Daniel Hirschfeld
Profile Summary
Daniel Hirschfeld is a U.S. billionaire from Nebraska, born in 1941, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.2 billion RTB. His listed industry is retail.
Business & SEC Activity
Hirschfeld is associated with the retail industry. The available data does not provide details about specific companies or how his wealth was built.
Philanthropy
Three Hirschfeld-related foundations reported combined assets of $91.2 million and grants paid totaling $9.6 million in the available filings ProPublica 990. The Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc. in Nebraska reported $90.0 million in assets and $9.5 million in grants paid for tax year 2024, while the New York foundation reported $1.1 million in assets and $71,895 in grants paid for 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The available FEC records contain at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample, so they are not a complete lifetime total FEC. Those sampled contributions totaled at least $98,970, including $34,400 to Democratic committees, $500 to Republican committees, and $64,070 whose party classification was unknown FEC. The largest listed recipients were Hillary Victory Fund ($33,400) and DNC Services Corp./Democratic National Committee ($30,700) FEC.
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.