Jim Kavanaugh
American businessman
Source: Wikidata — retrieved 8/30/2026 (wikidata)
Profile Summary
Jim Kavanaugh is an American businessman in the technology industry, born in 1963 and based in Missouri. He has an estimated net worth of ~$7.7 billion Wikidata.
Business & SEC Activity
Kavanaugh is identified as a U.S. technology-industry businessman. The available data does not specify the company or businesses associated with his wealth Wikidata.
Philanthropy
Two Kavanaugh Family Foundations reported combined assets of approximately $11.1 million and $627,453 in grants paid for tax year 2023 ProPublica 990. The Downers Grove, Illinois, foundation reported $619,000 in grants paid, while the La Jolla, California, foundation reported $8,453; these figures come from Form 990 filings, which nonprofits use to report finances to the IRS ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Federal Election Commission records list 45 contributions totaling approximately $16,000 from April 2011 through December 2025 FEC. About $11,000 went to Republican recipients, $165 to Democratic recipients, and $6,000 to PACs or other recipients; the largest listed recipients were Ann Wagner for Congress ($10,000) and Wagner for Missouri ($5,000) FEC.
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
Top Recipients
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.
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