Charles Koch

Charles Koch is an American billionaire and businessman, born in 1935, with an estimated net worth of ~$42.9B. He is associated with the diversified industry and is based in Kansas. Wikidata

Philanthropy

ProPublica 990 records list three organizations named Koch Foundation or Koch Foundation Inc. in Iowa, Florida, and Indiana. Their reported assets totaled $111.4 million and grants paid totaled $9.7 million in the listed filing years; the Florida organization reported $6.8 million in grants paid on $71.7 million in assets in 2024. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100-record sample, totaling $76,571 from April 22, 2025, through July 27, 2026; the FEC reports 1,892 contributions overall. In that sample, $49,571 was categorized as Unknown, $23,300 as Democratic, and $3,700 as Republican. The largest listed recipients were the Hickenlooper Victory Fund ($22,000), the Colorado Democratic Party ($10,000), KochPAC ($7,613.62), Hickenlooper for Colorado ($7,000), and Chris Coons for Delaware ($5,800). 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.

In the News

On August 10, 2026, Bloomberg Law reported that the Charles Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity Foundation asked a Third Circuit panel to block Delaware's donor-disclosure law before the November midterm elections. The article reported that the judges questioned the group’s request for an expedited ruling on a limited record. NewsAPI