Violet World Foundations

Violet World Foundations (VWF) is a grantmaking foundation run by investor and artist Robert Michael Scagliotti. 1 The VWF is registered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, but most of its grants are directed toward local community support non-profits in San Francisco. The VWF donates to some left-of-center groups which support liberal immigration policies and abortion access.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Issue Areas: Abortion Policy, Immigration Policy
Location:

Fort Mitchell, KY

Formation:

2014

President:

Robert Michael Scagliotti

Tax ID: 32-0427658
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $11,684,841 Revenue: $652,260 Expenses: $551,137

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    People

    Violet World Foundations is led by R. Michael Scagliotti, a member of the Scripps family and director of the E.W. Scripps Company. 2

    Grants

    Violet World Foundations primary donates to local community groups, including hospitals, schools, and groups that support the homeless. VWF also gives to some left-of-center advocacy groups. In both 2018 and 2019, the group gave $4,000 to the ACLU Foundation of Northern California to support liberal expansionist immigrant advocacy, $5,000 to the Center for Reproductive Rights, $4,000 to the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), and $5,000 to Planned Parenthood. 3 4

    VWF also gave $5,000 to the nominally right-of-center environmentalist group Conservative Energy Network in Lansing, Michigan, in 2018 and 2019. 3 4

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $11,684,841 $652,260 $551,137 View
    2024 $10,855,177 $1,072,183 $522,030 View
    2023 $10,140,046 $477,872 $512,345 View
    2022 $9,159,077 $244,719 $535,035 View
    2021 $10,906,273 $930,310 $488,101 View
    2020 $9,810,639 $439,725 $456,393 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2015, 2014, 2013

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $3,497,400
    • Number of Grants: 350
    • Number of Recipients: 88

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $55,0002025 Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San FranciscoGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $55,0002024 Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San FranciscoGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $55,0002023 Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San FranciscoGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $50,0002025 The Lab SFRENOVATION CAMPAIGN
    $50,0002022 Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San FranciscoGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $50,0002021 Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San FranciscoGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $28,0002025 Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $28,0002024 Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $28,0002024 Youth RadioYOUTH RADIO
    $28,0002023 Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $28,0002023 Youth RadioGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $27,5002025 San Francisco General Hospital FoundationEATSF BAY AREA PROGRAMMING
    $25,0002024 San Francisco General Hospital FoundationEATSF SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PROGRAM
    $25,0002023 San Francisco General Hospital FoundationEATSF SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PROGRAMMING
    $25,0002022 Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $25,0002022 San Francisco General Hospital FoundationEATSF SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PROGRAMMING
    $25,0002022 Youth RadioGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $25,0002021 Mandela Partners Prev Mandela Marketplace IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $25,0002021 San Francisco General Hospital FoundationSUPPORT OF EATSF
    $25,0002021 Youth RadioGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $17,0002025 Jamestown Community Center Inc.GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $17,0002024 Jamestown Community Center Inc.GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $17,0002023 Jamestown Community Center Inc.GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $15,0002025 The Lab SFGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
    $15,0002024 The Lab SFGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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    References

    1. “Biography.” Scripps. Accessed September 11, 2021. https://ir.scripps.com/board-member/r-michael-scagliotti
    2. “Biography.” Scripps. Accessed October 7, 2021. https://ir.scripps.com/board-member/r-michael-scagliotti.
    3. “Violet World Foundations Form 990.” ProPublica. Accessed September 11, 2021. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/320427658/09_2020_prefixes_32-35%2F320427658_201912_990PR_2020092417325075?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_l4Tupy1w8shcyTV.fxr_MHrJMKrmmsq_EPexJZM3a3k-1631350400-0-gqNtZGzNApCjcnBszQul.
    4. “Violet World Foundations Form 990.” ProPublica. Accessed September 11, 2021. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/320427658/08_2019_prefixes_31-35%2F320427658_201812_990PF_2019082316595851?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_ebAFn5N218wZiRqmzl97icK_pPS_.GchnlVy6rvUx40-1631352452-0-gqNtZGzNApCjcnBszQu9.