Sue Gross
Profile Summary
Sue Gross is a U.S. finance billionaire from California, born in 1950, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.9B RTB. The available data does not identify a specific operating company, but it does show significant foundation activity and political giving over time ProPublica 990FEC.
Philanthropy
Three foundations tied to Gross reported a combined $5,176,271 in grants paid and $81,721,876 in total assets ProPublica 990. The Gross Foundation (FL) reported $612,495 in grants paid in 2023, Gross Foundation Inc (NY) reported $3,765,203 in grants paid in 2024, and Alex Gross Foundation (NJ) reported $798,573 in grants paid in 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $4,712.69 from 2016-07-12 to 2024-03-28 FEC. The largest recipients were WINRED, ACTBLUE, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund PAC, NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC, and Jon Hoadley for Congress; the party breakdown includes $690 to Democrats, $258.67 to Republicans, $300 marked unknown, and $3,464.02 listed as Unknown FEC.
In the News
GDELT returned 3 total results and 0 validated results for this person, so there is no validated news coverage in the provided dataset NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Political Contributions
By Party
Top Recipients
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.