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Richard Mellon Scaife is U.S. billionaire and major funding source of right-wing causes through the Scaife Foundations, which he controls. Scaife’s early contributions to Heritage Foundation in 1976 were “absolutely critical” according to Heritage’s president, Ed Feulner. Scaife’s early support of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) helped the influential grassroots policy organization get started. Scaife oversees four “Scaife Foundations” * Sarah Scaife Foundation * Carthage Foundation * Allegheny Foundation * Scaife Family Foundation.

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  • Richard Mellon Scaife is U.S. billionaire and major funding source of right-wing causes through the Scaife Foundations, which he controls. Scaife’s early contributions to Heritage Foundation in 1976 were “absolutely critical” according to Heritage’s president, Ed Feulner. Scaife’s early support of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) helped the influential grassroots policy organization get started. Scaife oversees four “Scaife Foundations” * Sarah Scaife Foundation * Carthage Foundation * Allegheny Foundation * Scaife Family Foundation.
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  • Richard Mellon Scaife is U.S. billionaire and major funding source of right-wing causes through the Scaife Foundations, which he controls. Scaife’s early contributions to Heritage Foundation in 1976 were “absolutely critical” according to Heritage’s president, Ed Feulner. Scaife’s early support of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) helped the influential grassroots policy organization get started. Scaife oversees four “Scaife Foundations” * Sarah Scaife Foundation * Carthage Foundation * Allegheny Foundation * Scaife Family Foundation. Through Scaife’s foundations many right-wing groups receive several awards from different Scaife funds in the same year. For example, in 2001 the Free Congress Foundation received $250,000 from Carthage and $790,000 from Sarah Scaife Foundation, adding up to over a million dollars in a single year. Through his foundations Scaife helped fund a growing number of right-wing think tanks housed in respected academic institutions. Scaife is a major supporter of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
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