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Herald Chen

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AIProfile Summary

Herald Chen is a U.S. technology figure based in California, born in 1970, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.1B RTB.

Business & SEC Activity

SEC EDGAR lists Herald Y. Chen as associated with filings involving AppLovin, Eastman Kodak, GoDaddy, Unity Software, and Science Applications International SEC EDGAR. His SEC record includes 64 filings, including 63 insider filings; recent filings include Form 4 reports, which disclose insiders’ trades or ownership changes, and Form 144 notices, which generally report proposed sales of restricted or control securities SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

Foundation tax records list three organizations named Chen Foundation or Chen Foundation Inc. Their reported assets total $4,779,077 and grants paid total $56,445 across the reported tax years ProPublica 990. Chen Foundation Inc. in Naples, Florida reported $4,726,892 in assets and $52,550 in grants paid for 2023, while the Cerritos, California Chen Foundation reported $52,185 in assets and $3,895 in grants paid for 2017 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records report six contributions totaling $16,700 between December 30, 2007, and March 17, 2017 FEC. The party breakdown was $9,800 to unknown-party recipients, $4,600 to Republican recipients, and $2,300 to Democratic recipients FEC. Listed recipients include The Freedom Project ($5,000), American Investment Council PAC ($2,500), Friends of Max Baucus ($2,300), McConnell Senate Committee '14 ($2,300), and Friends of Gordon Smith ($2,300) 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 rtb, propublica_990, sec_edgar, fec — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceHillsborough, 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.

$4.8MFoundation Assets
$56KGrants Paid
3Foundations
Chen FoundationCerritos, CA
Education (IRS NTEE B11)
Assets: $52KRevenue: $83Grants: $4KTax Year: 2017
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Chen FoundationSan Francisco, CA
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Chen Foundation IncNaples, FL
Education (IRS NTEE B82Z)
Assets: $4.7MRevenue: $97KGrants: $53KTax 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

$17KTotal Contributed
6Contributions
2007–2017Date Range

By Party

Unknown
$10K
Republican
$5K
Democratic
$2K

Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $16,700.

Top Recipients

FREEDOM PROJECT; THE$5K
AMERICAN INVESTMENT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - AIC PAC$3K
FRIENDS OF MAX BAUCUS$2K
MCCONNELL SENATE COMMITTEE '14$2K
FRIENDS OF GORDON SMITH$2K

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

SECSEC Filings

64Total Filings
63Insider Filings
1,294EDGAR Mentions
0001348636Personal CIK

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

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Source: SEC EDGAR — regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (sec_derived)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

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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
2%

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.