Howard Marks
Profile Summary
Howard Marks is a U.S.-based finance industry figure, born in 1946 and associated with New York. He has an estimated net worth of ~$2.2B. RTB
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 31 filings for Howard Edward Marks, including 30 insider filings. The recent filings include 10 Form 4 ownership documents between April 1, 2025, and April 29, 2026; Form 4 reports changes in a company insider's holdings or transactions in that company's securities. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
Three foundations listed in the available tax records reported combined assets of $51,595,900 and grants paid of $3,946,969. The Marks Family Foundation in Redwood City, California reported $51,414,254 in assets and $3,930,324 in grants paid for tax year 2023, while the Marks Foundation in Westport, Connecticut reported $493 in assets and $0 in grants paid for tax year 2020. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The FEC sample shows at least 100 federal contributions; the FEC reports 874 contributions in total, but the available figures cover only the 100 most recent records on file. Those sampled contributions total $284,708.93: $166,628.55 to recipients with unknown party classification, $92,830 to Democratic recipients, and $25,250.38 to Republican recipients; the largest listed recipients were Frontline Protection Fund ($52,000), HMP ($50,000), Jeffries Victory Fund ($25,000), Hogan Victory Fund ($25,000), and NRSC ($25,000). 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.
In the News
A July 2026 Robb Report article reported that Marks listed two Mallorca villas for $70 million. 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 of 874 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 $284,708.93.
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
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
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.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.