David Duffield
American engineer and entrepreneur
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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David Duffield is an American engineer and entrepreneur in the technology industry, born in 1941. His estimated net worth is ~$11.8B. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
Duffield is identified as working in technology. A June 8, 2026 news report said he sold 107,500 shares of Workday. NewsAPI
Philanthropy
The Duffield Family Foundation, based in Pleasanton, California, reported $259.97M in assets for tax year 2023. It reported $14.53M in grants paid, $15.16M in revenue, and $16.19M in expenses that year. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
FEC records include at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100-record sample, totaling $2.05M; these figures cover only the sampled records, not his full contribution history. The sample included $2.02M classified as Unknown, $25,100 to Republican recipients, and $217.95 to Democratic recipients. The largest listed recipient was Duty First Nevada PAC, which received $2M; other listed recipients included Sam Brown Victory Committee ($11,600), Sam Brown for Nevada ($6,600), Colby Jenkins for Congress ($5,000), and Duty First PAC ($5,000). 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
The available validated news item was a June 8, 2026 report about Duffield selling 107,500 Workday shares. The article was published by The Markets Daily. 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 375 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 $2,045,211.90.
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.
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. View on Wikidata