Tom Steyer
American businessman, politician, and environmentalist (born 1957)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Tom Steyer is an American businessman, politician, and environmentalist, born in 1957. He has an estimated net worth of ~$1.6B and is a signatory to the Giving Pledge. Wikidata
Philanthropy
Steyer is a signatory to the Giving Pledge, a commitment associated with directing wealth to philanthropy. RTB
Political Activity
FEC records contain at least 100 federal contributions from Steyer among the 100 most recent records on file, spanning only March 23, 2023 through December 17, 2025. Those sampled contributions total $4,354,632.12: $3,274,066.06 was classified as Unknown, $1,066,966.06 as Democratic, $10,300 as Democratic–Farmer–Labor, and $3,300 as Independent; the largest listed recipients were HMP ($2,000,000), Harris Action Fund ($832,366.06), and the Democratic National Committee ($825,766.06). FEC
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
In the News
An August 2026 E&E News interview described Steyer as a climate investor and reported that he had previously run for California governor, placing third. NewsAPI
U.S. Presence
Political Contributions
These figures cover the 100 most recent of 403 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)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $4,354,632.12.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
Giving score
Not graded — insufficient data
We hold no charitable giving record for this person that we can count toward a score: no foundation filing we can tie to them and no sourced record of their direct giving. A gift reported elsewhere on this page, in the news or the summary, is not one we have recorded as a giving record yet. Without a record, a score would reflect how much data we hold about them and any Giving Pledge signature rather than recorded giving, so we do not give one. That says nothing about how much they give.
They have signed the Giving Pledge. A pledge is a promise, not a record of giving, so on its own it does not produce a grade.
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