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William Stone

US businessman

ConnecticutTechnology

AIProfile Summary

William Stone is a Connecticut-based U.S. businessman in the technology industry, born in 1955. He has an estimated net worth of ~$3.9 billion. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

The available data identifies Stone as a U.S. businessman in the technology industry but does not provide a company name or additional details about how he built his wealth. Wikidata

Philanthropy

A Stone Foundation in North Carolina reported $138,130 in grants paid, $1.86 million in assets, $199,049 in revenue, and $160,158 in expenses for tax year 2023. Two other listed Stone Foundations, in Virginia and Colorado, reported no assets, revenue, expenses, or grants and had no tax year listed. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

The available FEC data covers at least 100 federal contributions and only the most recent 100 records, so the reported $4,805.39 total is not a complete lifetime figure. In this sample, donations included $2,250 to Democratic recipients, $814.80 to Republican recipients, $633.36 to a national political committee, and $1,107.23 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed individual recipient amounts were $1,000 each for Friends of Sherrod Brown and Jon Ossoff for Senate. FEC

In the News

The supplied news results do not clearly identify William Stone. They include a WMUR report about a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence associated with the name Stone and a Daily Mail article about actor Sharon Stone. NewsAPI

AI-generated summary from propublica_990, wikidata, fec, gdelt 8/29/2026 (gpt-5.6-luna). 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.

$1.9MFoundation Assets
$138KGrants Paid
3Foundations
Stone FoundationWilkesboro, NC
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $1.9MRevenue: $199KGrants: $138KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Stone FoundationRichmond, VA
Human services (IRS NTEE P12)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Stone FoundationColorado Spgs, CO
Human services (IRS NTEE P20)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$5K+In Records We Hold
100+Contributions
2025–2026Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent 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)

DEM
$2K
PAC/Other
$1K
REP
$814.8
NAT
$633.36

Top Recipients (in the sample)

FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN$1K
JON OSSOFF FOR SENATE$1K
PLAINS COTTON COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$633.36
WINRED$488.18
ACTBLUE$477.4

Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.

Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

PBSScore Breakdown

D
27.3
Public Benefit Score

The PBS 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
2%

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

Transparency35% weight
75%

How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.

Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata

Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency

Scored on 8/31/2026 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

William Stone — Public Benefit Score D (27) | Billionaire Army