Steve Feinberg
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Steve Feinberg is an American businessman born in 1960, with an estimated net worth of ~$5.0B Wikidata. The data provided does not identify his specific company or industry, but it does show he has made political contributions and is associated with multiple family foundations FEC ProPublica 990.
Philanthropy
Three Feinberg-related foundations reported 2023 tax filings and together paid $702,640 in grants while holding $8,580,450 in total assets ProPublica 990. The largest grantmaking entity was the Feinberg Foundation in Bethesda, which reported $400,000 in grants paid on $5,797,277 of assets; the other two foundations reported $279,955 and $22,685 in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2023-07-13 to 2025-07-23, Feinberg made 100 reported FEC contributions totaling $7,154.49 FEC. His giving was split across Democratic recipients, Republican recipients, and PAC/other groups, with the largest listed recipients including ACTBLUE, Booker Victory Fund, Cory Booker for Senate, Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County, and Salud Carbajal for Congress FEC.
In the News
Recent articles in the provided dataset focus on Steve Feinberg’s role as Deputy Secretary of Defense and mention reported ties involving former CIA official David Rush NewsAPI. The articles are dated June 2026 and come from Hindustan Times and Attack of the Fanboy, with the dataset showing 2 validated results out of 122 total results NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Political Contributions
By Party
Top Recipients
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. View on Wikidata