Willis Johnson
Profile Summary
Willis Johnson is a Tennessee-based U.S. billionaire in the technology industry, born in 1947, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.3 billion RTB. SEC records identify an insider-filing entity named Johnson Willis J associated with Copart Inc. (CPRT) SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 85 insider-related filings for Johnson Willis J, all connected to Copart Inc. (CPRT) SEC EDGAR. Recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose insiders’ purchases, sales, or holdings of company securities; Schedule 13G/A amendments, which update a large investor’s ownership disclosure; and Form 144 notices, which signal a proposed sale of restricted or control securities SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
ProPublica records list three organizations named Johnson Foundation, located in North Carolina, New York, and Iowa, with combined 2023 assets of $8,122,238 and grants paid of $320,961 ProPublica 990. The North Carolina foundation reported $2,908,784 in assets and $275 in grants paid; the New York foundation reported $4,406,767 in assets and $259,165 in grants paid; and the Iowa foundation reported $806,687 in assets and $61,521 in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
The most recent 100 federal contribution records on file show at least $45,345 in donations; these sampled records cover November 24, 2025, through July 29, 2026, rather than the full contribution history FEC. The sample includes $35,300 to Republican recipients, $6,200 to Democratic recipients, $3,520 to other recipients, and $325 with an unknown party designation FEC. The largest listed recipients each received $3,520: Jeff Hurd for Congress, Kevin Kiley for Congress, Iowans for Zach Nunn, Ciscomani for Congress, and Lawler for Congress, Inc. 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 857 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 $45,345.
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.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.