Gary Magness
Profile Summary
Gary Magness (born 1954) is a U.S.-based billionaire in the media industry, associated with Colorado, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.4B. SEC filings show an entity listed as “MAGNESS GARY D” with a personal CIK and a history of ownership-related disclosures and insider reports tied to multiple companies. His recorded federal political giving spans 1980–2023 and totals $11,433. RTB SEC EDGAR FEC
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists “MAGNESS GARY D” as a filer with 26 total filings, all counted as insider filings, and 49 EDGAR search hits. The filing history includes Schedule 13D/13D-A reports (used to disclose beneficial ownership stakes of 5% or more and related intentions) and Forms 4/5 (used to report insider transactions and annual insider holdings updates), with examples from 2001–2004 and a Form 3/A dated 2026-01-22 (an amendment to an initial insider ownership statement). Companies appearing in the filings include General Communication Inc / GCI Inc and Workhorse Group Inc. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
The Gary Magness Family Foundation (Denver, CO) reported $2,100,334 in total assets in tax year 2023, with $0 grants paid, $192 in total revenue, and $326,111 in total expenses. The Magness Public Library Foundation (McMinnville, TN) reported $3,509,850 in total assets in tax year 2021 and paid $35,147 in grants, with $74,713 in total revenue and $88,072 in total expenses. Across the two foundations listed, total assets were $5,610,184 and total grants paid were $35,147 for the years shown. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 15 contributions totaling $11,433 from 1980-04-18 to 2023-08-20. By party coding, $5,400 went to Republican recipients, $500 to Democratic recipients, $5,200 to a non-party/other-coded recipient (NNE), and $333 was coded as unknown. The largest listed recipients were Marianne Williamson for Congress ($5,200) and Aadland for Colorado ($2,900), followed by John McCain 2008 Inc. ($1,000) and Friends of Senator Don Nickles ($1,000). FEC
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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.