Chris Wanstrath
Profile Summary
Chris Wanstrath is a California-based technology entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of ~$1.3B RTB. The data provided does not include details on how he built his wealth, so only his identity, location, industry, and estimated net worth can be stated here RTB.
Political Activity
From 2020-10-30 to 2024-09-17, Wanstrath made 100 federal contributions totaling $5,067,700 FEC. The largest recipients were HMP ($2,000,000), Harris Victory Fund ($923,000), DNC Services Corp / Democratic National Committee ($533,600), FF PAC ($500,000), and the DCCC ($250,000) FEC. The party breakdown shows $1,589,700 to Democratic recipients and $3,478,000 listed as Unknown FEC.
In the News
No validated news articles were provided in the dataset NewsAPI.
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.