S. Curtis Johnson
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
S. Curtis Johnson is an American businessman born in 1955 and based in Wisconsin, with an estimated net worth of ~$4.7B Wikidata. He is tied to Johnson Outdoors Inc., a public company in the sporting and athletic goods business, and the SEC data shows extensive filing activity connected to that company SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify Johnson Outdoors Inc. as the operating company, with the SIC description “Sporting & Athletic Goods, NEC,” and ticker JOUT SEC EDGAR. The SEC filing set includes 1,000 total filings and 525 insider filings, with recent Form 4 and Form 144 submissions in 2026 SEC EDGAR. Form 4 reports insider transactions, while Form 144 is used to notify the SEC of an intended sale of restricted or control securities SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
Three Johnson Foundation filings for tax year 2023 report total grants paid of $320,961 and total foundation assets of $8,122,238 ProPublica 990. The foundations are listed in Salisbury, NC; New York, NY; and Chariton, IA, with the New York foundation accounting for most of the grants paid in the data provided ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2019-07-05 to 2024-12-06, the data shows 100 FEC contributions totaling $15,678 FEC. Most of the money went to the S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Political Action Committee, with smaller amounts to ActBlue, Biden for President, WinRed, and Elliott for West Virginia FEC. The party breakdown is heavily weighted toward PAC/Other, with $111 to Democrats and $15,567 to PAC/Other FEC.
In the News
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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. View on Wikidata







