Donald Bren
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Donald Bren is an American businessman born in 1932 and based in California, with an estimated net worth of ~$16.4B Wikidata. He is identified in the data as being in real estate Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
The available data identifies Bren’s industry as real estate, but does not provide additional details on specific companies or transactions Wikidata.
Philanthropy
Foundation filings show $15,405,212 in total grants paid across the listed foundations, with total foundation assets of $280,695,391 ProPublica 990. The Donald L Bren Foundation in Newport Beach reported $10,593,529 in grants paid, $260,599,375 in assets, $8,714,805 in revenue, and $3,249,032 in expenses for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. Another listed foundation, the Bren Herrera Foundation, reported $0 in grants paid and $0 in assets, revenue, and expenses ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $6,232.30 during 2025-07-22 to 2025-12-14 FEC. The largest recipients were FirstEnergy Political Action Committee, First Energy Political Action Committee, ActBlue, the National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee, and DemocracyFirst PAC FEC. The party breakdown shows $112 to Republicans, $50 to Independents, and $5,788 to PACs or other recipients, with $282.30 marked unknown FEC.
In the News
GDELT returned 11 total results but 0 validated results for the available news set, so there are no validated news articles to summarize 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