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According to the Media Transparency website, the '''Scaife Foundations''' are | According to the Media Transparency website, the '''Scaife Foundations''' are | ||
:Financed by the Mellon industrial, oil and banking fortune. At one time its largest single holding was stock in the Gulf Oil Corporation. Became active in funding conservative causes in 1973, when [[Richard Mellon Scaife]] became chairman of the foundation.<ref>"[http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderID=3 The Scaife Foundations]", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009</ref> | :Financed by the Mellon industrial, oil and banking fortune. At one time its largest single holding was stock in the Gulf Oil Corporation. Became active in funding conservative causes in 1973, when [[Richard Mellon Scaife]] became chairman of the foundation.<ref>"[http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderID=3 The Scaife Foundations]", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009</ref> | ||
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| + | One of the Scaife Foundations, the [[Scaife Family Foundation]], has been a major funder of the conservative think tank the [[Hudson Institute]].<ref>[http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientfundergrants.php?funderID=2&recipientID=160 Grants to Hudson Institute, Inc. from Scaife Family Foundation], Media Transparency website, accessed March 28 2009</ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
[[Hudson Institute]] | [[Hudson Institute]] | ||
| + | [[Scaife Family Foundation]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Foundations]] | [[Category:Foundations]] | ||
Revision as of 11:10, 28 March 2009
According to the Media Transparency website, the Scaife Foundations are
- Financed by the Mellon industrial, oil and banking fortune. At one time its largest single holding was stock in the Gulf Oil Corporation. Became active in funding conservative causes in 1973, when Richard Mellon Scaife became chairman of the foundation.[1]
One of the Scaife Foundations, the Scaife Family Foundation, has been a major funder of the conservative think tank the Hudson Institute.[2]
Affiliations
Hudson Institute Scaife Family Foundation
Notes
- ↑ "The Scaife Foundations", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009
- ↑ Grants to Hudson Institute, Inc. from Scaife Family Foundation, Media Transparency website, accessed March 28 2009
