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Katharine Rayner

American heiress (Cox Enterprises), billionaire, philanthropist

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17
Giving Score
uses a net worth as of 2025
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Katharine Rayner is an American heiress associated with Cox Enterprises. She has an estimated net worth of ~$6.3B and is described as a philanthropist. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

Rayner's wealth is associated with Cox Enterprises, according to her Wikidata description. Wikidata

Philanthropy

The Rayner Foundation, based in San Rafael, California, reported $724,139 in assets, $18,468 in revenue, and $34,475 in grants paid for tax year 2023. Its total expenses were $34,475. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

FEC data shows at least 100 federal contributions in the most recent 100 records on file, covering 2024-10-15 to 2026-07-31. Those sampled records total $385,540: $200,650 to Democratic recipients, $181,390 with an unknown party designation, and $3,500 to other recipients. The largest listed recipients in the sample were HMP and Jeffries Victory Fund at $50,000 each, followed by the DCCC at $38,000, DSCC at $14,000, and Jack for New York at $14,000. 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 gdelt, propublica_990, wikidata, fec — 9/13/2026 (gpt-5.6-terra). 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.

$724KFoundation Assets
$34KGrants Paid
1Foundation
Rayner FoundationSan Rafael, CA
Assets: $724KRevenue: $18KGrants: $34KTax 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

$386K+In Records We Hold
546Contributions On File
2024–2026Range Shown

These figures cover the 100 most recent of 546 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
$201K
Unknown
$181K
Other
$4K

Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $385,540.

Top Recipients (in the sample)

HMP$50K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND$50K
DCCC$38K
DSCC$14K
JACK FOR NEW YORK$14K

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

SCOREScore Breakdown

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17
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
0%

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

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