Carl Thoma
US businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Carl Thoma is a Texas-based U.S. businessman in finance, born in 1949, with an estimated net worth of ~$5.7B Wikidata. SEC records show activity tied to N-able, Inc. (ticker NABL) and Thoma Bravo Fund XI, L.P., with 435 total filings and 306 insider filings associated with N-able, Inc. SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC filings identify N-able, Inc. as an operating company in the software services sector, and the filing set includes many Form 4 reports SEC EDGAR. Form 4 is the SEC filing insiders use to report changes in their holdings, so the high count indicates frequent insider-reporting activity in the available records SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Foundation filings show three Thomas Foundation entries with total grants paid of $997,018 and total assets of $17,771,745 across the reported organizations ProPublica 990. The Dallas-based Thomas Foundation reported $715,291 in grants in 2023 on $14,984,988 in assets, and the W Bloomfield-based Thomas Foundation reported $281,727 in grants in 2024 on $2,786,757 in assets ProPublica 990. A Washington, DC Thomas Foundation entry shows $0 in grants, assets, revenue, and expenses for the reported tax year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $13,780.29 in the reported date range FEC. The largest recipients were Republican Voter Engagement PAC ($10,000), ConocoPhillips Spirit PAC ($1,729.76), Federal Express Political Action Committee ($800), ActBlue ($594), and Air Line Pilots Association PAC ($100) FEC. The party breakdown is dominated by PAC/Other giving, with smaller amounts recorded for Republican, Democratic, nonpartisan, and unknown categories FEC.
In the News
GDELT returned 4 total results, but none were validated in the provided dataset NewsAPI.
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Associated Companies
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Score Breakdown
The PBS 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 accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.
Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency
Scored on 6/23/2026 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