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George Bishop

founder and CEO of GeoSouthern Energy

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George Bishop, born in 1937, is the founder and CEO of GeoSouthern Energy. He has an estimated net worth of ~$4.7 billion and is associated with the energy industry. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

Bishop founded GeoSouthern Energy and serves as its CEO. Wikidata

Philanthropy

Three foundations listed under the Bishop name reported combined assets of $15,502,306 and grants paid of $900,251 in their latest available filings. The Bishop Family Foundation in Signal Mountain, Tennessee reported $10,833,300 in assets and $557,179 in grants paid for 2023; Bishop Foundation 0444802 in Dallas reported $3,185,361 in assets and $214,222 in grants paid for 2024; and the Bishop Family Foundation in Glencoe, Illinois reported $1,483,645 in assets and $128,850 in grants paid for 2023. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, covering only November 30, 2024, through July 20, 2026. Those sampled contributions totaled $13,844.78: $11,260 to Republican recipients and $2,584.78 classified as unknown party; listed recipients include Never Surrender, Inc. ($5,400), Scott Brown for New Hampshire, Inc. ($5,000), ActBlue ($1,684.50), Common Sense for America PAC ($700), and the Mississippi Republican Party ($425). The FEC reports 1,229 contributions overall, while the amounts and party breakdown above cover only the sampled records. 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.

AI-generated summary from propublica_990, gdelt, wikidata, fec — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

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990Philanthropy

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.

$15.5MFoundation Assets
$900KGrants Paid
3Foundations
Bishop Family FoundationSignal Mtn, TN
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $10.8MRevenue: $331KGrants: $557KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Bishop Foundation 0444802Dallas, TX
Assets: $3.2MRevenue: $234KGrants: $214KTax Year: 2024
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Bishop Family FoundationGlencoe, IL
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $1.5MRevenue: $269KGrants: $129KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) — annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)Dispute

FECPolitical Contributions

$14K+In Records We Hold
1229Contributions On File
2024–2026Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent of 1,229 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)

Republican
$11K
Unknown
$3K

Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $13,844.78.

Top Recipients (in the sample)

NEVER SURRENDER, INC.$5K
SCOTT BROWN FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC.$5K
ACTBLUE$2K
COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PAC$700
MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN PARTY$425

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.

Source: FEC — contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 9/12/2026) (fec)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

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Giving score
uses a net worth as of 2025

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
6%

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

Data coverage35% weight
50%

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