John Stanton
Profile Summary
John Stanton is a U.S. technology figure based in Washington and born in 1955. He has an estimated net worth of ~$2.4 billion. RTB
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records associated with John W. Stanton show 242 insider filings, including recent Form 4 filings involving Costco Wholesale, Remitly Global, Valero Energy, Owlet, and Spur Ranch. Form 4 is a public filing used to report changes in an insider’s ownership of company securities; the records show filing activity but do not by themselves establish Stanton’s current holdings or role at each company. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
Three Stanton-named foundations in Michigan, Texas, and New York reported combined assets of $91,028,981 and grants paid of $37,924,933 across the supplied tax-year records. The New York foundation accounted for $37,685,020 of the reported grants and $87,007,391 of the assets. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The FEC data contains at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample, not Stanton’s full history. Those sampled records total $81,194.92, including $21,346.10 to Republicans, $800 to Democrats, and $59,048.82 classified as unknown; the largest listed recipients were the Cornyn Victory Committee ($25,000), American Battleground Fund ($10,000), Eric Flores for Congress ($7,000), and Dan Crenshaw for Congress ($7,000). FEC
In the News
The supplied news data includes one validated article from nola.com, dated June 19, 2026, titled “John Stanton: Lessons My Father Taught Me.” The data provides no article text or additional verified details about its contents. 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.