Donald Friese
American businessman (born 1940)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Donald Friese is an American businessman from California who works in manufacturing and was born in 1940. He has an estimated net worth of ~$1.0B Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
Friese is identified as an American businessman in the manufacturing industry Wikidata.
Philanthropy
The Friese Foundation reported $59,874,759 in assets and $5,444,307 in grants paid for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. The Friese Family Foundation record lists $0 in assets, revenue, expenses, and grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Friese has at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 contributions on file, not his full giving history FEC. In that sample, recipients included America Fund ($1,000,000), NRCC ($217,500), Friends of Kennedy ($75,000), Ted Cruz Victory Fund ($58,800), and NRSC ($51,600); the party breakdown was $551,493.69 to Republican recipients, $6,600 to nonpartisan recipients, and $1,165,920.50 to PACs or other recipients FEC.
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. View on Wikidata