Leonard Lauder
American billionaire, philanthropist, art collector
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Leonard Lauder is an American billionaire, philanthropist, and art collector, born in 1933. He has an estimated net worth of ~$14.6B. Wikidata
Philanthropy
The Lauder Foundation Inc., based in New York, reported $1,525,028 in grants paid, $1,644,333 in total assets, and $105,185 in revenue on its 2023 filing. The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation reported $6,703,802 in grants paid, $272,538 in assets, and $73,639 in revenue on its 2015 filing. Together, these filings report $8,228,830 in grants paid and $1,916,871 in foundation assets. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The most recent 100 federal contribution records on file cover 2022-07-18 through 2024-09-23 and total $395,700; this is a truncated sample, and the FEC reports at least 100 contributions. The sample’s party breakdown is $339,400 to Democratic recipients, $43,100 to recipients with an unknown party designation, $6,600 to Democratic–Farmer–Labor recipients, and $6,600 to Independent recipients. The largest listed recipients in the sample were Senate Impact Project ($23,100), Chris Pappas for Congress ($12,400), the Pennsylvania Democratic Party ($10,000), Casey Keystone Victory Fund ($10,000), and the Arizona Democratic Party ($10,000). 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.
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 of 839 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)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $395,700.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
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.
Score Breakdown
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.
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 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