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===Sarah Scaife Foundation===
With over $255 million in assets as of 2010, the Sarah Scaife Foundation is the largest of the foundations currently under Scaife’s control, giving away over $14 million in 2010<ref name="bpsf"/> According to its website, its funding is “primarily directed toward public policy programs that address major domestic and international issues.”<ref> Scaife Foundations, [http://www.scaife.com/sarah.html "Sarah Scaife Foundation: Application Guidelines"], organizational website, accessed 2013</ref> In practice, the programs that benefit from the foundation’s grants usually seek to shift public policy to the right.<ref name="bpsf"/> "The foundation’s biggest recipient over the last several decades has been the [[Heritage Foundation]], which got over $23 million between 1985 and 2010 and probably much more in years prior to available records."<ref name="bpsf"/> More big recipients are the [[Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis]], the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], and the [[Hoover Institution]], all prominent right-wing think tanks. Others include the [[American Enterprise Institute]] ( which has received nearly $244 9 million), and the [[Media Research Center]] (which has received over $4 million) as well as millions to organizations like [[FreedomWorks]], the [[Cato Institute]], and the [[Center for Immigration Studies]].<ref name="bpsf"/> As of 2011, the foundation was worth over $263 million <small>(fair market value)</small> in 2009) .<ref>Economic Research Institute, Nonprofit Organization Information for: [http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=251113452&Cobrandid=0 "Sarah Scaife FoundationInc"], Nonprofit Organization Information</ref>
====Scaife became chairman, commenced right wing funding====
During the 1960s, Richard Mellon Scaife inherited an estimated $200 million from his mother, Sarah.{{fact}} The Foundation commenced funding "[[New Right]]" causes in 1973 when Richard Mellon Scaife became the foundation's chairman. His net personal worth was estimated at $800 million by ''Forbes'' magazine, which would make made Richard the 38th richest person in the United States. Richard controls the Scaife, Carthage, and Alleghany foundations. Some years ago, the Sarah Scaife Foundation was estimated to be worth $200 million{{fact}}.
====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 Foreign Policy Analysis|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]].<ref>{{cite web
