James Cox Chambers
American billionaire heir
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 7/12/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
James Cox Chambers is an American billionaire heir born in 1957 and based in New York, with an estimated net worth of ~$6.3B Wikidata. He is identified in the data as being in the media industry, and his wealth comes from the Cox family fortune rather than from a separately documented operating company in the provided records Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
The available data identifies Chambers as a media industry figure, but does not provide a specific company role or operating business details Wikidata. His profile is tied to the Cox family wealth, and the records provided do not include SEC filings or other business disclosures for him Wikidata.
Philanthropy
Chambers-linked foundations reported $1,242,038 in grants paid across three filings, with total foundation assets of $16,027,990 ProPublica 990. The Chambers Foundation in New Orleans reported $782,604 in grants paid on $12,420,101 in assets for tax year 2024, while the Chambers Foundation in Annapolis reported $184,000 in grants paid on $1,109,288 in assets for tax year 2023, and the Chambers Family Foundation in Southport reported $275,434 in grants paid on $2,498,601 in assets for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records show $3,393,940.09 in contributions from 2012-10-17 to 2025-12-04 FEC. Of that total, $1,135,540.09 went to Democratic recipients and $2,258,400 went to PACs or other recipients, with the largest listed recipients being SMP at $1,525,000 and the Democratic National Committee's DNC Services Corp at $544,000 FEC.
In the News
The provided news dataset does not contain validated articles about James Cox Chambers NewsAPI.
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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.
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