J. Hyatt Brown
Profile Summary
J. Hyatt Brown is a Florida-based finance industry billionaire born in 1937, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.9B RTB. He is tied to Brown & Brown, Inc., an insurance brokerage and services company, and the SEC records show extensive filings for the company and related insider activity SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify Brown & Brown, Inc. as an operating company in the insurance agents, brokers, and service sector, with ticker BRO SEC EDGAR. The filing data includes 1,000 total filings and 665 insider filings, and recent insider reports were filed on Form 4, which is the SEC form used to report changes in insider ownership SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three Brown foundations reported a combined $728,775 in grants paid and $10,594,716 in total assets ProPublica 990. One foundation reported $0 in grants, $0 in revenue, $0 in expenses, and $0 in assets, while the other two reported grants paid of $118,000 and $610,775 in tax year 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $281,110 from 2004-09-27 to 2023-05-19 FEC. The largest recipients were the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers PAC, Right to Rise USA, and the Financial Services Roundtable PAC, and the party breakdown shows $72,000 to Democrats, $66,550 to Republicans, and $142,560 to PACs or other recipients FEC.
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Associated Companies
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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 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.