Mark Pincus
Profile Summary
Mark Pincus is the founder of Zynga, whose social games included FarmVille; Zynga reached more than 1 billion users before Take-Two Interactive acquired it in 2022. His estimated net worth is ~$1.4B NewsAPI RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records list 59 insider filings associated with Pincus, including filings involving Zynga, Reinvent Technology Partners, Reinvent Technology Partners Y, Hippo Holdings, and Reinvent Sponsor LLC SEC EDGAR. Recent filings include Form 4s, which report insiders' transactions in company securities, and an SC 13G/A, an amended ownership report for a significant investor SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The Pincus Family Foundation in Delaware reported $101.8 million in assets, $5.6 million in revenue, $7.3 million in expenses, and $6.9 million in grants paid in tax year 2023. A separate Pincus Family Foundation in Michigan reported $55,915 in assets and $5,000 in grants paid; together, the two foundations reported $101.8 million in assets and $6.9 million in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The FEC sample shows at least 100 federal contributions, covering only the 100 most recent records on file from June 25, 2020 through July 22, 2024. Those sampled contributions totaled $2,899,500: $1,208,200 categorized as Democratic and $1,691,300 categorized as Unknown; the largest listed recipients were the Harris Victory Fund ($929,600), Biden Victory Fund ($720,600), DNC Services Corp/Democratic National Committee ($431,100), Americans for Tomorrow's Future ($25,000), and the New Hampshire Democratic Party ($20,000) 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
In August 2026, Fortune reported that Pincus had written "Life at the Speed of Play," described as a memoir and a guide to building products, and quoted his view that AI can help reach a "B-plus" but not an "A" 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 of 287 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 $2,899,500.
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.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
Score Breakdown
The giving score 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 record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 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.