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Norma Lerner

American billionaire

OhioFinance

AIProfile Summary

Norma Lerner is identified as an American billionaire from Ohio who works in finance. She was born in 1930 and has an estimated net worth of ~$1.0B. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

The available data identifies Lerner's industry as finance. It does not specify a company, transaction, or other details about how her wealth was built.

Philanthropy

Three foundations named Lerner Foundation reported combined assets of $5,598,024 and $2,011,173 in grants paid for tax year 2023. The foundations are located in Ohio, Minnesota, and New York; the Ohio foundation reported the largest grants-paid amount at $1,792,955. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

The available FEC data contains at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 records and are not a complete lifetime total. Those sampled records totaled $7,356.50, including $3,000 to DOLAN FOR OHIO, $2,206.50 to ActBlue, $2,000 to TORRES FOR CONGRESS, and $150 to HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT; the sample's party breakdown was $3,000 Republican, $2,150 Democratic, and $2,206.50 PAC/Other. FEC

AI-generated summary from propublica_990, wikidata, fec, gdelt 8/29/2026 (gpt-5.6-luna). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

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.

$5.6MFoundation Assets
$2.0MGrants Paid
3Foundations
Lerner FoundationRichmond Hts, OH
Assets: $3.0MRevenue: $1.7MGrants: $1.8MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Lerner FoundationMinneapolis, MN
Assets: $1.6MRevenue: $342KGrants: $144KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Lerner FoundationIslandia, NY
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $968KRevenue: $48KGrants: $74KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$7K+In Records We Hold
100+Contributions
2020–2025Range Shown

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)

REP
$3K
PAC/Other
$2K
DEM
$2K

Top Recipients (in the sample)

DOLAN FOR OHIO$3K
ACTBLUE$2K
TORRES FOR CONGRESS$2K
HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT$150

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.

Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

PBSScore Breakdown

C
41.9
Public Benefit Score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
24%

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

Transparency35% weight
75%

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

Norma Lerner — Public Benefit Score C (42) | Billionaire Army