Thomas Steyer
Profile Summary
Thomas Steyer is a California-based finance billionaire born in 1957, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.4B RTB. He is identified in the data as a U.S. billionaire in the finance industry, and his public profile includes major political giving and climate-focused political activity FEC.
Political Activity
From 2020-06-29 to 2024-09-18, Steyer made 100 federal contributions totaling $27,968,505.69 FEC. Most of that money went to NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE ($25,013,434.26) and FOR OUR FUTURE ($2,500,000), with smaller amounts to the LCV Victory Fund, the DSCC, and Democracy Engine, Inc., PAC FEC. The party breakdown shows $248,071.43 to Democratic recipients and $27,720,434.26 to recipients listed as Unknown FEC.
In the News
A GDELT-indexed article from 2026-05-14 on nlpc.org discussed whether Tom Steyer could control California, describing him as a billionaire and Soros ally NewsAPI. The article record is the only news item provided in the data NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
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.