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Craig McCaw

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AIProfile Summary

Craig McCaw is a U.S. technology billionaire from Washington, born in 1949, with an estimated net worth of ~$2.9B RTB. His SEC profile lists him in the radiotelephone communications sector, and he is associated with companies including Pendrell Corp, Holicity Inc., Colicity Inc., and X-icity Holdings Corp SEC EDGAR. He is a signatory of The Giving Pledge Giving Pledge.

Business & SEC Activity

McCaw has 134 SEC filings tied to his personal profile, with 134 insider filings recorded SEC EDGAR. The recent filings include Form 3 and Form 4 submissions; Form 3 is the initial statement of beneficial ownership, and Form 4 reports changes in ownership of company securities SEC EDGAR. His filings are connected to multiple entities, including Pendrell Corp and several special-purpose companies SEC EDGAR.

Philanthropy

McCaw is linked to three foundations that filed Form 990 returns for 2023: Bernier Mccaw Foundation, Wendy P Mccaw Foundation, and Susan Rasinski Mccaw Foundation ProPublica 990. Together, these foundations reported $47,991,549 in total assets and paid $6,830,949 in grants in 2023 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

From 2015-03-20 to 2024-09-19, McCaw made 100 federal political contributions totaling $1,103,313.64 FEC. Most of the money went to Republican recipients, with $487,363.64 to REP, $19,500 to DEM, and $596,450 to PAC/Other FEC. His top recipients included NRSC TARGETED STATE VICTORY, Congressional Leadership Fund, NRCC, TEAM RYAN, and NRSC FEC.

In the News

No validated news articles were returned in the provided GDELT data NewsAPI.

AI-generated summary from gdelt, rtb, propublica_990, fec, giving_pledge, sec_edgar 6/27/2026 (gpt-5.4-mini). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

residenceHunts Point, Washington

990Philanthropy

$48.0MFoundation Assets
$6.8MGrants Paid
3Foundations
Bernier Mccaw FoundationSeattle, WA
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $7.7MRevenue: $420KGrants: $3.8MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Wendy P Mccaw FoundationWilmington, DE
Assets: $29.4MRevenue: $1.2MGrants: $962KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Susan Rasinski Mccaw FoundationNorth Palm, FL
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $10.9MRevenue: $1.0MGrants: $2.1MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$1.1MTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2015–2024Date Range

By Party

PAC/Other
$596K
REP
$487K
DEM
$20K

Top Recipients

NRSC TARGETED STATE VICTORY$220K
CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND$142K
NRCC$96K
TEAM RYAN$86K
NRSC$69K
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

134Total Filings
134Insider Filings
356EDGAR Mentions
0001014805Personal CIK

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

4xslF345X03/ownership.xml
12/29/2021
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
11/12/2021
4xslF345X03/ownership.xml
7/2/2021
3xslF345X02/ownership.xml
2/23/2021
4OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT
9/22/2020
3xslF345X02/ownership.xml
8/6/2020
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
1/3/2018
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
10/3/2017
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
7/5/2017
4FORM 4 SUBMISSION
4/4/2017
Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

B
54.3
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
43%

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

Transparency35% weight
75%

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.

Craig McCaw — Public Benefit Score B (54) | Billionaire Army