Tyler Perry
Profile Summary
Tyler Perry is a U.S. media figure born in 1969 and based in Georgia. His net worth is estimated at ~$1.4 billion RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
Perry works in the media industry. The supplied data does not provide further detail about his companies, productions, or business holdings.
Philanthropy
Three Perry Foundation records reported $130,845 in combined grants paid and $1,635,829 in combined assets across tax years 2015, 2023, and 2024 ProPublica 990. The filings report grants paid by each foundation, with the largest amount being $107,945 in the 2023 Colorado filing.
Political Activity
FEC records contain at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 records on file FEC. Those sampled records total $1,671,499.08, including $465,026.88 categorized as Democratic, $4,947.50 as Republican, $80 as other/unknown party, and $1,201,444.70 with no party classification; the largest named recipient was Harris Victory Fund at $1 million.
In the News
A validated Aug. 20, 2026, VladTV article reported comments from Tony Yayo comparing 50 Cent's size in entertainment with Tyler Perry's NewsAPI.
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.
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.