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Richard Fairbank

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AIProfile Summary

Richard Fairbank is a Virginia-based finance executive, born in 1950, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.6B. SEC records identify him as an insider associated with Capital One Financial Corp. RTB SEC EDGAR

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists 729 insider filings for Fairbank, all associated with Capital One Financial Corp. A Form 4 reports an insider's transactions in a company's securities, while a Form 144 is a notice of a proposed sale of restricted or control securities; his recent filings include Form 4s in February and March 2026 and Form 144 notices in October and November 2025. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

The Fairbank Foundation, based in McLean, Virginia, reported $861,463 in assets, $142,038 in revenue, and $713,043 in expenses for tax year 2023. It reported paying $709,785 in grants that year. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC records report 4,230 total federal contributions for Fairbank. The most recent 100 contributions on file are a truncated sample covering March 20 through July 20, 2026: they total at least $30,702.08, including $24,891.99 to Republican recipients and $5,810.09 with unknown party designation. The largest listed recipients in that sample were Young Kim for Congress ($5,944), Ashley for Iowa ($3,300), Tom Barrett for Congress ($2,325), The Guardian Fund ($2,050), and You Gotta Believe ($1,712). 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, gdelt, fec, propublica_990, sec_edgar — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceMcLean, Virginia

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.

$861KFoundation Assets
$710KGrants Paid
1Foundation
Fairbank FoundationMc Lean, VA
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $861KRevenue: $142KGrants: $710KTax 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

$31K+In Records We Hold
4230Contributions On File
2026–2026Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent of 4,230 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)

Republican
$25K
Unknown
$6K

Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $30,702.08.

Top Recipients (in the sample)

YOUNG KIM FOR CONGRESS$6K
ASHLEY FOR IOWA$3K
TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS$2K
THE GUARDIAN FUND$2K
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE$2K

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

SECSEC Filings

729Total Filings
729Insider Filings
458EDGAR Mentions
0001238032Personal CIK

Associated Companies

Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.

Recent Insider Filings

4FORM 4
3/11/2026
4FORM 4
2/18/2026
4FORM 4
2/5/2026
4FORM 4
11/6/2025
144xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml
11/4/2025
4FORM 4
10/29/2025
144xsl144X01/primary_doc.xml
10/27/2025
4FORM 4
6/5/2025
4FORM 4
3/12/2025
4FORM 4
2/19/2025
Source: SEC EDGAR — regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

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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
11%

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.