James Scapa
Profile Summary
James Scapa is a California-based technology executive born in 1957 with an estimated net worth of ~$1.7B RTB. He is associated with Altair Engineering Inc. (ALTR) and appears in SEC records under the name Scapa James Ralph SEC EDGAR. His SEC history shows 122 filings total, including 121 insider filings, which indicates frequent reporting tied to his company holdings and transactions SEC EDGAR.
Business & SEC Activity
SEC records link Scapa to Altair Engineering Inc. (ALTR), a public company, and show a large volume of filings under his personal SEC profile SEC EDGAR. The filing types include Form 4, which reports changes in insider ownership, Form 144, which is used to notify the SEC of a planned sale of restricted or control securities, and SC 13G/A, an amendment to a beneficial ownership filing SEC EDGAR. Recent filings include multiple Form 4s in 2024 and 2025, along with Form 144 filings in December 2024 and September 2024 SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The James And Sally Scapa Family Foundation reported $5,615,417 in assets in 2023 and paid $125,000 in grants that year ProPublica 990. The foundation also reported $179,914 in revenue and $141,054 in expenses for the tax year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 5 contributions totaling $2,000 between 2007-05-03 and 2025-05-16 FEC. The largest recipients were KNOLLENBERG FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE ($1,000), ERIC CHUNG FOR MICHIGAN ($500), CANDICE MILLER FOR CONGRESS ($300), and WINRED ($200) FEC. Party breakdown shows $1,300 to Republican recipients, $500 to Democratic recipients, and $200 to recipients with unknown party designation FEC.
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Associated Companies
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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.