Michael Patterson
Profile Summary
Michael Patterson is a New York-based person listed in the finance industry, born in 1974, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.8B RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR records list 7 insider-related filings associated with Michael Patterson from December 2020 through March 2022, including filings involving Romeo Power, Inc. SEC EDGAR. These include Forms 3 and 4, which disclose an insider's initial ownership and later changes in ownership; a Form 4/A, which amends an ownership filing; and Schedules 13D and 13G/A, which report or update beneficial ownership positions SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
ProPublica 990 records list three similarly named foundations: Patterson Foundation in Texas, Patterson Foundation in New Jersey, and Patterson Family Foundation in Missouri ProPublica 990. Their reported combined assets were $1,538,552,929 and combined grants paid were $24,628,918; the Missouri foundation reported $1,526,002,008 in assets and $23,766,315 in grants paid in tax year 2021 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, covering only the sampled records from July 15 to July 31, 2026 FEC. Those sampled contributions total $2,688.35: $2,389.77 was categorized as Unknown party and $298.58 as Republican; the largest listed recipients were Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action Committee ($1,568.77), ActBlue ($631), NRSC ($298.58), and National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC ($190) 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.
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 9,356 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 $2,688.35.
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.