Alice Schwartz
American billionaire businesswoman and Bio-Rad Laboratories co-founder
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Alice Schwartz, born in 1926, is an American billionaire businesswoman and co-founder of Bio-Rad Laboratories, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.0B Wikidata. SEC filings tied to her name show repeated ownership-related reporting, including many Form 4 filings, which are the SEC forms used to report changes in beneficial ownership of company securities SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
The SEC data links Schwartz to Bio-Rad Laboratories and to the Alles Institute for Medical Research Corp SEC EDGAR. Her filing history includes 49 insider filings out of 50 total filings, with recent reports in 2024, 2023, 2022, and earlier years, indicating ongoing securities ownership reporting SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three Schwartz Foundation filings for tax year 2023 report total assets of $26,373,441 and total grants paid of $2,316,404 across foundations in New Jersey and California ProPublica 990. The largest 2023 grant total was from the Mount Laurel, NJ foundation, which reported $1,555,793 in grants paid and $17,340,722 in assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From June 15, 2022 to July 1, 2025, FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $4,093 FEC. The top recipients were ACTBLUE, HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT, and HARRIS VICTORY FUND, and the party breakdown shows $1,300 to Democrats and $2,793 to PACs or other recipients FEC.
In the News
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Associated Companies
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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.
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