Nancy Lerner
Profile Summary
Nancy Lerner, born in 1960 and based in Ohio, is a U.S. finance billionaire with an estimated net worth of ~$1.2B RTB. The data provided does not include details on her specific companies or career path, but it does show substantial family foundation activity and political giving ProPublica 990 FEC.
Philanthropy
Three Lerner Foundation filings are listed for 2023 in Minnesota, Ohio, and New York, with combined grants paid of $2,011,173 and combined assets of $5,598,024 ProPublica 990. The Ohio foundation reported the largest grants paid at $1,792,955, while the Minnesota and New York foundations reported $143,932 and $74,286, respectively ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $3,599.64 between 2024-10-31 and 2025-12-24 FEC. The largest recipients were ACTBLUE at $2,369.82 and the DSCC at $1,115, with smaller amounts to Harris-related committees and the Progressive Turnout Project FEC. Party-coded contributions were mostly listed as Unknown, with $1,165 coded to Democrats and $2,434.64 uncoded FEC.
U.S. Presence
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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.