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Judith R. Faulkner

American computer scientist and business executive

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AIProfile Summary

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Judith R. Faulkner, born in 1943, is an American computer scientist and business executive from the United States. She has an estimated net worth of ~$7.8 billion. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

The available data identifies Faulkner as a computer scientist and business executive but does not provide additional details about her companies or how she built her wealth. Wikidata

Philanthropy

Three Faulkner-related foundations reported combined assets of $3,545,864 and $159,632 in grants paid for tax year 2023. The foundations were based in California, Texas, and Alabama. ProPublica 990 Faulkner is also listed as a signatory to The Giving Pledge under the name Judy Faulkner. The Giving Pledge

Political Activity

The FEC data contains at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the most recent 100 sampled records, not her full contribution history. In that sample, contributions totaled $380,400.39, including $200,400.39 to Democratic committees or candidates, $31,700 to Republican committees or candidates, and $148,300 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed recipient was the Harris Victory Fund at $100,000. 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 wikidata, gdelt, propublica_990, fec, giving_pledge — 8/29/2026 (gpt-5.6-luna). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

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.

$3.5MFoundation Assets
$160KGrants Paid
3Foundations
Faulkner FoundationSolana Beach, CA
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $2.1MRevenue: $92KGrants: $135KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Faulkner Family FoundationAustin, TX
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20Z)
Assets: $918KRevenue: $754KGrants: $10KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Faulkner Family FoundationMountain Brk, AL
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $552KRevenue: $28KGrants: $14KTax 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

$380K+In Records We Hold
100+Contributions
2017–2025Range Shown

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)

Democratic
$200K
PACs & other committees
$148K
Republican
$32K

Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $380,400.39.

Top Recipients (in the sample)

HARRIS VICTORY FUND$100K
DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$41K
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERAL$20K
PEOPLE'S VOICE PAC$20K
BALDWIN FOR WISCONSIN$18K

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 3/9/2026) (fec)Dispute

SCOREScore Breakdown

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27
Giving score
uses a net worth as of 2025

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
16%

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
50%

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. View on Wikidata