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Palmer Luckey
CaliforniaTechnology
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~$3.5B
Profile Summary
Palmer Luckey is a California-based technology entrepreneur born in 1992. He co-founded defense company Anduril Industries and has an estimated net worth of ~$3.5 billion. RTB NewsAPI
Business & SEC Activity
Luckey co-founded Anduril Industries, a defense technology company that has received Pentagon contracts, according to reported coverage. NewsAPI He is also among the investors backing Erebor, a startup bank reportedly seeking about $1.5 billion in new funding at an $8 billion valuation before the new investment. NewsAPI
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions; the available figures cover only the most recent 100 records and are not a complete history. Those sampled contributions total $854,721.82, including $557,285.91 to Republican committees or candidates, $7,000 to Democrats, and $290,435.91 to PACs or other recipients. FEC The largest sampled recipient was the Republican National Committee at $250,000, followed by One Team Senate Majority at $126,800 and Grow the Majority at $88,800. FEC
In the News
The Guardian reported that Luckey donated $5.9 million to Republicans and helped bundle additional contributions while Anduril secured sole-source Pentagon contracts. NewsAPI The Financial Times reported that Erebor, backed by Luckey and other technology investors, was nearing a funding round of about $1.5 billion. NewsAPI
U.S. Presence
residenceNewport Beach, California
Political Contributions
$855K+In Records We Hold
100+Contributions
2025–2027Range 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$250K
ONE TEAM SENATE MAJORITY$127K
GROW THE MAJORITY$89K
NRSC$52K
NRCC$45K
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.
News Coverage
Coverage window: 2026-08-10 to 2026-08-06 · retrieved 8/22/2026
Score Breakdown
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17.5
Public Benefit Score
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.
Philanthropy65% weight
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
No giving data on file. That is a gap in our sources, not a finding that this person gives nothing — and because the component still counts as zero, it holds this score down. Know of a gift we are missing? Tell us and we will source it.
Transparency35% weight
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.