Sid Richardson Bass
American billionaire investor and philanthropist
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Sid Richardson Bass is a U.S. investor and philanthropist in the energy industry, born in 1942 and based in Texas. He has an estimated net worth of ~$3.8 billion Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
Bass is described as an American billionaire investor, with energy listed as his industry Wikidata.
Philanthropy
In its 2021 IRS Form 990 filing, an annual nonprofit tax return, the Bass Foundation reported $2.53 million in grants paid, $33.05 million in total assets, $2.30 million in revenue, and $2.73 million in expenses ProPublica 990. Two other listed organizations—the Bass Family Foundation and Bass Foundation Inc.—reported $0 in grants, assets, revenue, and expenses in the available data ProPublica 990.
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.
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. View on Wikidata