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Paul Merage

American businessman

AIProfile Summary

Paul Merage, born in 1943, is identified as an American businessman. His net worth is estimated at ~$1.0 billion. Wikidata

Business & SEC Activity

The SEC records supplied for this profile list 1,000 filings connected to Rockwell Collins Inc., an aircraft-parts and auxiliary-equipment company, including 671 insider filings. Many of the listed filings are Form 4 reports, which disclose transactions in a company's securities by corporate insiders; the data does not provide a personal CIK linking these filings directly to Merage. SEC EDGAR

Philanthropy

The Paul & Elisabeth Merage Family Foundation reported $44.45 million in total assets, $1.86 million in revenue, and $2.05 million in expenses for 2023. It paid $2.05 million in grants during the year. ProPublica 990

Political Activity

Federal Election Commission records show 28 contributions totaling $68,250 between March 1996 and June 2020. Democratic recipients received $42,250, Republican recipients received $6,000, and PAC or other recipients received $19,000; the largest listed recipients were Colorado Senate 2002 ($17,000) and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ($15,000). FEC

AI-generated summary from propublica_990, wikidata, gdelt, fec, sec_edgar 8/1/2026 (gpt-5.6-luna). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

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.

$44.5MFoundation Assets
$2.0MGrants Paid
1Foundation
The Paul & Elisabeth Merage Family FoundationNewport Beach, CA
Private grantmaking foundation (IRS NTEE T20)
Assets: $44.5MRevenue: $1.9MGrants: $2.0MTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 8/1/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$68KTotal Contributed
28Contributions
1996–2020Date Range

By Party

DEM
$42K
PAC/Other
$19K
REP
$6K
OTH
$1K

Top Recipients

COLORADO SENATE 2002$17K
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE$15K
COLORADO DEMOCRATIC PARTY$10K
ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC.$5K
DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE$5K

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.

Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/10/2026) (fec)

SECSEC Filings

1,000Total Filings
671Insider Filings
708EDGAR Mentions

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

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Source: SEC EDGAR regulatory filings · latest on record (retrieved 6/27/2026) (sec_derived)

PBSScore Breakdown

B
46.4
Public Benefit Score

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.

Philanthropy65% weight
24%

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

Transparency35% weight
88%

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

Paul Merage — Public Benefit Score B (46) | Billionaire Army