Sarah Scaife Foundation

Conservative funding juggernaut

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. Proposals for the following are usually declined: event sponsorships, endowments, capital campaigns, renovations, or government agencies.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Michael W Gleba President and Trustee of the Sarah Scaife Foundation

• President

Bill Bennett United States Secretary of Education (1985 - 1988); first Drug Czar

• Trustee [+1]

• Position

Board Members

Richard Mellon Scaife Pittsburgh philanthropist and reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune

• Chairman

Christine J Toretti Trump nominee to be Ambassador to Malta; former president and CEO, Jack Drilling Co; CEO, Palladio LLC

• Trustee

Michael W Gleba President and Trustee of the Sarah Scaife Foundation

• President

Edwin J Feulner Former president, Heritage Foundation

• Trustee

T Kenneth Cribb Conservative activist, former aide to Ed Meese

• Board Member ('14→?)

James C Roddey Principal, ParenteBeard LLC

• Board Member

Donations

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Cooler Heads Coalition Coalition of climate denying nonprofits and organizations

• Donor · 17,000,000 USD ('97→'15)

The Heritage Foundation Conservative think tank

• Grant · 800,000 USD ('06) [+3]

• Grant · 600,000 USD ('09)

• Grant · 500,000 USD ('09)*

• Donation/Grant

American Enterprise Institute Largest neoconservative think tank

• Grant · 575,000 USD ('06) [+3]

• Grant · 300,000 USD ('09)

• Grant · 175,000 USD ('09)

• Grant · 25,000 USD ('09)

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis

• Grant · 550,000 USD ('09)

Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation

• Grant · 470,000 USD ('09)

Claremont Institute Formerly a conservative CA think tank, now an Anti-Democracy Think Tank

• donation · 450,000 USD ('20) [+1]

• Grant · 325,000 USD ('09)

Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow A self proclaimed public interest, research and education organization, and climate change denial front group funded by ExxonMobil

• Grant · 375,000 USD ('96→'07) [+1]

• Grant · 160,000 USD ('09)

Competitive Enterprise Institute U.S. libertarian think tank

• Grant · 350,000 USD ('06) [+2]

• Grant · 150,000 USD ('09)

• Grant · 150,000 USD ('09)

Heartland Institute Non-profit research and education organization, climate change denial front group

• Donation · 325,000 USD ('86→'09) [+1]

• Donation/Grant

University of Virginia Law School Foundation UVA-related foundation

• Grant · 325,000 USD ('09)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Michael J. Horowitz Reagan-era OMB neoconservative lawyer

• Affiliation*