Jim McKelvey
Profile Summary
Jim McKelvey is a Missouri-based technology entrepreneur born in 1965, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.7B RTB. He is identified as a Giving Pledge signatory The Giving Pledge. The data provided does not include a business biography or company history, so only his state, industry, and wealth estimate can be stated here.
Philanthropy
McKelvey is a Giving Pledge signatory The Giving Pledge. His family and related foundations reported $522,586 in grants paid in 2023 and held $8,248,751 in total foundation assets ProPublica 990. The largest foundation in the data, the Mckelvey Family Foundation, reported $435,670 in grants paid and $8,193,110 in assets for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2016-02-06 to 2024-10-21, the data shows 13 FEC-recorded contributions totaling $10,316 FEC. Of that amount, $6,900 went to Republican recipients, $2,800 went to Democratic recipients, and $616 was listed as Unknown FEC. The largest recipient listed was FRIENDS OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE at $6,900, followed by CORY 2020 at $2,800 FEC.
In the News
No validated news articles were returned in the provided news dataset NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
Political Contributions
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Top Recipients
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.