Adam Forste
Profile Summary
Adam Forste is a U.S. billionaire based in Wyoming, born in 1978, and listed in the diversified industry category. He has an estimated net worth of ~$2.0 billion. RTB
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify Adam Matthew Schwartz Forste and show 266 filing-related hits involving Lineage Growth Properties, Inc., BG Lineage Holdings, LLC, BG Cold, LLC, Bay Grove Capital Group LLC, and another individual filer. His personal SEC record includes five filings, including one Form 3 and four Form 4 filings; Form 3 generally reports initial insider ownership, while Form 4 reports subsequent transactions or changes in ownership. SEC EDGAR
Political Activity
Federal records show 48 contributions totaling $128,108 from July 23, 1979, through September 4, 2025. Reported party totals were $64,183 to Democrats, $1,000 to Republicans, $750 classified as other, and $62,175 with no party classification; the largest listed recipients were the Biden Victory Fund ($47,000), DNC Services Corp./Democratic National Committee ($35,500), and The Lincoln Project ($10,000). FEC
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
We’re not showing contributions here, because we can’t prove they’re this person’s. We match federal contributions by name only, and this record includes donations dated before Adam Forste was old enough to give — so some or all of it belongs to someone with the same name. The FEC’s own records are public and unchanged; it’s our matching we don’t trust, so we’re withholding it rather than publishing a number we can’t stand behind.
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Associated Companies
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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
No giving data on file. That is a gap in our sources, not a finding that this person gives nothing — and because the component still counts as zero, it holds this score down. Know of a gift we are missing? Tell us and we will source it.
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.