Joseph Bae
Profile Summary
Joseph Bae is identified as a New York-based finance figure born in 1972. He has an estimated net worth of ~$1.9B RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR data associated with the profile identifies Laureate Education, Inc. (LAUR), an educational-services company, and lists 1,005 filings, including 722 insider filings SEC EDGAR. Recent records include Forms 3 and 4: Form 3 reports an insider’s initial ownership, while Form 4 reports subsequent changes in ownership SEC EDGAR. The data does not identify Bae’s specific title or ownership stake.
Philanthropy
ProPublica 990 data lists the Bae Family Foundation in New York and the Bae Foundation for Youth & Sport in Illinois ProPublica 990. Both records show $0 in total assets and $0 in grants paid; no tax year is listed for either foundation ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The available FEC data represents only the most recent 100 contributions and indicates at least 100 federal contributions overall; the sample totaled $46,087 FEC. In this sample, $3,060 was coded to Democrats, $8,300 to Republicans, and $34,727 was coded as unknown or otherwise unclassified FEC. The largest listed recipients were Daines Senate Majority Fund ($10,000), Team Hill ($8,300), Steve Daines for Montana ($5,000), More Jobs, Less Government ($5,000), and In the Arena PAC ($5,000) 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
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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
The filing we hold reports no grants paid. That is what the disclosure says, not a gap in our data — the source is linked below.
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.