Thomas Bailey
Profile Summary
Thomas Bailey is a Colorado-based finance billionaire born in 1937, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.3B RTB. The data provided does not include details on his operating companies or how he built his wealth, so only his industry and wealth estimate can be stated here RTB.
Philanthropy
Three Bailey Foundation filings are listed in the data: one in South Carolina, one in Texas, and one in Arkansas ProPublica 990. Across those filings, the foundations reported $12,202,388 in total assets and $881,065 in total grants paid, with the 2024 filings showing $414,730 in grants paid on $4,950,629 of assets for the SC foundation and $212,135 in grants paid on $2,346,035 of assets for the TX foundation ProPublica 990. The 2015 Arkansas filing reported $254,200 in grants paid on $4,905,724 of assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The FEC data shows 100 contributions totaling $2,166.98 during the listed period FEC. Donations went to both Democratic and Republican-related recipients, with the largest listed recipients being ACTBLUE ($779.44), KAT FOR ILLINOIS ($500), and WINRED ($148.30) FEC. The party breakdown also includes $702 to DEM, $230.30 to NAT, $68 to NNE, and $1,166.68 marked Unknown FEC.
In the News
No validated news articles were provided in the dataset NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Political Contributions
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Top Recipients
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 6/23/2026 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.