Michael Steinhardt
American financier, newspaper publisher, antiquities collector, philanthropist
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Michael Steinhardt is an American financier, newspaper publisher, antiquities collector, and philanthropist, born in 1940 and based in New York. He has an estimated net worth of ~$1.1B. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records list Michael H. Steinhardt as having 63 insider-related filings, including filings connected to WisdomTree Investments, ETFS Capital Limited, Occam Networks, Ilex Partners, and Jonathan L. Steinberg. SEC EDGAR His recent filings include Schedule 13G amendments from 2020 through 2024; a Schedule 13G reports or updates a significant beneficial ownership position in a public company. SEC EDGAR The record also includes Form 4 submissions in 2018 and 2019, which report transactions in a company's securities by its insiders. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
Three Steinhardt-related foundations reported $2,504,429 in grants paid and $13,069,034 in total assets for tax year 2023. ProPublica 990 The Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation reported $13,064,320 in assets and $2,450,420 in grants paid, while the Steinhardt Family Foundation Charitable Trust reported $4,713 in assets and $53,839 in grants paid. ProPublica 990 The Steinhardt Family Foundation Steinhardt Michael Et Al Ttee reported $1 in assets and $170 in grants paid. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
FEC records contain at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, totaling $1,782; these sampled records cover July 16, 2024, through July 20, 2026. FEC Of that sampled total, $1,532 is categorized as Unknown party and $250 as Democratic. FEC The largest listed recipients in the sample were ActBlue ($1,132), Harris Victory Fund ($400), and Harris for President ($250). 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.
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 of 544 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)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $1,782.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. 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.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score 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 record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 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