Eric Smidt
American businessmen
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Eric Smidt is an American businessman in the retail industry, based in California and born in 1960. He has an estimated net worth of ~$17.9 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
Smidt is identified as a retail-industry businessman. Wikidata
Philanthropy
In tax year 2023, the Smidt Foundation reported $267.8 million in assets and $23.3 million in grants paid, while the Smidt Fam Foundation reported $64.7 million in assets and $2.5 million in grants paid. Together, the foundations reported $332.6 million in assets and $25.8 million in grants paid. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The available FEC data contains at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample, not his full giving history. Those sampled records totaled $181,288.25: $25,904.25 to Democratic recipients, $21,269 to Republican recipients, and $134,115 to PACs or other recipients. The largest sampled recipients were Take Back 2020 ($100,000), Collins Victory Committee ($10,000), Tom Rice for Congress ($8,700), Collins for Senator ($7,000), and Alex Padilla for Senate ($5,600). FEC
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 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched to this person by contributor name as filed with the FEC. Contributions filed under the same name by someone else can appear here; we do not yet corroborate against employer or state.
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 8/31/2026 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. View on Wikidata