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( $47 million <small>(fair market value)</small> According to its website, the foundation "concentrates its giving in 2009) the Western Pennsylvania area and confines most of its grant awards to programs for historic preservation, civic development and education." <ref>Scaife Foundations, [http://www.eri-nonprofit-salariesscaife.com/indexalleghen.html "Allegheny Foundation: Application Guidelines"], organizational website, accessed 2013</ref> As a philanthropic organization, Allegheny is officially dedicated to supporting nonpolitical causes. However, the foundation has heavily supported some of the most prominent right-wing institutions, including the [[Intercollegiate Studies Institute]] (nearly $2.7 million between 1992 and 2004), the [[Heritage Foundation]] (including a $1.cfm?FuseAction=NPO25 million donation in 2010), the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] ($1.Summary&EIN=256012303&Cobrandid=02 million since 2000), and the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]](ALEC) (more than $1.7 million since 1985).<ref name="bpabout"/ref>
The Scaife family’s foundations, set up by Richard Scaife’s mother, Sarah, were relatively apolitical until her death in 1965, "when Richard assumed greater control of the family fortune and was able to direct his wealth toward the growth of a conservative infrastructure."<ref name="bpsf">''Bridge Project'' profile on: [http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=253673 "Sarah Scaife Foundation"], organizational website, accessed May 2013</ref> By 1976, over half of the Scaife foundations’ grant money went to conservative organizations and causes.
===Allegheny Foundation===
As of 2011 the foundation was worth $52 million <small>(fair market value)</small>.<ref>Economic Research Institute, Nonprofit Organization Information for: [http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NPO.Summary&EIN=256012303&Cobrandid=0 "Allegheny Foundation"], organizational website, accessed May 2013</ref> In 2009, with $28,045,655 in assets <small>(book value)</small>, it gave out grants worth over $4 million, including $1.7 million a grant to the [[American Legislative Exchange CouncilALEC]].<ref>{{cite web
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