Carl Thoma
US businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Carl Thoma is a Texas-based U.S. businessman in finance, born in 1949. He has an estimated net worth of ~$5.7 billion and is described as a U.S. businessman; the supplied data does not specify how he built his wealth. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records connect N-able, Inc., a prepackaged-software company, with Thoma Bravo Fund XI, L.P.; the records list 435 filings, including 306 insider filings. Recent filings are Form 4 reports, which insiders use to disclose changes in their ownership of a public company. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation reported $435.6 million in assets and $11.0 million in grants paid for tax year 2020. The Thoma Family Foundation reported $15,132 in assets and $38,867 in grants paid for tax year 2015. ProPublica 990 News reports say the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation awarded more than $160,000 through its 2026 Art of the Spanish Americas Grants & Fellowships program. NewsAPI
Political Activity
FEC data identifies at least 100 federal contributions; the figures here cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample and do not represent Thoma's full contribution history. Those sampled records total $13,780.29, including $10,000 to the Republican Voter Engagement PAC, while $12,760.10 was categorized as PAC/Other; the sample's party-coded amounts were $133.25 to Republicans and $71.94 to Democrats. FEC
In the News
A July 2026 Observer interview described Thoma as a collector and reported that he views education as central to his philanthropic work. NewsAPI A separate July 2026 report said the Thoma Foundation awarded more than $160,000 in grants and fellowships related to Spanish American art. NewsAPI
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 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
SEC Filings
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
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 8/31/2026 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