Michelle Xia
Profile Summary
Michelle Xia is a U.S.-based healthcare industry billionaire born in 1966, with an estimated net worth of ~$1.1B RTB. The data provided does not include business-ownership details, but it does show active charitable foundations and a record of federal political donations ProPublica 990 FEC.
Philanthropy
The foundations linked to Michelle Xia reported $65,570 in grants paid across three organizations in the most recent filings, with total foundation assets of $500,352 ProPublica 990. The largest was the Irpan & Xia Foundation in Palo Alto, which reported $36,323 in grants paid and $420,435 in assets for tax year 2024; the Hua Xia Education Foundation reported $23,337 in grants paid and $79,916 in assets; and the Nicholes Xiao Foundation reported $5,910 in grants paid and $1 in assets ProPublica 990.
Political Activity
Michelle Xia made 20 federal political contributions totaling $3,161.09 from 2015-06-05 to 2024-10-08 FEC. Most of that money went to Democratic recipients, including $2,797.09 to HILLARY FOR AMERICA; smaller amounts went to ACTBLUE and WINRED, with $364 categorized as unknown party FEC.
In the News
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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.