Foundation: $187,500
- Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies: $60,000
- Judicial Watch: $125,000
- Landmark Legal Foundation: $250,000
- Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $150,000
- Media Research Center: $400,000
- Mercatus Center: $50,000
- Missouri State University Foundation, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies: $140,000
- National Association of Scholars: $200,000
- National Center for Policy Analysis: $100,000
- National Center for Public Policy Research: $35,000
- National Institute for Public Policy: $240,000
- National Legal and Policy Center: $100,000
- National Taxpayers Union Foundation: $50,000
- New England Legal Foundation: $30,000
- NumbersUSA Education and Research Foundation: $40,000
- Pacific Legal Foundation: $125,000
- Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: $150,000
- Princeton University, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions: $75,000
- Reason Foundation, general operating support: $100,000
- Reason Foundation, environmental program: $50,000
- Saint Vincent College, Center for Political and Economic Thought: $35,000
- Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation: $375,000
- Southeastern Legal Foundation: $50,000
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, book project: $59,000
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, research programs and Hoover Fellows support: $350,000
- Tax Foundation: $75,000
- Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy: $320,000
- University of Chicago, Institute for Law and Economics: $100,000
- University of Kentucky, Albert B. Chandler Hospital Auditorium: $500,000
- University of Virginia Law School Foundation, Center for National Security Law: $425,000
- World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, Teacher-Student Educational Projects: $50,000
History
According to Jane Mayer, "[Richard] Scaife's parents created the largest of the family's tax-exempt, charitable foundations, the Sarah Scaife Foundation, in December 1941, days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It appears to have been timed to shelter the family's wealth from anticipated tax increases."[7]
Scaife Became Chair, Commenced Right-Wing Funding
During the 1960s, Richard Mellon Scaife inherited an estimated $200 million from his mother, Sarah.[citation needed] The Foundation commenced funding "New Right" causes in 1973 when Richard became the foundation's chairman. His net personal worth was estimated at $800 million by Forbes magazine, which made Richard the 38th richest person in the United States.
Major Grants from 1985-2001
Between 1985 and 2001, the Sarah Scaife Foundation donated $15,860,000 to the Heritage Foundation; $7,333,000 to the Institute for Policy Analysis; $6,995,500 to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; $6,693,000 to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); $4,411,000 to the American Enterprise Institute; $2,575,000 to the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; $1,855,000 to the George C. Marshall Institute; $1,808,000 to the Hudson Institute; and $1,697,000 to the Cato Institute.[8]
Personnel
As of 2015:[3]
Staff
- Michael A. Gleba, Chairman/CEO/Treasurer/Trustee
- Yvonne Marie Bly, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
- Colleen Xenakis, Employee
Board of Trustees
- Michael A. Gleba, Chairman/CEO/Treasurer/Trustee
- T Kenneth Cribb, Jr, Trustee
- Edwin J. Feulner, Jr, Trustee
- Roger Kimball, Trustee
- Allan H Meltzer, Trustee
- Roger W Robinson, Jr, Trustee
- James C Roddey, Trustee
- Christine J Toretti, Trustee
- James M Walton, Trustee
Former Trustees
- Richard M. Scaife, Chair (through July 4, 2014)
Contact
Sarah Scaife Foundation
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street, Suite 3900
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-6402
Phone: (412) 392-2900
Website: www.scaife.com
References
- ↑ Mike Wereschagin, "Scaife bestows 'game-changing' legacy of giving to region, nation," Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 2, 2015.
- ↑ Rich Lord, "Scaife-related foundations poised to take bigger stage," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 25, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sarah Scaife Foundation, "2015 IRS 990-PF Form," organization tax filing, November 11, 2016.
- ↑ Sarah Scaife Foundation, "2014 Annual Report," organization tax filing, November 11, 2015.
- ↑ Sarah Scaife Foundation, "2013 Annual Report," organization tax filing, July 16, 2014.
- ↑ Sarah Scaife Foundation, "2012 Annual Report," organization tax filing, July 25, 2013.
- ↑ Jane Mayer, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, Penguin Random House, 2016.
- ↑ Media Transparency, "Sarah Scaife Foundation grant recipients (1985-2005)," database accessed October 21, 2011.
