Robert Friedland
Profile Summary
Robert Friedland is a U.S. energy-industry billionaire, born in 1950, with an estimated net worth of ~$3.3 billion RTB. SEC records identify him as associated with Ivanhoe Electric, Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp., and Ivanhoe Mines SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 48 filings for Friedland, including 46 insider filings SEC EDGAR. His recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose transactions in a company’s securities by insiders, and a Schedule 13G filing, which reports certain beneficial ownership stakes SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The Friedland Family Foundation reported $2,202,948 in assets and $290,550 in grants paid in tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. Friedland Foundation Inc. reported $226,540 in assets and $10,366 in grants paid that year; together, the two foundations reported $2,429,488 in assets and $300,916 in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, totaling $12,134.32; these sampled records cover November 28, 2022, through July 12, 2026, rather than his full contribution history FEC. In that sample, $6,201.32 was categorized as Unknown, $3,500 as Republican, and $2,433 as Democratic; the largest listed recipients were Cassidy Leadership Fund and Bill Cassidy for US Senate, at $3,500 each 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.
In the News
Mining.com reported on June 25, 2026, that the United States invested $250 million in a Friedland startup for chip making NewsAPI. The available article record identifies the company as a Friedland startup but does not provide further details about the investment NewsAPI.
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 451 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 $12,134.32.
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
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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.