Farris Wilks
Profile Summary
Farris Wilks is a Texas-based energy executive and investor, born in 1952. He has an estimated net worth of ~$2.0 billion RTB. The available data identifies his industry as energy but does not specify how he built his wealth.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records associate Wilks with ProFrac Holding Corp., Dawson Geophysical Co., Flotek Industries, and Ring Energy SEC EDGAR. The records list 54 filings, including 53 insider filings. Most recent entries are Forms 4 and 4/A, which report transactions or corrections involving company insiders’ securities holdings; the data does not specify the transaction details SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The Wilks Family Foundation reported $208,037 in total assets, $2,700 in revenue, $4,145 in expenses, and $3,630 in grants paid for tax year 2024 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 95 contributions totaling $6,059,660 from October 27, 2008, through January 18, 2024 FEC. The largest recipient was Keep the Promise III at $5 million, followed by Club for Growth Action at $200,000, the Republican National Committee at $166,900, Trump Victory at $150,000, and Believe Again at $125,000 FEC. The data categorizes $393,860 as Republican, $7,800 as unknown, and $5,658,000 under a separate “Unknown” category FEC.
In the News
The supplied news data lists 21 total results, but none were validated and no article records or top sources were provided 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
By Party
Top Recipients
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.
SEC Filings
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
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.