Jeff Yass
U.S.-American money manager
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Jeff Yass is a U.S.-American money manager from Pennsylvania, born in 1958, with an estimated net worth of ~$65.7B Wikidata. He is identified in the data as a finance industry figure, and the available records show large-scale political giving and a foundation tied to his name Wikidata FEC ProPublica 990.
Business & SEC Activity
The data describes Yass as a money manager, but does not provide additional details about his firms or how his wealth was built Wikidata. His estimated net worth is ~$65.7B Wikidata.
Philanthropy
The Yasso Game On Foundation Inc reported $425,000 in grants paid in tax year 2023 and total assets of $2,586 ProPublica 990. In plain terms, a foundation’s Form 990 is its annual tax filing, and this filing shows grants were paid out while reported assets were very small at year-end ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2024-08-03 to 2025-11-20, Yass made 100 FEC-reported contributions totaling $84,992,602.50 FEC. Most of the money went to PACs and other non-party recipients, with $80,790 given to Republicans and $84,184,702.50 to PAC/Other recipients; top recipients included CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION, MAGA INC., PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, SCHOOL FREEDOM FUND, and V-PAC: VICTORS, NOT VICTIMS FEC.
In the News
Recent articles report that Yass and Janine Yass offered scholarships to students from closing Philadelphia schools NewsAPI. Another report says he gave $1 million to a PAC supporting Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s gubernatorial campaign NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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. View on Wikidata