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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.

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.