Thomas James
American businessman (born 1942 or 1943)
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Thomas James is an American businessman born in 1942 and based in Florida, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.0 billion. The available records identify him with the finance industry, but do not specify how he built his wealth. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records identify Segrave Thomas James Jr. and show seven filings, including six insider filings, connected to Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Enertopia, Merit Medical Systems, Madison Technologies, and Dutch Bros. Insider filings report ownership or transactions by company insiders; the record includes Forms 3 and 4 and a Schedule 13D, which reports significant ownership or intent involving a company. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
Three foundations associated with the James name reported combined assets of $24,483,092 and $13,162,911 in grants paid for tax year 2023. The James Foundation in Missouri reported $1,415,116 in grants, James Foundation Inc. in Indiana reported $11,687,795, and James Family Foundation in Arkansas reported $60,000. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The available FEC data contains at least 100 federal contributions; the figures cover only the most recent 100 records in the sample and do not represent the person's full history. Within that sample, reported contributions total $5,722.71, including $4,236.65 to PACs or other recipients and $1,486.06 categorized as unknown; the largest listed recipient was the Union Pacific Corp. Fund for Effective Government at $1,486.06. 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 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 $5,722.71.
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. View on Wikidata