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Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated

Name: Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

536
grants reported: $134.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $200,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Heritage Foundation9 grants · $5.2M
George Mason University Foundation11 grants · $4.6M
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research15 grants · $4.5M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the5 grants · $3.3M
Center for Strategic and International Studies6 grants · $3.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education3 grants · $3.0M
Foundation for Government Accountability3 grants · $2.4M
Hudson Institute15 grants · $2.2M
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation3 grants · $1.9M
Intercollegiate Studies Institute4 grants · $1.9M

Giving over time

$46.0M

2022

$43.5M

2023

$45.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 536 grants.

$1.2M
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1.1M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the · Stanford, CA · 2022
Hoover institution on war, revolution and peace
$1.0M
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the · Stanford, CA · 2024
Hoover institution on war, revolution and peace
$1.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General operating support
$900,000
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University the · Stanford, CA · 2023
Hoover institution on war, revolution and peace
$800,000
Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2024
General operating support
$800,000
Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2023
General operating support
$800,000
Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2022
General operating support
$800,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$750,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Law & economics center
$750,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Law & economics center
$750,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Law & economics center
$660,000
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Program and project support
$660,000
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Program and project support
$600,000
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives the · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General operating support
$600,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$600,000
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$600,000
Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Program and project support
$600,000
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives the · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
General operating support
$600,000
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating and project support
$600,000
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives the · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General operating support
$600,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Antonin scalia law school national security institute
$600,000
Tax Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating and project support
$570,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2023
Program support
$570,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2022
Program support
$550,000
Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$550,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Antonin scalia law school national security institute
$550,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Allison center for national security
$550,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Antonin scalia law school national security institute
$550,000
Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$525,000
Spirit of America Worldwide · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$525,000
Spirit of America Worldwide · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support
$520,000
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating and program support
$504,400
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating and program support
$504,400
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating and program support
$500,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
Jeane kirkpatrick fellowship and scholars program
$500,000
Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
Warfare, irregular threats, and terrorism program
$500,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
The george c. Marshall missile defense project
$500,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2024
Program support
$500,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
Jeane kirkpatrick fellowship and scholars program
$500,000
Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
The george c. Marshall missile defense project
$500,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2023
Transnational threats project
$500,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Center for national defense
$500,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2022
Jeane kirkpatrick fellowship and scholars program
$500,000
Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$500,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
Transnational threats project
$500,000
Center for Strategic and International Studies · Washington, DC · 2022
The george c. Marshall missile defense project
$500,000
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Center for national defense
$500,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support
$500,000
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating and program support
$500,000
Spirit of America Worldwide · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operating support
$480,000
Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy · Upland, CA · 2022
General operating support
$475,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$475,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$450,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating and program support
$450,000
Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy · Upland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$450,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$450,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating and program support
$450,000
Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship & Political Philosophy · Upland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$450,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2023
Program support
$450,000
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating and program support
$450,000
Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
General operating and program support
$450,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2022
Program support
$425,000
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
$425,000
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2022
Program support
$420,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$420,000
Trustees of Tufts College Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy · Medford, MA · 2023
The fletcher school of law and diplomacy, international security studies program
$420,000
Trustees of Tufts College the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy · Medford, MA · 2022
The fletcher school of law and diplomacy, international security studies program
$400,000
Ashland University · Ashland, OH · 2024
Ashbrook center, program support
$400,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Media Research Center 2340 Dulles Corner Boulevard · Herndon, VA · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating and program support
$400,000
Reason Foundation the · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Pension integrity project
$400,000
Ashland University · Ashland, OH · 2023
Ashbrook center, program support
$400,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General operating support
$400,000
Foundation for the Defense of Democracies · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
$400,000
Media Research Center · Herndon, VA · 2023
Program support
$400,000
Moving Picture Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$400,000
Ashland University · Ashland, OH · 2022
Ashbrook center, program support
$400,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General operating support
$400,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$400,000
Media Research Center · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating support
$400,000
National Institute for Public Policy · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Program support
$400,000
Reason Foundation the · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Pension integrity project
$390,000
Intercollegiate Studies Institute · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Collegiate network inc.
$390,000
Collegiate Network · Wilmington, DE · 2023
General operating support
$390,000
Collegiate Network · Wilmington, DE · 2022
General operating support and journalism fellowships
$375,000
Institute for Humane Studies George Mason University · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support
$375,000
National Institute for Public Policy · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Program support
$375,000
Pacific Legal Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General operating support
$375,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support

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