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Sue Gross
CaliforniaFinance
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Giving Score
~$1.9B
Profile Summary
Sue Gross is a California-based finance figure, born in 1950, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.9B RTB. A 2026 Orange County Business Journal profile reported that she received an estimated $1.5B in her 2017 divorce from Pimco co-founder Bill Gross and later founded the Sue J. Gross Foundation NewsAPI.
Philanthropy
Foundation filings list three organizations: Gross Foundation in West Palm Beach, Florida; Gross Foundation Inc. in Brooklyn, New York; and Gross Family Foundation in Coral Gables, Florida. Their latest listed filings reported combined assets of $81.7M and $4.4M in grants paid; Gross Foundation Inc. reported $69.9M in assets and $3.8M in grants in tax year 2024 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 records on file, totaling $4,712.69; these sampled records cover July 12, 2016 through March 28, 2024 only FEC. Of that sampled total, $3,764.02 was classified as unknown party, $690 as Democratic, and $258.67 as Republican FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were WinRed ($1,292.10), ActBlue ($1,170.26), Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund PAC ($500), NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC ($400), and Jon Hoadley for Congress ($300) 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.
In the News
A July 2026 Orange County Business Journal profile reported that Gross owns multiple properties in Orange County, including four homes in Laguna Beach's Abalone Point enclave, as well as a Palm Springs property and other Beverly-area homes NewsAPI. The article also reported that she received half of the couple's art collection in her 2017 divorce and sold a Picasso painting for $35M, according to Forbes NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
residenceLaguna Beach, California
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.
$81.7MFoundation Assets
$4.4MGrants Paid
3Foundations
Gross FoundationWest Palm Bch, FL
Assets: $11.5MRevenue: $821KGrants: $612KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerGross Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY
Assets: $69.9MRevenue: $6.8MGrants: $3.8MTax Year: 2024
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerGross Family FoundationCoral Gables, FL
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22Z)
Assets: $242KRevenue: $28KGrants: $34KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerPolitical Contributions
$5K+In Records We Hold
143Contributions On File
2016–2024Range Shown
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 143 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 $4,712.69.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
WINRED$1K
ACTBLUE$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC)$500
NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PAC$400
JON HOADLEY FOR CONGRESS$300
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.
News Coverage
Coverage window: 2026-07-27 · retrieved 8/22/2026
Score Breakdown
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Giving score
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.
Philanthropy65% weight
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
Data coverage35% weight
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.