Howard Jenkins
American businessperson, founder of Publix Super Markets
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Howard Jenkins, born in 1950, is an American businessperson identified as the founder of Publix Super Markets. Wikidata lists his estimated net worth at ~$1.0B. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR identifies Howard M. Jenkins in 69 insider filings, including filings associated with Publix Super Markets, Tortoise Acquisition Corp., Comprehensive Care Corp., Axioma Ventures, and Axioma Holdings. His recent filings include Form 4 reports dated from September 22, 2021, through November 30, 2023; Form 4 is used to report changes in ownership by company insiders. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
Foundation filings list three organizations named Jenkins Foundation, with combined assets of $31,863,481 and grants paid of $1,041,191. The Dexter, Michigan foundation reported $31,793,609 in assets and $961,916 in grants paid for tax year 2023; the Purcellville, Virginia foundation reported $69,872 in assets and $79,275 in grants paid for 2014. The Clarksville, Tennessee foundation reported $0 in assets, revenue, expenses, and grants paid. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
FEC records identify at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 contributions on file, covering only the sampled records from December 28, 2021, to June 19, 2026. Those sampled contributions total $15,980.54: $8,379.39 was classified as unknown party, $4,251.15 as Republican, and $3,350 as Democratic. Listed top recipients in the sample include the Publix Super Markets, Inc. Associates Political Action Committee ($5,000), Scott Franklin for Congress ($3,500), Mark DeSaulnier for Congress ($3,000), General Dynamics Voluntary Political Contribution Plan ($1,125), and SMP ($1,000). 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 937 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 $15,980.54.
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.
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