Clifford Asness
Profile Summary
Clifford Asness is a U.S. finance figure born in 1966 and based in Connecticut. His net worth is estimated at ~$6.3 billion. RTB
Business & SEC Activity
The available data categorizes Asness's industry as finance. It does not provide additional information about his companies, positions, or how his wealth was built.
Philanthropy
The Asness Family Foundation reported $25.9978 million in assets, $8.4237 million in grants paid, $5.614 million in revenue, and $9.525 million in expenses for tax year 2023. These figures come from the foundation's IRS Form 990, a public filing that reports a nonprofit's finances and activities. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
At least 100 federal contributions appear in the sampled records, which cover only the 100 most recent contributions and do not represent his full history. Those sampled contributions totaled $1,426,499: $687,600 went to Republican recipients, $26,299 to Democratic recipients, and $712,600 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed recipient was the Senate Leadership Fund at $550,000. FEC
In the News
NewsAPI
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.