JB Pritzker

JB Pritzker is an American businessman and politician, born in 1965, with an estimated net worth of ~$3.9B Wikidata. A 2026 news report identifies him as Illinois governor NewsAPI.

Philanthropy

The Pritzker Foundation reported $465.4 million in assets and $34.6 million in grants paid in tax year 2023. The Pritzker Family Foundation reported $148.4 million in assets and $56.8 million in grants paid; together, the two foundations reported $613.8 million in assets and $91.4 million in grants paid ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records list 47 contributions totaling $4,643,247.33 from May 1996 through May 2025. The party breakdown was $2,779,947.33 to Democratic recipients and $1,863,300 to recipients with an unknown party classification FEC. The largest listed recipients were Development Now for Chicago ($2,709,294.75), House Majority PAC ($1,800,000), Americans United in Support of Democracy ($35,000), Level Up PAC ($25,000), and the New Jersey Democratic State Committee ($10,000) FEC.

These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.

In the News

On August 20, 2026, Block Club Chicago reported that Pritzker signed a disaster proclamation for 15 Illinois counties affected by severe storms. The proclamation was intended to mobilize debris-removal and public-infrastructure repair resources and allow small rural communities to apply for up to $250,000 in disaster-relief funding NewsAPI.