Jim Walton
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Jim Walton is an American businessman from Arkansas whose industry is listed as retail. He was born in 1948 and has an estimated net worth of ~$44.6 billion. Wikidata
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR records identify First Solar, Inc., a semiconductor-related company, along with filings involving the John T. Walton Residuary Trust, JCL Holdings LLC, JCL FSLR Holdings LLC, and the Estate of John T. Walton. The records include 857 insider filings among 1,000 total filings; Form 4 reports insider transactions, while Form 144 is a notice of a proposed securities sale. SEC EDGAR
Philanthropy
Three Walton-related foundations reported $6.?? billion in combined assets and $678.1 million in grants paid for tax year 2023. The Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation Inc. accounted for $677.9 million of the grants and reported about $5.71 billion in assets, while the other two foundations reported $216,871 in combined grants. ProPublica 990
Political Activity
The available FEC data is a truncated sample covering the most recent 100 contributions on file, so it represents at least 100 federal contributions and does not show the full history. In this sample, contributions totaled $844.19, with $148.16 to Republican recipients and $696.03 to PACs or other organizations; the largest listed recipients were WinRed at $443.73 and Scalise for Congress at $136.66. FEC
In the News
One validated news article, published August 5, 2026, reported that a Snyder, Texas, economic development director was selected for a national Jim Walton Award. The available article record does not provide additional details about the award or its selection process. GDELT
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)
Top Recipients (in the sample)
Matched by name only. These are the donations the FEC lists under this person’s name — so a different person with the same name can show up here too.
SEC Filings
Associated Companies
Entities appearing alongside this person in SEC full-text search — an association, not necessarily ownership or control. Follow each link to the primary SEC record to judge for yourself.
Recent Insider Filings
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 8/31/2026 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