Gary Tharaldson
Profile Summary
Gary Tharaldson is a U.S. real estate businessman from North Dakota, born in 1945, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.2B RTB. The data provided does not include details on how he built his wealth beyond his industry and location.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show 100 contributions totaling $1,497,629.43 from 2016-10-17 to 2025-12-19 FEC. The largest recipients were BEST OF AMERICA PAC ($1,000,000), TRUMP 47 COMMITTEE, INC. ($100,000), the Republican National Committee ($98,516), and the NRSC ($67,600) FEC. Party-coded giving was mostly Unknown ($1,210,031), with $281,598.43 to Republican recipients and $6,000 to Democratic recipients FEC.
U.S. Presence
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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.