Gwynne Shotwell
Profile Summary
Gwynne Shotwell is a U.S. technology executive born in 1963 and based in Texas. She is identified in news coverage as president of SpaceX, and her estimated net worth is ~$1.2 billion. NewsAPI RTB
Business & SEC Activity
Shotwell is identified as president of SpaceX in coverage of the company’s first earnings call. NewsAPI
Philanthropy
The Shotwell Foundation, based in Hurst, Texas, reported $0 in grants paid, assets, revenue, and expenses in the available record. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The available FEC data represents at least 100 federal contributions; the figures cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample. Those sampled records total $102,480, including $21,900 to Democratic recipients, $38,900 to Republican recipients, and $41,680 classified as unknown; the largest listed recipient was the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PAC at $31,680. FEC
In the News
A Fortune report described Shotwell as SpaceX’s No. 2 executive and discussed her role during the company’s first earnings call. NewsAPI A separate report said Donald Trump thanked Shotwell and her husband for a reported $325 million gift of SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts; the available data identifies this as a news report and does not independently verify the claim. NewsAPI
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 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched to this person by contributor name as filed with the FEC. Contributions filed under the same name by someone else can appear here; we do not yet corroborate against employer or state.
Score Breakdown
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.
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
The filing we hold reports no grants paid. That is what the disclosure says, not a gap in our data — the source is linked below.
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.