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Oprah Winfrey

Media

AIProfile Summary

Oprah Winfrey is a U.S. media figure born in 1954, and her profile is categorized in the Media industry. She has an estimated net worth of ~$3.2 billion RTB.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists 60 insider filings for Oprah Winfrey, including recent Form 4 filings through May 2024 SEC EDGAR. Form 4 is an SEC report used to disclose transactions in, or changes to, an insider's ownership of a company's securities; the data also shows 1,573 related search hits and identifies Weight Watchers International Inc. among the companies returned SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation reported $38,574,803 in grants paid and $182,145,385 in total assets for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. It reported $4,550,279 in revenue and $41,852,608 in expenses for the year ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

Federal Election Commission data lists 26 contributions totaling $204,199.19 from September 15, 1988, through November 4, 2022 FEC. The recorded breakdown includes $106,399.19 to Democratic recipients and $97,800 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed recipient was the Obama Victory Fund 2012, with $75,800 FEC.

In the News

Recent NewsAPI headlines about Winfrey include coverage of her appearance at Paris Fashion Week, a discussion of her interview style, and a property once owned by her NewsAPI. Other headlines discuss her reaction to the film "Interview with the Vampire" and public commentary about her appearance NewsAPI.

AI-generated summary from propublica_990, fec, rtb, gdelt, newsapi, sec_edgar 8/1/2026 (gpt-5.6-luna). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

990Philanthropy

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.

$182.1MFoundation Assets
$38.6MGrants Paid
1Foundation
Oprah Winfrey Charitable FoundationLos Angeles, CA
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $182.1MRevenue: $4.6MGrants: $38.6MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$204KTotal Contributed
26Contributions
1988–2022Date Range

By Party

DEM
$106K
PAC/Other
$98K

Top Recipients

OBAMA VICTORY FUND 2012$76K
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$36K
CORY BOOKER FOR SENATE$10K
NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE$10K
BOOKER SENATE VICTORY$10K

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.

Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

60Total Filings
60Insider Filings
1,573EDGAR Mentions
0001005170Personal CIK

Associated Companies

Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.

Recent Insider Filings

44
5/13/2024
44
4/3/2024
44
3/6/2024
44
1/3/2024
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
10/4/2023
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
7/5/2023
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
4/5/2023
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
1/4/2023
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
10/5/2022
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
7/6/2022
Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

B
56.6
Public Benefit Score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
47%

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

Transparency35% weight
75%

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.

Oprah Winfrey — Public Benefit Score B (57) | Billionaire Army