Lynda Resnick
American businesswoman, philanthropist
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
A net worth stated in this summary may be out of date.
Lynda Resnick is an American businesswoman and philanthropist, born in 1944, with an estimated net worth of ~$5.4 billion. She is associated with the diversified industry and is based in California. Wikidata
Philanthropy
The Resnick Foundation in Los Angeles reported $71.6 million in grants paid, $10.8 million in assets, $70.2 million in revenue, and $71.6 million in expenses for tax year 2023. Two additional foundation filings listed the Resnick Foundation in Newport Beach, which paid $16,385 in grants in 2015, and the Resnick Family Foundation in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, which reported $0 in grants paid in 2015. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
We refreshed these FEC records on 10/4/2026, after this paragraph was written on 9/13/2026. Where the two disagree, the records below are the current ones.
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent contributions on file, from a sampled period of 2024-05-02 to 2026-06-30. Those sampled contributions totaled $816,400: $525,400 to Democratic recipients, $287,700 with an unknown party designation, and $3,300 to Republican recipients. The largest sampled recipients were the DCCC ($211,900), Jeffries Victory Fund ($100,000), Alex Vindman Victory Fund ($54,300), Jane Fonda Climate PAC ($52,500), and DSCC ($44,300). FEC
10 of these 100 donations pass our exact check: the donor's name and employer are spelled exactly as we have them on record for Lynda Resnick, and the job title is a top one such as chief executive, chair, founder or owner. That check does not prove who made them. The other 90 are matched by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name.
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 of 1,017 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)
Every party in this sample is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $724,200.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Partly checked. 10 of these 100 donations pass our exact check: the donor's name and employer are spelled exactly as we have them on record for Lynda Resnick, and the job title is a top one such as chief executive, chair, founder or owner. That check does not prove who made them. The other 90 are matched by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name.
Score Breakdown
The giving score 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 record we hold about this person — net worth, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, Wikidata. It measures our coverage, not how open the person is. Each further kind of record scores higher, up to eight. Political donation records matched to a person by name alone are not counted: they may belong to someone else with the same name. From October 7, 2026, our own AI-written summary and the profile photo are not counted either — neither is a public record — so grades that leaned on them moved down that day.
Data: SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata
Formula (v2): Giving score = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Data coverage
Scored on 10/16/2026 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