This space holds copies of official records of The Clear Fund, Inc., the grantmaking arm of GiveWell. Consistent with our principle of total openness, everything relevant - including our budget and the minutes, presentation materials, and audio recording for each Board meeting - is available; if there is something you believe should be added to this site, please let us know.
Table of Contents
Board members
The current members of the Clear Fund Board of Directors are:
- Tom Rutledge, Board Chair
- Lindy Miller Crane, Board Vice-Chair
- Ari Herman, Board Treasurer
- Holden Karnofsky, Board Secretary
- Greg Jensen, Director
- Tim Ogden, Director
- Fred Post, Director
- Cari Tuna, Director
Board meetings
Click a meeting for audio and other details.
- June 22, 2007
- December 17, 2007
- January 3, 2008
- March 4, 2008
- April 23, 2008
- September 8, 2008
- November 10, 2008
- December 15, 2008
- March 31, 2009
- July 27, 2009
- December 29, 2009
- March 3, 2010
- July 14, 2010
- December 14, 2010
- April 11, 2011
- August 17, 2011
Financials
- Clear Fund 2007 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2007 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2008 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2008 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2009 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2009 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2010 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2010 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
Policies
- Whistleblower Policy (DOC)
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Harassment Policies (DOC)
- Document Retention and Destruction Policy (DOC)
- "Excess assets" policy
IRS-related materials
- Certificate of Incorporation of The Clear Fund, Inc.
- Adopted Bylaws of The Clear Fund, Inc.
- Clear Fund Form 1023 (application for tax exempt status) (PDF)
- IRS letter of determination (notification of tax exempt status)
Other documents
- GiveWell privacy and transparency policy. This file lists types of documents and whether they are publicly available on our site or remain private.
- Current GiveWell financial assets (as of 12/31/2009)
- List of independent contractors employed by GiveWell (as of 12/31/2009)
- GiveWell has signed employment contracts with full-time employees as well as independent contractors for research.
- GiveWell has signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with several organizations which submitted materials relevant to our evaluation, but wanted some portion of submitted materials to remain confidential.
