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Sarah Scaife Foundation

Billionaire Scaife family foundation funding right-wing media
Tracked because Billionaire Scaife family foundation funding right-wing media · 12 documented connections
Facts on record1
Connections mapped12
Sources cited14
✦ Thin coverage gap +31 connected to 12 entities · only 1 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 1S
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
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Connection Map
Key Connections
← Donors Capital Fund company
donor
Documented fact lists Donors Capital Fund alongside Sarah Scaife Foundation, Bradley Foundation, and others as funders of conservative infrastructure, indicating shared philanthropic alliance.
Facts (1)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 2154d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
Raw Filing Records (1) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Search scope note: No sec filings found for "Sarah Scaife Foundation" in automated database search as of 2026-04-13. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.
Added: 13 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — SEC filings (no results)
All Connections (12)
→ State Policy Network (SPN) organization
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and State Policy Network (SPN) are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
→ Real Clear Foundation organization
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and Real Clear Foundation are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
→ Reason Foundation organization
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and Reason Foundation are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
→ Heritage Foundation institution
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and Heritage Foundation are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
→ Capital Research Center organization
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and Capital Research Center are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
→ Scott Walter person
listed_together inferential since 2026
Sarah Scaife Foundation and Scott Walter are both listed in the known entities database, suggesting they are tracked as similar entities by the investigative system. Both appear in the same list of known entities.
← DonorsTrust company
donor secondary since 2024
Scaife Foundation is listed in the same set of conservative donor networks as DonorsTrust.
← Donors Capital Fund company
donor primary since 2004
Documented fact lists Donors Capital Fund alongside Sarah Scaife Foundation, Bradley Foundation, and others as funders of conservative infrastructure, indicating shared philanthropic alliance.
← Daily Caller News Foundation organization
funding secondary since 2019
Sarah Scaife Foundation is a conservative grantmaking foundation that has funded numerous right-leaning media and policy organizations; the Daily Caller News Foundation has received support from foundations within the Scaife network.
← Prager University Foundation organization
funding_network inferential since 2026
Both Prager University Foundation and Sarah Scaife Foundation are listed as entities associated with the broader conservative donor network, often linked through DonorsTrust/Donors Capital Fund family.
← Bradley Foundation organization
affiliation inferential since unknown
Listed in the same database entry as another conservative foundation; both appear in the known entities list under 'DonorsTrust' and 'State Policy Network' context as similar grantmaking organizations.
donor inferential since 2022
Sarah Scaife Foundation appears adjacent to Prager University Foundation in the database near Committee to Protect Journalists, consistent with being a major funder of conservative media and journalism entities.
Sources (14)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — IRS Form 990 filings (no results) form_990 Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Sarah Scaife Foundation not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Sarah Scaife Foundation — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt