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George Bishop

founder and CEO of GeoSouthern Energy

TexasEnergy

AIProfile Summary

George Bishop, born in 1937 and based in Texas, is the founder and CEO of GeoSouthern Energy Wikidata. His estimated net worth is ~$4.7B Wikidata. The available data ties his wealth to the energy sector and shows active giving through family and related foundations WikidataProPublica 990.

Business & SEC Activity

Bishop is identified as the founder and CEO of GeoSouthern Energy, an energy company Wikidata. The data provided does not include SEC filings or other business transaction records, so no additional details about company operations or ownership structure are available.

Philanthropy

Three foundations linked to Bishop reported a combined $771,401 in grants paid and $14,018,661 in total assets ProPublica 990. The Bishop Family Foundation reported $557,179 in grants paid on $10,833,300 in assets for tax year 2023, and the Bishop Foundation 0444802 reported $214,222 in grants paid on $3,185,361 in assets for tax year 2024 ProPublica 990. One related foundation, the Bishop Williams Bishop Green & Bishop Daniels Charity Foundation, reported $0 in grants paid, $0 in assets, and $0 in revenue or expenses ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

From 2024-09-14 to 2025-12-31, Bishop made 100 federal contributions totaling $16,303.26 FEC. Most of the money went to Republican recipients, with $12,862.92 to Republicans, $550 to Democrats, and $2,890.34 to PACs or other groups FEC. His largest listed recipients were NEVER SURRENDER, INC. ($6,417.92), SCOTT BROWN FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. ($5,000), and ACTBLUE ($1,365.79) FEC.

In the News

The news data provided does not include validated articles about George Bishop NewsAPIGDELT. No article summaries are available in the dataset for this profile.

AI-generated summary from newsapi, fec, propublica_990, wikidata, gdelt 6/27/2026 (gpt-5.4-mini). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

$14.0MFoundation Assets
$771KGrants Paid
3Foundations
Bishop Williams Bishop Green & Bishop Daniels Charity FoundationVirginia Beach, VA
Human services (IRS NTEE P20)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$16KTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2024–2025Date Range

By Party

REP
$13K
PAC/Other
$3K
DEM
$550

Top Recipients

NEVER SURRENDER, INC.$6K
SCOTT BROWN FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC.$5K
ACTBLUE$1K
COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PAC$700
RESTORE OUR NATION (RON PAC)$500
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

PBSScore Breakdown

C
34.3
Public Benefit Score

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.

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

Transparency35% weight
88%

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

George Bishop — Public Benefit Score C (34) | Billionaire Army