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.

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}

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.