Jim Kavanaugh
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 10/11/2026 (wikidata)Dispute
Profile Summary
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Jim Kavanaugh is an American businessman in the technology industry, born in 1963. His estimated net worth is ~$7.7B Wikidata.
Philanthropy
Two Kavanaugh Family Foundation filings for tax year 2023 reported combined assets of $11,098,786 and grants paid of $627,453. The Downers Grove, Illinois foundation reported $10,383,813 in assets and $619,000 in grants paid, while the La Jolla, California foundation reported $714,973 in assets and $8,453 in grants paid ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records list 55 contributions totaling $21,358 from April 2011 through July 2026. The party breakdown was $15,500 to Republican recipients, $165 to Democratic recipients, and $5,693 to recipients with an unknown party classification; the largest listed recipient was Ann Wagner for Congress at $14,500 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
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
By Party
Every party on file is listed here. The bars are rounded for display; unrounded they total exactly $21,358.
Top Recipients
Matched by name only. 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.
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. View on Wikidata