Sarah Scaife Foundation

• The filing shows the Sarah Scaife Foundation directs its grants primarily towards public policy programmes addressing major domestic and international issues, including policy institutes, university-based research centres and other public-policy organisations, so work in that area is the clearest fit.
• About 8 in 10 of its 536 grants to organisations fall between $80,000 and $500,000, with a median of $200,000, so a request in that band is realistic, though the band is typical rather than a ceiling, since its largest grant was $1,200,000.
• Individuals, nationally organised fundraising groups, organisations that are not publicly supported non-profit charities, and organisations primarily dependent on government funds or government agencies should not apply, as the foundation does not fund them.
• In its most recent filing, 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in an earlier filing, so a first approach should expect strong competition from existing grantees, and a first request must be sent in hard copy because electronic requests are not considered.
• Applications can be submitted at any time for consideration at its quarterly meetings, so you can plan your timing around those meetings.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Heritage Foundation · General operating support
  $1,200,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · General operating support
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Hoover institution on war, revolution and peace
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for Government Accountability · General operating support
  $800,0002024 tax year
• George Mason University Foundation · Law & economics center
  $750,0002024 tax year
• Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation · Program and project support
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Tax Foundation · Program support
  $600,0002024 tax year
• Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives · General operating support
  $600,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.