Jerry Reinsdorf
Profile Summary
Jerry Reinsdorf is a U.S. sports business figure from Illinois, born in 1936. He has an estimated net worth of ~$2.3 billion RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
Reinsdorf is identified as chairman of the Chicago White Sox, a Major League Baseball team NewsAPI. The available data classifies his industry as sports.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show at least $490,200 in contributions; this figure covers only the most recent 100 contributions in the sample and is not a complete lifetime total FEC. Within that sample, recipients included Illinois Democrats for Change ($100,000), the NRSC ($45,500), and the Senate Georgia Battleground Fund ($41,100); the sample's party breakdown was $160,100 to Republicans, $53,900 to Democrats, $5,800 to independents, and $270,400 categorized as unknown FEC.
In the News
A July 2026 Chicago Tribune column discussed Reinsdorf and Tom Ricketts in connection with the MLB trade deadline NewsAPI. Other 2026 reports said Reinsdorf officiated a former White Sox player's wedding during a game and that new investors joined the Bulls and United Center NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
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 by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
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
No giving data on file. That is a gap in our sources, not a finding that this person gives nothing — and because the component still counts as zero, it holds this score down. Know of a gift we are missing? Tell us and we will source it.
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.