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Alain Wertheimer

French businessman

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17
Giving Score
uses a net worth as of 2019
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AIProfile Summary

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Alain Wertheimer is a French businessman, born in 1948, with an estimated net worth of ~$14.6B Wikidata.

Philanthropy

The Wertheimer Foundation, based in Santa Monica, California, reported $1,248,620 in assets for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. It reported $236,448 in grants paid, $37,050 in revenue, and $238,661 in expenses that year ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

Federal Election Commission records show 5 contributions totaling $5,000 between June 2, 1986, and December 11, 1991 FEC. The party breakdown was $4,000 to committees with an unknown party designation and $1,000 to Republican committees FEC. Listed recipients include People for John Heinz Committee ($2,000), Bush–Quayle '92 Primary Committee Inc. ($1,000), Biden for President ($1,000), and Citizens for Biden Committee–1990 ($1,000) 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.

AI-generated summary from gdelt, propublica_990, wikidata, fec — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

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.

$1.2MFoundation Assets
$236KGrants Paid
1Foundation
The Wertheimer FoundationSanta Monica, CA
Assets: $1.2MRevenue: $37KGrants: $236KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) — annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)Dispute

FECPolitical Contributions

$5KTotal Contributed
5Contributions
1986–1991Date Range

By Party

Unknown
$4K
Republican
$1K

Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $5,000.

Top Recipients

PEOPLE FOR JOHN HEINZ COMMITTEE$2K
BUSH - QUAYLE '92 PRIMARY COMMITTEE INC$1K
BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT$1K
CITIZENS FOR BIDEN COMMITTEE-1990$1K

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.

Source: FEC — contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 9/12/2026) (fec)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

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17
Giving score
uses a net worth as of 2019

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
1%

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

Data coverage35% weight
50%

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. View on Wikidata

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