Jim McKelvey
Profile Summary
Jim McKelvey is a U.S. technology figure based in Missouri, born in 1965, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.7 billion RTB. He is a signatory to the Giving Pledge.
Business & SEC Activity
McKelvey is associated with the technology industry. Washington University in St. Louis’ McKelvey School of Engineering is named in an August 2026 university report about the planned conclusion of Dean Bobick’s deanship in 2027 NewsAPI.
Philanthropy
The McKelvey Family Foundation, based in Westlake, Texas, reported $8,193,110 in assets, $3,401,664 in revenue, and $687,174 in expenses for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. It reported paying $435,670 in grants that year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records list 13 contributions totaling $10,316 between February 6, 2016, and October 21, 2024 FEC. The party breakdown was $6,900 to Republican recipients, $2,800 to Democratic recipients, and $616 with an unknown party designation FEC. The largest listed recipient was Friends of the Fifth District Republican Committee, which received $6,900 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.
In the News
A Washington University in St. Louis article published August 14, 2026, reported that Bobick would conclude the McKelvey Engineering deanship in 2027 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
By Party
Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $10,316.
Top Recipients
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.
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.