Bill Austin
Profile Summary
Bill Austin is a U.S. citizen born in 1942 and associated with Texas and the manufacturing industry. He has an estimated net worth of ~$2.3B. RTB
Business & SEC Activity
Austin is listed under manufacturing. The supplied data does not identify a specific company or business role.
Philanthropy
The three listed foundations reported $1,700,866 in grants paid and $82,242,900 in combined assets. The Austin Family Foundation in Newberg, Oregon, reported $1,678,006 in grants and $82.2 million in assets for 2023; the Austin Foundation in Redmond, Washington, reported $22,860 in grants and $42,934 in assets for 2023. A Detroit foundation with the same name reported $0 in grants, assets, revenue, and expenses. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The available FEC data covers only the most recent 100 contributions and represents at least 100 federal contributions; its $8,806.65 total is therefore incomplete. In this sample, the party-coded amounts were $800 to Republicans and $250 to Democrats, while $7,756.65 was not assigned a party; the largest listed recipient was the Congressional Leadership Fund at $5,000. FEC
In the News
A validated July 5, 2026 article reported that a Bill Austin stepped away after 17 years as executive director of the Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization in West Virginia. The supplied data does not establish whether that individual is the Texas manufacturing figure profiled here. NewsAPI
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 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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
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.
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 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.