J. Wayne Weaver
Profile Summary
J. Wayne Weaver is a Florida-based U.S. billionaire in the diversified industry, born in 1935, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.3B RTB. SEC records associated with this profile identify Shoe Station Group Inc. as an operating business in the retail shoe-store sector SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists Shoe Station Group Inc. in the retail shoe-store industry and identifies Shoe Carnival Inc. (SCVL) among associated companies SEC EDGAR. The records show 599 insider filings, including multiple Form 4 filings in June 2026; Form 4 is the SEC disclosure insiders use to report changes in their ownership of a company’s securities SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Weaver Foundation Inc., based in Greensboro, North Carolina, reported $29.37M in assets, $1.03M in revenue, $1.86M in expenses, and $1.66M in grants paid for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show at least 100 federal contributions; the figures below cover only the 100 most recent contributions on file, from a sampled period beginning September 27, 2006 and ending July 27, 2022 FEC. Those sampled contributions total $661,300: $340,500 to Republican recipients, $303,000 with an unknown party classification, and $17,800 to Democratic recipients. The largest listed recipients were the Republican National Committee ($135,800), Right to Rise USA ($100,000), Romney Victory Inc ($68,000), Restore Our Future, Inc. ($47,000), and Rubio Victory Committee ($27,700) FEC.
These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
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 169 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 $661,300.
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These donations are matched to this person by name only, so some may belong to a different person with the same name: FEC filings can include a donor's employer and city, but our matching does not check them against what we know about this person.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
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.