Jim Kennedy
Profile Summary
Jim Kennedy, born in 1947 and based in Georgia, is a U.S. media billionaire with an estimated net worth of ~$10.2B RTB. The data provided does not include details on how he built his wealth, so only his industry and wealth estimate can be stated here RTB.
Philanthropy
Kennedy is associated with three foundations filing IRS Form 990s, which are annual public tax returns that report a nonprofit’s finances and grants ProPublica 990. Across the three filings provided, the foundations reported $39,573,596 in total assets and $1,232,603 in total grants paid ProPublica 990. The largest reported grant total came from the Wilmington, Delaware Kennedy Foundation, which paid $1,121,089 in grants in tax year 2023 ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 100 FEC-recorded contributions between 2024-11-05 and 2025-11-22, Kennedy gave $3,902.60 in total FEC. His giving leaned Republican, with $3,051.31 to Republican recipients and $851.29 to PACs or other entities FEC. The largest listed recipient was JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESS at $3,000, followed by WINRED at $644.01 and ACTBLUE at $206.00 FEC.
In the News
No validated news articles were returned in the provided GDELT data 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.