Rick Caruso
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
A net worth stated in this summary may be out of date.
Rick Caruso is an American businessman in the real estate industry, born in 1959. His estimated net worth is ~$5.9 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
Caruso is associated with Palisades Village, a shopping center in Los Angeles. The center was reported to be reopening in August 2026 after more than $100 million in renovations following the Palisades Fire. NewsAPI
Philanthropy
Three foundations bearing the Caruso name reported a combined $6,067,765 in grants paid and $39,761,716 in assets for tax year 2023. The Caruso Foundation in Boulder reported $1,726,200 in grants and $39,349,328 in assets; the Caruso Family Foundation in Los Angeles reported $4,231,565 in grants and $125,596 in assets; and Caruso Family Foundation Inc. in Warren, New Jersey, reported $110,000 in grants and $286,792 in assets. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 records on file, totaling at least $570,539.18; these sampled records cover August 13, 2024 through May 28, 2026 and are not a complete contribution history. Of that sampled total, $296,539.18 went to Democratic recipients and $274,000 went to recipients with an unknown party designation. The largest listed recipients in the sample were New Era Leadership ($130,000), the DCCC ($100,000), the Harris Victory Fund ($100,000), the Democratic National Committee ($31,300), and 2024 Dem Senate Victory: MD + PA + DSCC ($25,000). 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
Recent coverage focused on the reopening of Palisades Village after restoration work following the Palisades Fire. Other August 2026 coverage discussed Caruso's stated confidence in the Palisades and Los Angeles. NewsAPI
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 of 414 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 $570,539.18.
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.
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