Ben Ashkenazy
American real estate developer
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Ben Ashkenazy is a New York-based American real estate developer born in 1969, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.0B Wikidata. The available data identifies him as a real estate industry figure and does not provide additional details on how he built his wealth Wikidata.
Political Activity
From 2003-10-21 to 2024-07-25, Ashkenazy made 31 federal campaign contributions totaling $209,000 FEC. His giving was split across parties and committees, with $87,500 to Republican candidates or committees, $12,900 to Democratic recipients, and $108,600 to PACs or other groups FEC. His largest listed recipients were TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE, INC. ($70,000), the Republican National Committee ($61,300), TEAM STAND FOR AMERICA ($16,600), CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT ($10,000), and NEVER SURRENDER, INC. ($6,600) FEC.
In the News
No validated news articles were returned in the provided dataset NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
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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.
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