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Mike Speiser

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AIProfile Summary

Mike Speiser is a U.S. technology figure born in 1971 and based in California, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.4B RTB.

Philanthropy

Two organizations named Speiser Family Foundation reported combined assets of $1,710,602 and grants paid of $577,858 in their listed filings ProPublica 990. The Speiser Family Foundation in La Grange, Illinois reported $533,000 in grants paid and $849,004 in assets for tax year 2020; Speiser Family Foundation Inc. in Indianapolis reported $44,858 in grants paid and $861,598 in assets for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

From October 12, 2017, through May 20, 2020, Speiser made 3 reported federal political contributions totaling $5,418 FEC. The party breakdown was $5,400 to Democratic recipients and $18 categorized as unknown; listed recipients included Gillibrand for Senate ($5,400) and ActBlue ($18) 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.

AI-generated summary from gdelt, rtb, propublica_990, fec — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceSan Francisco, California

990Philanthropy

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.

$1.7MFoundation Assets
$578KGrants Paid
2Foundations
Speiser Family FoundationLa Grange, IL
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22Z)
Assets: $849KRevenue: $563KGrants: $533KTax Year: 2020
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Speiser Family Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $862KRevenue: $-12,191Grants: $45KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) — annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)Dispute

FECPolitical Contributions

$5KTotal Contributed
3Contributions
2017–2020Date Range

By Party

Democratic
$5K
Unknown
$18

Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $5,418.

Top Recipients

GILLIBRAND FOR SENATE$5K
ACTBLUE$18

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.

Source: FEC — contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 9/12/2026) (fec)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

D
19
Giving score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
11%

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

Data coverage35% weight
38%

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.

Mike Speiser — Giving Score D (19) | Billionaire Army