Mitchell Jacobson
Profile Summary
Mitchell Jacobson is a New York-based technology industry figure, born in 1951, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.8B RTB. SEC records identify him as a reporting person with filings connected to MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. and several other companies SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 184 filings for Jacobson, including 183 insider filings. The recent filings shown are Form 4 ownership documents; Form 4 is the SEC form insiders use to report changes in their holdings of a public company’s securities SEC EDGAR. His filings are associated with MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. (MSM), Agrium Inc., Jana Partners LLC, HD Supply Holdings Inc., and Juniper II Corp. SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three foundations with Jacobson names reported a combined $212,107 in grants paid and $169,011 in total assets in their listed tax years ProPublica 990. The Brooklyn-based Jacobson Foundation reported $185,560 in grants, $101,439 in assets, and $185,660 in expenses for 2023; Jacobson Foundation Inc. in Lodi, Wisconsin reported $1,522 in grants and $4,992 in assets for 2023 ProPublica 990. The Jacobson Family Foundation in Sunfish Lake, Minnesota reported $25,025 in grants and $62,580 in assets for 2019 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The most recent 100 federal contribution records on file show at least $149,607.71 in contributions; these sampled records span 2019-05-21 through 2026-07-31 and do not represent his complete contribution history FEC. The sample’s party breakdown is $69,150 to Democratic recipients, $45,900 to Republican recipients, $26,757.71 to unknown-party recipients, $5,000 to Independent recipients, and $2,800 to Democratic–Farmer–Labor recipients FEC. The largest listed recipients in the sample were the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee ($9,000), Friends of Mark Warner ($5,900), Dan Goldman for New York ($5,500), Menendez for Congress ($4,800), and Josh Gottheimer for Congress ($4,800) 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 184 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 $149,607.71.
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.