Ken Kendrick
Profile Summary
Ken Kendrick, born in 1943, is an Arizona-based billionaire in the sports industry with an estimated net worth of ~$1.2B RTB. The data provided does not include details on the specific company or team holdings that built his wealth. He also appears in federal campaign finance records and is connected to multiple private foundations FEC ProPublica 990.
Philanthropy
The Kendrick Foundation Inc reported $33,450,241 in total assets in 2023 and paid $884,584 in grants that year ProPublica 990. The Kristin Kendrick Foundation reported $293,495 in total assets and $16,000 in grants paid in 2023 ProPublica 990. A third entity, Kendrick Family Foundation, reported $0 in assets, revenue, expenses, and grants paid in the available filing data ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 100 contributions totaling $5,194.38 FEC. The largest listed recipients were corporate and trade-group PACs, including United Technologies Corporation PAC, Lockheed Martin Employees' PAC, Halliburton Company PAC, Machinists Non Partisan Political League, and FirstEnergy PAC FEC. The party breakdown shows $1,650 to NNE, $124.98 to UNK, and $3,419.40 to Unknown categories FEC.
In the News
The available news dataset returned 2 total results but 0 validated results, so there are no verified article summaries to report NewsAPI.
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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.