Randolph Lerner
Profile Summary
Randolph Lerner is a U.S. billionaire from Ohio, born in 1962, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.2B RTB. The data identifies him with finance, but it does not provide additional details on how he built his wealth.
Business & SEC Activity
The available data does not include SEC filings, company holdings, or transaction records, so no business summary can be drawn from the provided sources.
Philanthropy
Three Lerner Foundation filings for tax year 2023 show combined grants paid of $2,011,173 and combined total assets of $5,598,024 ProPublica 990. The largest foundation listed is the Ohio-based Lerner Foundation in Richmond Hts, which reported $1,792,955 in grants paid, $3,028,691 in assets, and $1,733,319 in revenue; the other two foundations reported smaller grant totals ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 4 contributions totaling $5,000 between 2001-04-05 and 2003-07-24 FEC. The largest recipient was VOINOVICH FOR SENATE COMMITTEE at $4,000, followed by FRIENDS OF PHIL GRAMM at $1,000; the party breakdown lists $1,000 to Republicans and $4,000 as unknown FEC.
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
By Party
Top Recipients
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
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 8/31/2026 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.