Funded by the Mellon-Scaife oil/banking fortune, chiefly the Sarah Scaife Foundation — an early backer of these think tanks.

§ 1 · The money it reaches

Scaife Family appears behind 10 of the 22 groups profiled in this guide. Open any file to trace the tie:

• Atlantic Legal Foundation
• Buckeye Institute
• Center for Individual Rights
• Independence Institute
• Landmark Legal Foundation
• Manhattan Institute
• Pacific Legal Foundation
• Pelican Institute
• Save Our States
• Washington Legal Foundation