James Truchard
Profile Summary
James Truchard is a Texas technology figure, born in 1943, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.2B RTB. SEC records identify him as associated with National Instruments Corp. SEC EDGAR
Business & SEC Activity
SEC EDGAR lists 293 insider filings for Truchard involving National Instruments Corp. A Form 4 is a filing that reports changes in an insider's ownership of a public company’s securities; the listed recent filings include 10 Form 4s dated from August 15 through September 19, 2018 SEC EDGAR.
Philanthropy
The Austin-based Truchard Foundation reported $81.8M in total assets, $23.3M in revenue, and $2.5M in expenses for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. It reported paying $2.1M in grants that year ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
FEC records show 62 contributions totaling $617,026.40 between September 22, 2020, and March 9, 2026 FEC. The party breakdown was $403,710.46 to Republican recipients and $213,315.94 classified as Unknown FEC. The largest listed recipients were the Republican National Committee ($272,150), Trump 47 Committee, Inc. ($87,500), Ted Cruz Victory Fund ($59,600), NRSC ($41,300), and Grow the Majority ($31,915.70) 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.
U.S. Presence
Philanthropy
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Political Contributions
By Party
Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $617,026.40.
Top Recipients
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SEC Filings
Associated Companies
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Recent Insider Filings
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.