This space holds copies of official records of The Clear Fund aka GiveWell. Consistent with our principle of extreme transparency, 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 meetings
This is a full list of current board members.
Click a meeting for audio and other details. GiveWell also holds more informal conference calls and public research discussions to discuss GiveWell's research, progress, and plans.
- 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
- December 20, 2011
- March 28, 2012
- July 2, 2012
- August 9, 2012
- January 24, 2013
- April 29, 2013
- May 6, 2013
- August 14, 2013
- December 16, 2013
- April 30, 2014
- August 18, 2014
- December 16, 2014
- March 12, 2015
- June 17, 2015
- October 15, 2015
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)
- Clear Fund 2011 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2011 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2012 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2012 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2013 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2013 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2014 audited financial statement (PDF)
- Clear Fund 2014 tax return (Form 990) (PDF)
Policies
- Whistleblower Policy (DOC)
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Harassment Policies (DOC)
- Document Retention and Destruction Policy (DOC)
- Privacy policy
- "Excess assets" policy
- Relationship disclosures
- Policy on accepting gifts from potential top charities
- Policy on working arrangement between GiveWell and Good Ventures
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)
- Assumed name certificate for "GiveWell"
Conference calls
We hold periodic conference calls on our research, progress, and plans, and publish audio recordings and written transcripts from past calls.