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James France
FloridaSports
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32.1
PBS
~$1.8B
Profile Summary
James France, born in 1944 and based in Florida, is a U.S. billionaire in the sports industry with an estimated net worth of ~$1.8B RTB. The data provided does not include details on how he built his wealth, but it identifies him as a sports-sector billionaire and shows recent political giving and foundation activity RTBFECProPublica 990.
Philanthropy
One foundation tied to France, the France Stone Foundation, reported $10,350,172 in total assets in tax year 2023 and paid $583,942 in grants ProPublica 990. Two other listed foundations named Frances Foundation reported $0 in assets, revenue, expenses, and grants in the available records ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2025-08-13 to 2025-12-30, France made 100 federal contributions totaling $148,661.95 FEC. Most of the money went to Republican recipients, including $100,000 to the Republican National Committee, $13,000 to the NRCC, and $25,000 to Team Hudson; the party breakdown shows $113,001 to Republicans and $35,660.95 to unknown recipients FEC.
In the News
The provided news results do not appear to be about James France specifically; they include unrelated sports and politics headlines from March 2026 NewsAPI. No validated GDELT articles were returned for this person in the supplied data GDELT.
U.S. Presence
residenceDaytona Beach, Florida
Philanthropy
$10.4MFoundation Assets
$584KGrants Paid
3Foundations
France Stone FoundationToledo, OH
Assets: $10.4MRevenue: $435KGrants: $584KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerFrances FoundationManteca, CA
Education (IRS NTEE B82)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerFrances FoundationReston, VA
Human services (IRS NTEE P20)
Assets: $0Revenue: $0Grants: $0
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit ExplorerPolitical Contributions
$149KTotal Contributed
100Contributions
2025–2025Date Range
By Party
Top Recipients
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE$100K
TEAM HUDSON$25K
NRCC$13K
FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC$5K
MOTORSPORTS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SPEED PAC)$5K
Recent News
4Total Articles
WalesOnlineTop Source
NeutralAvg. Sentiment
Score Breakdown
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Public Benefit Score
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.
Philanthropy65% weight
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
Transparency35% weight
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.