Joseph Bae
Profile Summary
Joseph Bae is a New York-based person in the finance industry, born in 1972, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.9B RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR records associated with Bae include filings involving Laureate Education (LAUR), as well as FS KKR Capital, US Foods Holding, Crescent Energy, and Fiserv SEC EDGAR. The Laureate Education record shows 722 insider filings; recent filings include Form 3 and Form 4 reports dated May 26, 2026. Form 3 reports an insider's initial ownership of a company's securities, while Form 4 reports subsequent changes in that ownership SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Two organizations are listed in nonprofit records: the Bae Family Foundation in Cohoes, New York, and the Bae Foundation For Youth & Sport in North Chicago, Illinois ProPublica 990. The available records report $0 in assets, revenue, expenses, and grants paid for both organizations ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 943 federal contributions; the most recent 100 contributions on file totaled $318,416.08 and cover only the sampled records from October 23, 2024, through July 30, 2026 FEC. Of that sampled total, $299,416.08 was categorized as Unknown, $10,500 as Democratic, and $8,500 as Republican FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were The Sentinel Action Fund ($250,000), HMP ($25,000), Daines Senate Majority Fund ($10,000), Committee to Elect Dan Koh ($7,000), and Steve Daines for Montana ($5,000) 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 943 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 $318,416.08.
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.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
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
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 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.