John Overdeck
American hedge fund manager and philanthropist
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
John Overdeck is a New Jersey-based hedge fund manager and philanthropist born in 1969, with an estimated net worth of ~$8.0B Wikidata. He is identified in the data as an American hedge fund manager and philanthropist, and his wealth is tied to finance Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
Overdeck is described as a hedge fund manager Wikidata. The data provided does not include specific company names, fund names, or SEC filings about his business activities.
Philanthropy
Overdeck Family Foundation reported $827,142,847 in total assets in tax year 2023 and paid $59,677,771 in grants ProPublica 990. The foundation reported $143,732,893 in revenue and $61,810,774 in expenses for that year ProPublica 990. A 990 is a yearly tax filing that private foundations use to report assets, grants, revenue, and expenses ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 1998-07-21 to 2023-03-30, Overdeck made 24 FEC-recorded contributions totaling $342,900 FEC. The largest recipients were the Congressional Leadership Fund at $250,000 and the New Jersey Republican State Committee at $30,000, and the party breakdown shows $77,900 to Republicans, $5,000 to Democrats, and $260,000 to PACs or other groups FEC.
In the News
A June 2, 2026 article from Inside Philanthropy focused on the Overdeck Family Foundation and its continued work in education NewsAPI. The article list provided includes 7 total results, with 1 validated result from insidephilanthropy.com NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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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.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata