Edward Lampert
Profile Summary
Edward Lampert is a U.S. billionaire in the finance industry who is listed as living in Florida and was born in 1962. His estimated net worth is ~$2.4 billion. RTB
Business & SEC Activity
The available data identifies Lampert's industry as finance but does not provide details about his companies, positions, or business holdings.
Philanthropy
Three Lampert-affiliated foundations reported $200.6 million in combined assets and $9.47 million in grants paid for tax year 2023. The Lampert Foundation reported $48.8 million in assets and $3.07 million in grants; the Lampert Family Foundation reported $3.9 million in assets and $290,250 in grants; and the Lampert Fam Foundation Uta 121500 reported $147.9 million in assets and $6.11 million in grants. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
FEC records show 25 contributions totaling $32,520.01 from March 1995 through November 2022. Recorded contributions included $15,770 to Republican recipients, $750 to Democratic recipients, and $16,000.01 classified as unknown; the largest listed recipients were Take Back the House 2010 ($5,000), Romney for President Inc. ($4,800), and Portman for Senate Committee ($4,800). FEC
In the News
The dataset contains one GDELT article result, with zero validated results and no listed top sources. GDELT
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
By Party
Top Recipients
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.
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 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.