Bruce Kovner
American billionaire
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Bruce Kovner is a U.S. billionaire in finance, born in 1945 and based in New York. He has an estimated net worth of ~$9.0 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify Kovner as an insider associated with five companies, including Cardiff Oncology, Kala Pharmaceuticals, and SCYNEXIS. The records include 79 Form 4 filings; Form 4 is the SEC form insiders use to report changes in their company stock ownership. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
The Kovner Foundation reported $273.5 million in assets, $43.1 million in revenue, $20.1 million in expenses, and $18.4 million in grants paid for tax year 2023. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The available FEC data covers only the most recent 100 contributions and represents at least $2,280,664.70 in that sample; the full total is higher or unknown. In the sample, $380,564.70 went to Republican recipients, $5,800 to a non-party category, and $1,894,300 to PACs or other recipients. The largest listed recipients were Senate Leadership Fund ($1.35 million), Tell It Like It Is PAC ($250,000), NRSC ($118,400), Hogan Victory Fund ($100,000), and John Bolton PAC ($65,000). FEC
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 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
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.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
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. View on Wikidata