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David Walentas

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AIProfile Summary

David Walentas is a U.S. real estate figure based in New York, born in 1938. He has an estimated net worth of ~$2.0 billion RTB.

Business & SEC Activity

Walentas is associated with the real estate industry RTB.

Philanthropy

The Walentas Foundation Ltd, based in Brooklyn, New York, reported $3,088,596 in grants paid in tax year 2023. Its filing reported $3,595,000 in revenue and expenses, and total assets of $1 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

The most recent 100 federal contribution records on file show at least $331,060.24 in donations, covering a sampled period from October 29, 2001, through May 22, 2026; these records are not a complete contribution history FEC. The sampled records list $180,810.24 to Democratic recipients, $136,150 to recipients with unknown party affiliation, and $14,100 to Republican recipients; the largest listed recipients were Better Days Fund ($50,000), Wire to Wire for Kentucky ($25,000), Team Stand for America ($16,600), Blumenauer Century Fund ($15,000), and Gillibrand for Senate ($13,300) 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 rtb, fec, gdelt, propublica_990 — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceNew York, New York

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.

$1Foundation Assets
$3.1MGrants Paid
1Foundation
Walentas Foundation LtdBrooklyn, NY
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $1Revenue: $3.6MGrants: $3.1MTax 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

$331K+In Records We Hold
109Contributions On File
2001–2026Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent of 109 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)

Democratic
$181K
Unknown
$136K
Republican
$14K

Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $331,060.24.

Top Recipients (in the sample)

BETTER DAYS FUND$50K
WIRE TO WIRE FOR KENTUCKY$25K
TEAM STAND FOR AMERICA$17K
BLUMENAUER CENTURY FUND$15K
GILLIBRAND FOR SENATE$13K

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

D
27
Giving score

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
23%

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
38%

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.

David Walentas — Giving Score D (27) | Billionaire Army