Doris Fisher
Profile Summary
Doris Fisher, born in 1931 and based in California, is the co-founder of Gap, the retail company that helped build her wealth Wikidata. Her estimated net worth is ~$1.6B RTB.
Business & SEC Activity
Fisher built her wealth through retail as a co-founder of Gap Wikidata. The available data does not include SEC filings or insider-trading records, so no additional business activity is shown here.
Philanthropy
The available foundation data shows $377,354 in total grants paid across three Fisher-related foundations, with combined reported assets of $779,897 ProPublica 990. In 2023, Jon & Darla Fisher Foundation reported $250,000 in grants paid on just $115 in assets, while the Fisher Foundation in Colorado reported $118,546 in grants paid on $609,747 in assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
From 2024-10-19 to 2025-06-19, the available FEC data shows 100 contributions totaling $691.15 FEC. Most of the reported amount went to Republican-aligned recipients, including WINRED, the Republican National Committee, Trump National Committee JFC, Inc., Never Surrender, Inc., and E-PAC FEC.
In the News
Recent articles identify Fisher as the co-founder of Gap and note her death at age 94 in May 2026 NewsAPI. Coverage also references her role as an arts patron connected to SFMOMA NewsAPI.
U.S. Presence
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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.
All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source.