Tom Werner
Profile Summary
Tom Werner is a U.S. billionaire in the sports industry, based in California, born in 1950, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.0B RTB. The data provided does not include details on how he built his wealth, so this profile focuses on his foundation activity, political giving, and recent news coverage RTB.
Philanthropy
The data shows three foundations associated with Werner, with total foundation assets of $15,821,723 and total grants paid of $1,649,514 across the reported filings ProPublica 990. In 2023, the Cl Werner Foundation reported $1,625,962 in grants paid on $15,172,767 in assets, while the Werner Family Foundation reported $17,892 in grants paid on $634,132 in assets ProPublica 990. The Werner Foundation’s 2015 filing reported $5,660 in grants paid and $236,894 in expenses, which is higher than its $8,703 in revenue for that year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2024-09-18 to 2025-11-13, Werner made 100 federal contributions totaling $15,425.41 FEC. The largest recipients listed were COOPER FOR NORTH CAROLINA and COOPER VICTORY FUND at $3,500 each, followed by ALTMAN FOR CONGRESS at $3,300 FEC. By party, $9,300 went to Democratic recipients, $683.19 to Republican recipients, and $5,442.22 to recipients classified as Unknown FEC.
In the News
One validated article in the dataset mentions a John S. Werner Memorial 5K in a local community event listing, but it does not identify Tom Werner or provide information about his business or political activity NewsAPI. The article source was wdio.com and the validated result count was 1 out of 42 total results NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
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Score Breakdown
The PBS 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 accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 6/23/2026 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.