Bharat Desai
Profile Summary
Bharat Desai is a Florida-based technology billionaire, born in 1952, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.6B RTB. A 2026 Business Today article described him as having built a $3.4 billion IT company NewsAPI.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 46 insider-related filings for Desai, including filings connected to Syntel Inc. and Trinity Place Holdings Inc. SEC EDGAR. His recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose insiders' transactions in company securities, and Schedule 13D/A amendments, which update prior disclosures of significant beneficial ownership; the listed filings run from December 2016 through October 2018 SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three foundations bearing the Desai name reported a combined $6,367,730 in assets and $1,402,170 in grants paid for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. The Desai Foundation in Woburn, Massachusetts reported $4,881,242 in assets and $1,333,677 in grants paid; separate Desai foundations in Frankfort and Schaumburg, Illinois reported $48,468 and $20,025 in grants paid, respectively ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent contributions on file, from June 27, 2024, to July 26, 2026, totaling $11,325.10 FEC. Of that sampled total, $10,049.10 was categorized as Unknown and $1,276 as Democratic FEC. The largest listed recipients were Ashley Moody Victory Fund ($7,500), ActBlue ($1,246), John Bartlett for Congress ($1,001), Asian American Hotel Owners Association PAC ($1,001), and WinRed ($302.10) FEC.
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Foundations are matched to a person by name, not by trustee records — so a same-surname family foundation can land here in error. Every entity below links to its full IRS filing; if one doesn’t belong, tell us at hello@skylarkcreations.com and we’ll pull it.
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 283 federal contributions on file, not the full record. The total, party split, top recipients and dates below are all computed over that sample, so each is a floor rather than a complete figure.
By Party (in the sample)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $11,325.10.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.
Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).
Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry
How much sourced public record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.