Chris Larsen
American programmer
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Chris Larsen is an American programmer in the finance industry, born in 1960 and based in California. He has an estimated net worth of ~$11.5B. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
The available data identifies Larsen's industry as finance and describes him as an American programmer. It does not provide further details about his companies or how he built his wealth.
Philanthropy
Three Larsen-related foundations reported a combined $6,060,278 in assets and $1,852,339 in grants paid for tax year 2023. The foundations were the Larsen Foundation in Illinois, Larsen Foundation Inc. in New Jersey, and Larsen Family Foundation in Colorado. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
Larsen has at least 100 federal contributions in the available records; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent contributions in the sample, not his full history. Those sampled contributions totaled $139,360, including $17,586 to Democratic recipients, $50 classified as unknown, and $121,724 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed recipient was Abundant Future at $100,000. FEC
In the News
A July 2026 report said Larsen and Salesforce each donated $3 million to San Francisco's Real Time Investigations Center. The reported funds were intended for infrastructure, operations, and counter-drone technology. NewsAPI
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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.
Political Contributions
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)
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.
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 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. View on Wikidata