Joe Ricketts
American businessman (born 1941)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Joe Ricketts is an American businessman born in 1941 and listed as being based in Wyoming. His industry is finance, and he has an estimated net worth of ~$8.4 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records associate Ricketts with TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. and list 118 insider filings. These include Schedule 13D and 13G filings, which report significant ownership stakes, amendments to those reports, and Forms 4 and 5, which disclose insider transactions or holdings. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
The Ricketts Family Foundation Inc. reported $5,758 in total assets, $1 in revenue, $600 in expenses, and $600 in grants paid for tax year 2023. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The available data covers only the most recent 100 contributions and indicates at least 100 federal contributions; its figures are not a complete lifetime total. In this sample, contributions totaled $15,449,846.35, including $13,865,000 to Citizens for Free Enterprise, $764,100 to NRSC Victory, and $350,000 to Congressional Leadership Fund; the sample breakdown lists $443,341.02 as REP and $15,006,505.33 as PAC/Other. 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
These figures cover the 100 most recent 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
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.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
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. View on Wikidata