Derek Stevens
Profile Summary
Derek Stevens is a Nevada-based U.S. billionaire in the diversified industry, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.2B RTB. The data provided does not include business-ownership details, but it does show substantial charitable giving through family foundations and political contributions ProPublica 990FEC.
Philanthropy
Three foundations tied to the Stevens name reported a combined $11,288,309 in grants paid and $142,088,159 in total assets across the latest available tax years ProPublica 990. The largest was the Winifred Stevens Foundation, which reported $9,374,972 in grants paid on $131,409,220 in assets in 2023; the Stevens Family Foundation reported $47,000 in grants paid in 2024, and the Thaddeus Stevens Foundation reported $1,866,337 in grants paid in 2024 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2024-04-03 to 2025-12-15, the data shows 100 FEC-recorded contributions totaling $21,585.79 FEC. Party breakdown shows $9,812.88 to Republicans, $1,050 to Democrats, and $10,722.91 to recipients listed as Unknown; top recipients included Smith Victory ($7,000), Guy for Congress ($6,600), Drew for Nevada ($3,000), ActBlue ($2,057.36), and Harris for President ($1,050) FEC.
In the News
No validated news articles were provided in the dataset NewsAPI.
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Political Contributions
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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.